Faith Based Community Volunteer Initiative
People of faith are a significant part of any community. In fact, they are the single most valuable group of volunteers in your community, because of their faith tradition, they are more predisposed to serve.
The Volunteer Center of RI is the faith community's link to hundreds of unique opportunties to serve, reach out, grow and breakdown barriers all for the good of the community.
Did you know...
Volunteering is a way to give back and a way for congregations to:
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- Allow members to express their faith.
- Show the congregations presence in the community.
- Allows other community members to become involved in the congregation.
- Stregthen the ties among congrgation members to each other and their faith.
- Spread the principles & values present in every faith.
- Change lives.
- HAVE FUN!
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Congregations that partner with Volunteer Centers benefit by:
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- Easy access to hundreds of volunteer opportunities for the individuals, families and youth within the congregation.
- Connections & outreach to other community members that can serve as volunteers for the social service ministries you run.
- Opportunties for collaborations with other faith groups & nonprofit organizations.
- The volunteer management and organizational capacity building trainings offered.
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View Resources for Faith Based groups. |
So, if you are a member or head of a faith based organization and are looking for...
- Ways your congregation can better serve your community;
- Meaningful projects for youth or adult groups;
- Ideas for helping members express their faith through service;
- Volunteer opportunities that work with your mission;
- Resources for planning a volunteer service day;
- Interfaith or nonprofit partners to work with to improve your community;
- Local, cost effective training opportunties for staff and lay leaders;
- More techniques for invovling more members in the work of your church;
...then E-mail Ellen H. Steele AmeriCorps*VISTA-Faith Based Outreach Initiative or call her at 401.421.6547 for information.
