Job: Volunteer  

Duties: The following areas of service are available currently:

1. Prayer: Serve on a team which will receive prayer requests each week.

2. Helps: Spend about two hours once a week visiting with our newest neighbors.  Hear their stories. Advise them about life in America. Provide childcare while mom is in ESL class.

3. Service: Serve on a team that is on-call to move furniture. Drive refugees to various appointments. Help with homework.

4. Teaching: Teach English as a Second Language either one-on-one or to a small group. (You do NOT need to know the refugee’s heart language.)Teach refugees to drive. Teach a refugee about smart shopping, using mass transit, oral hygiene.

5. Administration: Be a recordkeeper. Follow-up on how many hours were spent serving in this ministry. Report hours served as well as work yet to be done at a weekly team meeting.

6. Fun Creator: Plan outings, parties, etc. for families

7. Giving: Donate to New Hope Connection.  This organization will use the money to help provide for the vast amount of needs that come with being a refugee. Gift cards to HEB or Ali Baba are useful. Buy items that are not covered by SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), i.e. shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, laundry and dish soap, etc. 

8. Techy: Update New Hope Connections’ Web site, Facebook page, etc. 

Time commitment:  Dependent on how often/long you desire to serve

Skills needed: All skills can be useful!

Training provided:  When someone is first offering to help, they will be given an overview of cross-cultural ministry.  Once or twice a year an in-depth seminar is offered on a Saturday to help workers better understand Islam and how to effectively reach out to our Muslim friends.