St. Joseph Parish provides many opportunities for people of all ages to know, love and serve God as well as to carry out Christ’s command to “love our neighbor as we love ourselves” (John ). A general invitation is extended to all to volunteer for any of the following ministries, organizations or activities in which they may have an interest and qualification:

• Adoration (Wednesdays following the 8:30 a.m. Mass until 5:00 p.m.)
• Altar Guild (Altar Society)
• Altar Servers
• Choir (Adult/Youth/Other)
• Clerical Office & Records Volunteers
• Extraordinary (Eucharistic) Ministers
• Facilities & Grounds (incl. Cemetery) Maintenance Volunteers
• Faith Formation/Religious Education Teachers
• Finance/Business Office Volunteers
• Fundraising Oversight Committee
• Housekeeping (Church, Hall, Rectory) Volunteers
• Knights of Columbus
• Lectors/Readers
• Offertory Collection Counters
• Outreach & Food Pantry Volunteers
• Parish Finance Committee
• Parish Social/Hospitality/Bereavement Committee
• Pastoral Council
• Prison Visit Ministry Volunteers
• Respect Life Ministry Volunteers
• RCIA Assistants/Instructors
• Rosary (Sundays prior to 11:00 a.m. Mass)
• Scheduled Adoration Volunteers
• Sick/Shut-Ins Ministry Volunteers
• Ushers/Greeters
• Youth Group

Outreach Goal:

To improve our response to the Call to Service and Ministry by caring for all of God’s children including members of the parish, visitors and the poor in our community.

“Prosper the work of our hands.”  Psalm 90:17

Strategies:
1. Conduct joint activities with other parishes, especially Transfiguration Church in Wallace, to encourage a sense of community and outreach.
2. Encourage activities involving youth of other parishes to give our children opportunities to meet and relate to other Catholics.
3. Increase participation in charitable and other worthy activities in the community to benefit the community in an ecumenical spirit as well as to be a witness to the Church’s presence.
4. Inform local newspapers of our activities.
5. Establish a bereavement ministry.
6. Formalize the program for visitation of shut-ins and the institutionalized.

Officials/Committees/ Organizations

• Parish Outreach Dir. – J. Waseleski
• Food Pantry/Family Assistance Services – S. Royes
• Prison Visit Ministry  – Sam Hamilton, W.Evans
• Sick/Shut-Ins Visit Ministry  – J. Curtis
• Parish Social/ Hospitality/Welcome/Bereavement Committee – E. McCreary
• Respect Life Ministry – C. Moore
• Knights of Columbus – G. Michael
• Youth Group – A. Fields
• Comite de la Virgin de Guadaloupe – Esperanza Sanchez