At Tempe Church, we believe that every moment spent directing our thoughts and emotions and bodies toward God is a moment of worship. We want weekly space set aside to gather set as a community and worship together to encourage and propel us towards this intimacy with God in every moment. When you choose to use your gifts, voice, and time to lead us in this gathering each week, you are directing our community toward God's heart.
The volunteer opportunities for our Worship Ministry are divided into three categories: Hospitality, Guidance, and Administration. Each role is essential!
One of the most important practices we engage in when we gather for worship is prayer. When you volunteer to lead our prayer at the close of worship, you are guiding our community in conversation with God. The prayer is offered after our announcements and allows us to take a moment to reflect with God on the lessons we received from our time of worship, pray on behalf of one another, and encourage us to embody Jesus's love in our community.
There are two initial steps to becoming a Prayer Guide:
1. The first is to read this guide that will help you direct us in prayer. The guide offers prompts to help you craft this time of prayer.
2. The second step is to sign up to be a prayer guide using the link below for a minimum of two upcoming Sundays.
We believe that music is a powerful avenue through which we can connect with God and experience his presence. You will notice that our musicians and vocalists represent a variety of musical styles and we believe this diversity is a gift to our community. Are you a musician or vocalist who would like to add your own music?
The first step to becoming a part of our team of musicians and vocalists is to complete our interest form. You can find the link to the form below.
A central part of the space we cultivate when we gather for worship is study of the Bible. We celebrate every opportunity to deepen our understanding of who God is and our identity as beloved children of God. This primarily happens through the sermon, or message, during worship and the Bible class after worship for adults. If you feel that you are invited by God to be a teacher or serve alongside as a co-teacher, the first step is to reach out to Michael through email.
Each week, we are guided by a member of our community in remembrance of Jesus's body and blood as we share the sacred communion meal together.
We take communion to honor Jesus’s words in the gospel of John: “This do in remembrance of me.” He spoke these words shortly before his arrest and crucifixion. Jesus was referring to the portion of the Passover meal that he had just eaten with his disciples, sharing bread that represents his body, and wine, which represents his blood. This meal helps to remind Christians of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection. It also serves as time to consider how we ought to follow Jesus in his example of self-sacrifice. We do this in light of those believers who participate with us in this meal, both locally and globally.
If you are interested in guiding us as we share this meal on Sundays, the first step is to email Michael and express your interest.
Food is an essential part of showing hospitality to others! When we gather to worship, we want to make sure that each person is physically and spiritually fed. Our volunteers offer to provide snacks like cookies, chips, or donuts for an entire month.
If you would like to volunteer, simply sign up for a month using the form below. If you are unable to provide snacks for the entire month, please email Claire and we can arrange an alternative. You can email Claire at claire.allensworth@tempechurch.org
Do you want to serve our guests and members of our community by being a welcoming presence? We invite you to sign up to serve as a greeter on Sunday before worship. Particularly for guests, greeters serve as a source of information and connection.
Greeters are encouraged to be welcoming, attentive, and conversational.
The first step to becoming a greeter is to sign up for Greeter Orientation. Orientation takes place every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
God is a god of beauty. Beautiful spaces can help guide us more fully into God's presence. At Tempe Church, we want our entire space to be a reflection of God's beauty. If you are interested in helping decorate the auditorium or other spaces on our property, reach out to Claire through email.
Are you interested in helping learn how to manage our sound system during worship? Our audio team currently uses a monthly rotation for volunteers. The volunteer arrives at 9:00 a.m. on Sundays to set up.
The first step to being on the audio team is to schedule time with Travis Mauck to learn the system and receive his oversight. You can reach out to Travis through email.
The video team is responsible for managing our Livestream each Sunday. This role allows those who cannot physically join us due to illness or travel to still participate in our gathering.
The first step in joining our video team is to schedule a time for you to be trained to set up the equipment and run the live stream. During your training day, you will arrive at 9:00 a.m. and shadow the volunteer running the live stream throughout the service.
The second step is to schedule a supervision day where you will setup and run the livestream while a current volunteer is available to answer questions and supervise.
