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FAITH FORMATION  

Serve on Commission
Contact: Betty Haran
We meet only every second month on a Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Members at large are needed to represent the parish in general, and parents to give us input on children's and youth programs.

Especially needed at this time: a parent to advocate for effective elementary and middle school formation, representing the grades 1-7 programs for Betty.

Vocations Committee
Contact: Tom Scholler

The committee encourages pursuit of church vocations, both ordained and non-ordained. A scholarship fund is available to support seminary studies in pastoral ministry and theology toward lay and ordained professions in the church.

Preschool Teacher
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Teach a class for 3, 4 or 5 year olds on a Sunday morning at 9:00 or 11:00 a.m. Or co-teach with a friend, taking turns preparing the class.

Preschool Aide
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Help out as an aide -- for 3, 4 or 5 year olds on a Sunday morning at 9:00 or 11:00 a.m. Or co-teach with a friend, taking turns preparing the class.

Catechist Gr. 1-5
Contact: Betty Haran    248-625-1750    bharan@stdanielclarkston.org
Share your faith with children. Take an elementary class (grades 1-5) during one of the weekday time slots - Mondays 4:30 or 6:15 p.m. - Tuesdays 4:30 or 6:15 p.m. - Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Or co-teach with a friend or other volunteer. Saturday morning workshops are offered. Training and materials are provided. What is most important is a love for children and a willingness to share your faith with young people.

Classroom Aide
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Help out in a classroom.  Aides may substitute for the teacher when she is absent, but not required.  Aides who wish to train to become teachers often take turns with the teacher in preparing the lesson. Class options: Mondays 4:30 or 6:15 p.m. - Tuesdays 4:30 or 6:15 p.m. - Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Substitute Catechist , grades 1-5 
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
When one of our 60+ catechists takes ill, or is otherwise prevented from teaching a class, we call the volunteers on the substitute list, hoping that someone is available to take the class. Volunteers can specify one of the time slot below if they wish. Class times are Mondays or Tuesdays 4:30-5:45 p.m. and Wednesdays 5:30-6:45 p.m.

Office Aide
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Help is needed to cover the office during children's formation classes. Choose the class period that is convenient for you. Volunteers are also needed to assist with special projects, such as mailings, typing, promotional flyers & brochures, etc.

Babysitter during Formation Classes
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Adults and older teens are needed in the nursery during class times to watch the children of teachers. We need two persons in the nursery at all times (legal requirement).  Times are Mondays or Tuesdays 4:30 or 6:15 p.m.; Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. - for 1 hr 15 min.  Or Sundays 12:15-2 p.m. during Middle School classes.

Chimes at Religion Classes
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Children play chimes during opening prayer before classes. Adults are needed to assist. Training provided!  (To play at Mass they need to be at least in the 4th grade.)

Assist with Music at faith formation classes
playing piano or singing.
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Like to sing? Or play the piano? Adult music helpers assist with singing or instruments during opening prayer before classes.

Learning Guide Gr. 6-7
Contact: Betty Haran    248-625-1750    bharan@stdanielclarkston.org
Could lead a discussion group of middle schoolers? Lead a small group of middle schoolers, either on Sunday 12:15-2:15 p.m. (8 classes per semester) or during the week after school. Materials provided.

Substitute Catechist Gr. 6-7

Substitute for a Learning Guide on a Sunday (see above)

Middle School Youth Group Activity Leader
Contact: Betty Haran    248-625-1750    bharan@stdanielclarkston.org
Volunteers assist as group leaders of specific activities (service activity, field trip, fun activities, a parish ministry, etc.) to provide middle school students with an experience of community or service.   Volunteers may organize and supervise just one activity a year, either just fun and community, or service or in a ministry.

Adult Bible Study Leader

Contact: Cheryl Smith, 248-625-1750  csmith@stdanielclarkston.org

Groupleaders are needed for the current Little Rock Scripture Study -- to break down large groups into smaller discussion groups.  Thursday mornings or Monday evenings.

