Ways to Serve

Volunteer Opportunities to Serve Our Community

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Sign up to volunteer at Harvestfest

Join us for our next fundraiser for St. Paul’s Outreach Commission, to help local families in need while enjoying a delicious meal and fellowship for the whole family!

We need volunteers to help serve and clean up, and you can sign up here. Contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] or (412) 531-7153 x13 with any questions.

Lunch Packing for Neighborhood Resilience Project

We will be packing lunches for the Neighborhood Resilence Project in the Hill District on the first Saturday of each month this season in the Nursery School Big Room! Please reach out to the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] or call (412)531-7153×13 if you have any questions. Sign up to shop for food here. Sign up to pack lunches here.

Fall Meal Programs @The Table and Neighborhood Resilience Project

Click on sign up sheet to see available dates and times throughout the fall!

St. Paul’s will be preparing meals for The Table @ Hot Metal Faith Community and Neighborhood Resilience Project on an ongoing basis, and you can sign up now for fall dates. Many dates are available from September through December, with more to come. 

Join us as we continue the good work of the Summer of Suppers and serve our larger community!

Sign up for Fall Meal Programs

Trinity Walk-in Ministry

Trinity Walk-in Ministry, located at Trinity Cathedral downtown, currently needs donations of:

  • new adult underwear, all sizes, especially men’s
  • rain ponchos
  • reusable bags of all kinds: shopping bags (including ones with logos from stores or events); backpacks; and duffels.

You may leave your donations in the bin marked “Trinity Walk-In Ministry” located in the Undercroft. Thank you for your generosity in helping those who are struggling in our community.

Supporting the South Hills Food Pantry

Stay tuned for special drives for nonperishable food items, and opportunities to pack grocery bags, for our partners at the South Hills Food Pantry. Reach out to the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] with any questions.

Ongoing Opportunities

Advocate with the Episcopal Public Policy Network

St. Paul’s Social Justice and Anti-Racism Commission invites you to sign up to receive Action Alerts from the Episcopal Public Policy Network. You can also visit their page and sign all of their current Action Alerts right now! Contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] 412-531-7153 ext. 13 with any questions.

Donate Menstrual Hygiene Products

Help St. John’s Lutheran Church provide period products to clients of the St. John’s Free Fridge Pantry! Drop off packages of pads and tampons (any brand, any size) to the specially marked bin in St. Paul’s Undercroft. Then, volunteers will repack them, and provide them to the food pantry for distribution. Contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] 412-531-7153 ext. 13 with any questions.

Neighborhood Resilience Project

Neighborhood Resilience Project is a partner ministry of St. Paul’s, whose focus is on trauma-informed community development in Pittsburgh. We provide 120 brown-bag lunches for kids on the first Saturday of every month. If you would like to participate in this ministry, email The. Rev. Erin Morey. We are working on having more service opportunities with Neighborhood Resilience Project in the near future!

Collecting for Trinity Walk-In Ministry

Thank you to St. Paul’s for your ongoing donations to Trinity Walk-In Ministry! Watch this space for more opportunities as the seasons change.

Food Pantry Sunday

St. Paul’s collects food and monetary contributions to support the South Hills Food Pantry the first Sunday of the month. Please remember to bring your nonperishable food contributions to the service of your choice. All canned, jarred (plastic, please) and boxed items are appreciated. You can also donate financially to support the Food Pantry by clicking here. Contributions can be placed in the food box in the Undercroft at any time.

Meal Train

Providing a warm meal for someone after a surgery is such a blessing! At St Paul’s we have a ministry which offers food for people. If you would like to be on the list to receive Meal Train requests (you are not obligated to prepare a meal for every request!), our parish would benefit from your generosity. To put your name on the list, please contact Erin at [email protected].

Ride Ministry

At times, parishioners need help with rides to get to appointments. If you would like to have your name on the list to occasionally offer rides to parishioners in need, please contact Erin at [email protected].

Volunteer Opportunities for our Parish Worship

Altar Guild

The altar guild prepares bread and wine, altar candles and cloths, book, vessels and vestments prior to every service, and cleans up afterward. Members also decorate the church seasonally. Open to men, women, and older youth. If you’re interested in joining the altar guild, contact Noah at [email protected].

Lectors

The lectors read Scripture and lead the Prayers of the People during worship services. They are assigned about once every other month. Open to anyone! If interested, let Noah know at [email protected].

Acolytes

Youth that are in third grade through seniors in high school help lead us in worship by serving as Acolytes! Acolytes help prepare for the service by lighting candles, holding candles, holding the Gospel book, and other important elements to our worship. If your youth would like to be trained and serve as an Acolyte, please contact Erin at [email protected].

Worship Band

Our worship band leads us at the 8:45am service, and at other combined worship services throughout the year. The ensemble includes piano, guitar, bass and other instruments. Both teens and adults participate in this musical ensemble. They rehearse Sundays before church. Contact Bob at [email protected] if you’re interested in joining the fun!

Chancel Choir

The Chancel Choir sings at the 10:45 liturgy and specializes in singing the great hymns and historic music of the Church. Supported by our magnificent Schantz pipe organ, 1998, and other instruments, this choir of college-age and adult singers offers wonderful choral anthems, solos, and descants, and leads our singing of Psalms and chant. We rehearse Thursdays during the program year from 7:30 until 8:45 PM and again on Sunday morning at 9:45 AM. Music reading ability and choral singing experience are a plus but not a requirement. Chancel Choir is a great source of fellowship, musicianship, and spirituality — please join us!

Bell Choir

Do you love the beauty of a bell choir? Would you like to be part of a bell choir at St. Paul’s? Being a ringer in a bell choir does NOT require a musical background. We will teach you what you need to know! The only qualifications you need are:

  • Interest in being part of a bell choir
  • Availability to rehearse once a week in the weeks leading up to performances
  • Willingness to learn basic musical notation
  • Desire to make friends and build community around music

Flower Ministry

The flowers on the altar of St. Paul’s are given in memory of loved ones, in celebration for an anniversary or a birth, or for any occasion for which we give thanks to God. The flowers are funded weekly and during festive seasons such as Christmas and Easter. After the last service they are distributed to the ill, the shut-ins, those in need, and parishioners who deserve recognition in the life and work of St. Paul’s. The proceeds from the flowers are used to fund all the Altar Guild expenses including wafers, wine, linens, candles, and seasonal decorations.For more information about how to donate flowers, email the church office or (412)531-7153×10. To volunteer to deliver flowers, contact the Rev. Erin Morey [email protected] 412-531-7153 ext. 13.