There are multiple tasks that are necessary to ensure our space is setup for worship on Sundays. These tasks include: moving pews, placing decor, limited cleaning, printing advertisements, and etc. If you are interested in being a part of the set-up crew, simply use the form below to sign up to serve. You are welcome to sign up for as many slots as you feel excited about.
Service coordinators serve a unique role on Sundays. They are responsible for ensuring that those who signed up to serve are present to fulfill their roles. They recruit new volunteers if someone if not available and help the service to move smoothly. Service coordinators serve a month at a time. If you are interested in being a service coordinator, email Claire today.
We believe that every member of our community, no matter their age, is an essential part of the body of Christ. We want to nurture a desire for deep connection with Jesus at every age. A crucial part of this effort is to create spaces for parents, grandparents, and caregivers to thrive and feel supported as they care for their children and teens.
For our youth group, we try to cultivate an atmosphere of fun, trust, and safety. We want our teens to know that church can be a place where they can ask questions and be supported as they grow in their love of God.
Teachers play an essential part in our children's spiritual growth and development. Teachers have a unique role as instructors, mentors, and examples for our children as they grow to be more like Jesus. When you choose to volunteer as a teacher for our children, you are choosing to embrace a powerful space in the life of a child.
If you are interested in being a teacher or co-teacher, the first step is to submit a request for a background check using the link below.
You can then sign up to participate in a Buddy Day where you can shadow a current teacher and learn everything you need to know about the role.
1. Submit a request for a background check.
2. Sign up to participate in a "Buddy Day." Click here to register for your Buddy Day.
We are always in need of volunteers who are excited to make space for our children and their families to have fun, to celebrate, and to deepen their connection to one another.
Are you interested in organizing an event or serving as a volunteer for an upcoming gathering? The first step is to submit a request for a background check. Then you can email Adrienne or Liz to share your desire to volunteer.
Email Adrienne at adrienne.d.bowers@gmail.com
Email Liz at kinsfathers@gmail.com
Our youth group is a vibrant and wonderful group of young people who are seeking to know Jesus more each day. The youth group ranges in ages from 7th grade to high school seniors. Their current rhythms include Bible class on Sundays, Sunday evening Bible Study at the Parmelees' home, service opportunities, and fun events.
The youth group is always in need of volunteers who are willing to host or plan an event, provide relational support, serve as chaperones, etc. If you feel prompted to invest in the care of our youth group, the first step is to submit a request for a background check using the link below.
Once you have submitted a request for a background check, you can then email Adrienne to express your interest in volunteering with the youth group.
We want to support those who serve as caregivers and parents as they undertake the crucial role of loving and guiding children in their own journey with God. We want to remove the barriers that keep families isolated from one another and create a supportive and nurturing space where we encourage all our children to thrive. If you share this desire, we invite you to partner with us. You can email Hannah Parmelee at hannah.parmelee@tempechurch.org if you are interested in serving this part of our community.
We also want to ensure that the unique marriage relationship is nurtured and deepened through the participation of married couples in our community. We want marriages to thrive and find church to be a place where spouses can grow in Christ together. If you are interested in serving our married couples, reach out to Hannah Parmelee at hannah.parmelee@tempechurch.org.
Our primary purpose as a community is to deepen our individual and communal relationships with God. We believe that this relationship is the source of transformation within ourselves and in our communities. While all areas of our church are focused on this central goal, our Spiritual Transformation Ministries are specifically designed to anchor our entire community in life with God.
We value the creative abilities that God cultivates in the members of our community. Through the creative arts, we infuse our space with a spirit of invitation and expand our awareness of God's beauty. Whether you are a poet, writer, photographer, painter, potter, or baker, etc,, we welcome you into conversation so we can discover how your gifts can serve others and God!
If you are interested in serving through the creative arts, email Claire at claire.allensworth@tempechurch.org
Our life with God is nurtured through intentional rhythms. We create daily, weekly, monthly, yearly rhythms and habits that draw us into a deeper relationship with God. These rhythms are communal as well as individual. Each year, we encourage our community to participate in season rhythms like Advent, Lent, and Easter as avenues for us to journey alongside the rhythms of Jesus's life.
These seasonal focuses are often accompanied by wonderful events and special activities. We always need volunteers who are excited to make these events possible.
