Serve
When you are growing in your faith, you want others to know. At Life Church, we are called to go! Christ wants us to serve His Church, our community, and the world so that all may see the great love of God. The next step on your journey is to find a way to serve. There are many opportunities to serve the church and community.
How to Get More Involved at Life Church
If you want to get more involved, the best next step is the Discipleship Pathway. This class helps you learn who we are, discover your purpose, grow in your walk, and take your next step in serving at Life Church Calvert.
Serving isn’t just something we do, it’s part of who we are.
We believe that when you serve, you grow. You meet people, build relationships, and grow closer to God while helping others do the same.
There are opportunities every Sunday to serve in areas like:
- Hospitality and greeting
- Life Kids and student ministry
- Worship and production
- Set up, clean up, or safety
- Outreach and community care
- and more!
Serving isn't just on Sunday; there are many opportunities throughout the week, too! Serving brings purpose, creates connection, and helps people experience the love of Jesus in a practical way.
You don’t need to be perfect to start, just willing. God works through ordinary people who say “yes.”
Ready to serve? Start by signing up for the next Discipleship Pathway.
On Sundays
First Impressions
The First Impressions Team works to connect individuals to the church by creating a welcoming environment for everyone who comes to Life Church. They serve as greeters, help individuals find information, and help connect people through follow-up communications.
Parking
Our Parking Team ensures that our parking lot is kept safe on Sundays or special events, and everyone can find a space.
Hospitality
Our culture at Life Church is one of hospitality. We want to give and bless everyone who comes into contact with us because Christ has greatly blessed us. Our Hospitality Team is more than just coffee or refreshments on Sundays. They serve families in the body and community who may have suffered a crisis with spiritual and physical encouragement through communication, visitation, gifts, food, and support.
Payer
Prayer is the engine that drives everything the church does. We can do many things after we pray, but we can’t do anything until we pray. Our Prayer Team receives and prays for the needs of individuals, families, our community, our nation, and the world.
Safety
Our Safety Team provides safety and security to our church grounds during our gatherings. In today’s world, we must be ready to respond to emergencies. This team augments our Calvert County Deputy Sheriff on duty each Sunday. They are trained to respond to an emergency.
Teens
The Life Teens Team serves weekly to disciple our teens to know Jesus! They want to assist families in growing in their faith together. Life Teens provides a safe place for youth from grades six to twelve. All Life Teens volunteers require a background check.
Kids
More fun happens in our kids’ ministry than anywhere else in Life Church. Volunteers in Life Kids minister to our newborns through 5th graders during weekend worship services by singing with the children, telling stories, and teaching the truth of God’s Word. They check in kids, lead classrooms, assist teachers, and care for infants and toddlers.
Production
Volunteers on the Production team keep things running smoothly during our weekend services and at events so that our attendees have a great experience meeting with the Lord and the church. They run the lighting and sound booth during services, put up slides for services, and set up for services and events.
Worship
Creating an excellent worship experience at Life Church takes many people. On our Worship team, volunteers use their gifts and abilities to minister to the church body by expressing worship to the Lord through music. They lead worship at weekend services and other ministries and events throughout the week and sing or play an instrument in the worship band.
Drama
Life Church Calvert’s drama team, The MESSengers, while serving as conduits to the overall teaching, brings thought-provoking and teachable moments to the stage and screen as a part of worship. We hope to reach those who feel unreachable and for this ministry to help serve as a reminder of the power of the Holy Spirit.
The MESSengers encourage men and women and boys and girls of all ages to get involved. Have you never been on stage? That’s okay! Don’t want to be on stage but still want to be involved? That’s okay too! Every good performance ON stage has to have a fantastic crew OFF stage!
Throughout the Week
Young Adults
It’s no secret that young adults are walking away from the church. We need to be intentional about reaching the next generations. LCC Young Adults is a way to invest in our young adults and see them become world changers.
Operations/Facility
The Operations Team assists with maintaining the building and grounds of our facility. This is a great new opportunity if you want to roll up your sleeves and don’t mind getting your hands dirty.
Life Groups
Life Groups provide opportunities for study, companionship, devotion, aid, and more. The main purpose of these groups is to establish a long-lasting connection as they walk through life together.
Men
There is a crisis of male leadership in the church today. Men of Life exists to help men be who God has called them to be. If you want to help build men and, by extension, impact families for Christ, this may be an opportunity for you.
Women
Ladies of Life exists to help women be all that God has called them to be. The Ladies of Life Team fosters healthy relationships with other women longing to grow deeper in their faith and impact their world for Christ! If your heart is to see women grow in their faith and impact generations, they are looking for you.
Locally and Around the World
Missions
Jesus told us to go into all the world and make disciples. Our Missions Team looks for ways to support our missionaries and takes opportunities to go in person to help build the Kingdom worldwide. If you are interested in serving or supporting our missionaries in prayer or financial support, this team is for you.
Operation Christmas Child
Imagine never receiving a gift for Christmas. We know God gave us the greatest gift in Jesus Christ the Son, born to save us from our sins. Each year, Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, provides shoeboxes full of items to bless children worldwide. Each child also gets the greatest gift: a chance to hear the Gospel.
Farming 4 Hunger
Each year, volunteers from Life Church serve at Farming 4 Hunger, a local organization that provides so much more than fresh produce, poultry, and eggs to those in need.
Heart F.E.L.T.
The Heart F.E.L.T. (Feeding Empty Little Tummies) Team fills backpacks with supplemental food for the weekends for students in need in our public schools.
Shield Bearers
A unique ministry to the local law enforcement officers and their families.