Children's Liturgy of the Word
Contact: Betty Haran    248-625-1750    bharan@stdanielclarkston.org
Prayer Leaders serve at one Mass, approx. once a month, leading the children out of the main assembly area to another room for a Liturgy of the Word using a version of the readings designed for children, and following up with an interactive homily. Prayer Leaders do not teach, but lead prayer and break open of the Word of that Sunday. They follow the structure of the Mass with prayer, readings, homily, prayer petitions. Important: reflect on Word to prepare for leading an inter-active homily.  Training and materials are provided.

Children's Liturgy Music Help

Contact: Betty Haran    248-625-1750    bharan@stdanielclarkston.org

Can you play the keyboard? Or Sing? To help children sing the psalm response and the Alleluia when they leave during the 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. Mass for their own Liturgy of the Word..

Vacation Bible School

Group/Activity Leader or Aide
Contact: Betty Haran    248-625-1750    bharan@stdanielclarkston.org
Assist with Bible School during the last week in June, as teacher, aide, with crafts, games, food, music, etc. You may wish to assist with planning, or you may simply want to work during Bible School week, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday-Friday.

Pre-Baptism Sponsor Couple/Session Leader
Contact: Cheryl Smith    248-625-1750   CSmith@stdanielclarkston.org
Session Leaders, couples or individuals, welcome parents and godparents to the Saturday morning workshop and help them prepare for the child's baptism. Members of the Pre-Baptism Team take turns leading the sessions and usually lead or assist with a meeting every third or fourth month.

Pre-Marriage Sponsor Couple
Contact: Cheryl Smith  248-625-1750   CSmith@stdanielclarkston.org
Sponsor couples sponsor one couple a year, meeting five to six times with the engaged couple, usually in their home at a time convenient for both couples. They also schedule and conduct the rehearsal. Married at least three years. Practicing parishioners. Workshop. Books, discussion outlines and other materials provided. A training session prepares sponsor couples.

Rainbows Support Groups

Contact: Helen Vardon, 248-394-0025

Train to become a facilitator for small groups of children, youth or adults as they make the transition after change in family structures after divorce, separation or the death of a family member. See also Rainbows webpage at www.stdanielclarkston.org.

Summer Camp Volunteers (16 and older)
Contact: Sheila Bullard    248-620-9837    llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Youth Camp Counselors should be 16 or older. Or sponsor a craft activity at camp, or singing around the campfire, or another specific game or activity on one or more days. Or refreshments for one evening, i.e. pizza, bananas, cupcakes, etc.

Youth Christmas Choir
Contact: Lynn Lenhardt or Carol Compagnoni, 248-625-1750    llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Youth grades 4-7 rehearse for four weeks before Christmas on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. They sing at 4:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, before the Christmas Eve Children's Mass in the church.

Teen Christmas Choir

Contact Monica Hefty, 248-625-1756  mhefty@stdanielclarkston.org

Teens grades 8-12 rehearse from 10-11 a.m. during November and December and sing at the Christmas Eve (4:30 pm) Mass in the Social Hall.

Nursery Helper/ Sundays during 9:00 or 11:00 AM Mass 
Contact: Carol Compagnoni, 248-625-1750   llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Teens or adults assist in the co-op nursery during a Sunday morning Mass once every 6 weeks. Parents take turns to assist the teens.

Baby-sitting for Parish Meetings
Contact: 248-625-1750    llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
Sitters are needed during Pre-Baptism meetings on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings (once a month), during Whole Community Catechesis (Wednesdays) and during formation classes and for other parish meetings. Volunteers are called on a week-to-week basis. No long-term commitment needed, just willingness to assist when you can.

Cleaning Toys in Nursery
Contact: llenhardt@stdanielclarkston.org
The nursery is used during Masses, religion classes and other events for babysitting. The toys need to be washed with water and bleach to desinfect them. Could you join a work group of 3-5 persons once in a while for two to three hours to wash toys?