Use the link below to access our Special Events Volunteer sign up. It will be updated when we have new opportunities for these seasonal rhythms of our life with God.
The Leadership Training Institute (LTI) provides Christian ministry internships and apprenticeships to equip God’s people to abide in Christ, actively live out the good news within their calling, and invite all people into the kingdom of God. Click here to learn more about LTI.
Our community serves as a home for our participants in LTI in a physical and spiritual sense. Our participants often live on church property and become integral members of our community. If you are interested in serving the LTI participants during their time in Tempe, we invite you to contact the LTI Director, Hannah at hannah.parmelee@tempechurch.org
At Tempe Church, we want to be intertwined with our community in order to embody Jesus' love toward our neighbors. Jesus taught us to love God and to love others as we love ourselves. We want to be a community that values and blesses others through our gifts, passions, and shared strength.
Food is the perfect way to bless a college student! Oasis Dinner and Encounter are on Wednesday nights at the Oasis during the school year. We need your help with bringing meals for the Oasis Dinner. You can choose to provide a meal once during the semester or multiple times! Food should be delivered at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday nights. You can find more details on the document below where you can also sign up to provide a meal.
There are often unique projects and tasks that are needed to ensure our church is a hospitable and welcoming space. Past projects have included adding a fresh coat of paint to a classroom, deep cleaning an area, organizing the church library, or landscaping. Supplies will be provided by the church.
Below, you will find a variety of tasks that are available to bless our community and our guests. This sign up will be updated as new opportunities arise so be sure to check back often! The date listed next to each slot identifies when we would love for this project to be complete.
If you have any questions about a particular project, email us at office@tempechurch.org.
We will be in touch to schedule a time to complete your task and provide you with the necessary materials once you sign up.
In a world where Creation and the most vulnerable are often exploited for economic means, we desire to be a community in which humans, the land, and nonhumans may flourish through our life together.
We do this through caring for our community garden, conversations on faith and sustainability, communal habits and practices, education, and neighborhood and ASU outreach. At Foxtail we believe that God invites us into a fuller life with him through the care of our communities and that we carry a responsibility to steward the land we live on and with in such a way that humans and Creation may live in a reconciled relationship with each other.
We invite you to join us in making this vision possible!
FriendSpeak uses conversation workbooks based on the Bible to create meaningful
conversation and improve language skills for our international neighbors.
Are you interested in serving as a conversation partner? Contact Cathie Biggers at cathie.biggers@tempechurch.org to learn more or schedule a conversation.
Our minister, Michael, hosts a meetup for anyone willing to ask and listen to questions about God, faith, and the Bible. If you could ask God any question and get an answer, what would you ask? Wrestle with these questions together in a safe and respectful environment.
If you are interested in assisting Michael or participating in this group, email Michael at michael.chaffin@tempechurch.org
We have all wounded others and been wounded by others. This group is intended to provide a faith-based introduction to the 12 Steps. Originally developed to deal with alcoholism, the spiritual nature of these steps provides a foundation for dealing with a variety of dysfunctional behaviors.
These include, but are not limited to: substance abuse, grief, codependent relationships, and anger, etc. The 12-Step principles will be presented from a Christian perspective, although participants are encouraged to share from their own understanding of God.
This group is intended to provide a network of support and education for those wanting to break out of habits that are hurtful to themselves and others.
If you are interested in assisting Michael or participating in this group, email Michael at michael.chaffin@tempechurch.org
Each week, we host an emergency shelter for those experiencing homelessness in our community. We partner with the Tempe Community Action Agency in this effort! Once a month, members of our community provide a meal for our guests.
There are a variety of ways to serve this community, and we welcome your creative suggestions! Email us at office@tempechurch.org if you are interested in serving through IHelp or visit TCAA's website below.
We always encourage members of our community to partner with local organizations in order to bless our city. We value the partnerships that these connections can make with our family!
Below are some organizations that our members serve alongside.
We frequently partner with CPUM to serve the community in central Phoenix through tutoring, an annual backpack drive, service projects, etc. There are always opportunities to volunteer with CPUM.
Email us at office@tempechurch.org if you are interested in serving, and we can connect you with the director, Sean.