• Care for children (ages 1-3) during 9:00  & 11:00 Masses on Sunday (September – May) and at 9:00 AM Mass only (June – August).  Rotating schedule

• Clean altar area & assist with laundering altar linens.  Requirement - one Friday per month on a fixed schedule

•   Assist with the counting, recording and deposit of the Sunday offertory collection  as well as any special collections received from  weekend or special liturgies.

• Make visits to bereaved families to provide support and information. Provide post funeral luncheons/coffees, if requested.  Follow-up with family after the funeral.   
  
• Requirement - ability to respond on short notice - daytime availability for most tasks.

• Monitor and recommend changes to and maintenance of church property.  Includes change of season tasks and trimming, planting, watering, etc. 
  
• Requirement - One or two days during Spring & Fall; a couple of hours per week during the summer.  Rotating schedule.   Assist with general repairs and upkeep to the church property.  Help with occasional seasonal tasks (Christmas, Easter)

•   Coordinates collection of gifts at Christmas for the elderly poor.  Works in conjunction with  Saratoga County Social Services and Catholic Charities of Saratoga County.

• Coordinates the collection of gifts at Christmas for needy family in the inner city.  Works with St. John’s/St. Ann’s parish in Albany, NY

• Coordinates the collection of non-perishable food items for distribution to the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Jonesville to assist families in need

• Involves arrangement and care of altar flowers.  Help decorate the church for holiday and special liturgical celebrations.  Weekday and/or weekend tasks

• Telephone & visit homebound & elderly in the parish.  Ministry is designed to help maintain their link with the parish and the outside world.  Requirement - people who are friendly, patient & have a sense of humor.

• Visit parishioners in area hospitals & nursing homes on a weekly/monthly basis.  Requirement - people who are friendly, patient & dependable.

• Meals:  Provide meals to parishioners in need of support during illness, hospitalization & other emergencies.
• Transportation: Provide transportation to Mass, doctor, dentist  & important appointments for the elderly and those without means of transportation.  
• Welcome Table/Soup Kitchen:  Plan, purchase, prepare & serve a meal for over 200 needy persons at St. John’s/St. Ann’s Parish, Albany on second Tuesday, once a month.  Time commitment 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. 

• Plans, coordinates, records and tabulates the donations and pledges to the annual Bishop’s Appeal conducted in the parish each year during April & May
• Assist in making telephone calls during the final stage of the annual Bishop’s Appeal.

• Utilizes licensed nurses from the parish community to be the liaisons between the health care system and the congregation.  Nurses provide blood pressure screening once a month, making appropriate referrals where needed.  A flu shot clinic is offered each Fall.  Information in the form of hand-outs and pamphlets are provided to the parish community on various aspects of health care awareness using a different monthly theme.

• Meets the first Monday of each month at 10:00 AM in the Parish Center to make rosaries for distribution to the missions.

• Assist in planning, purchasing & providing coffee & refreshments  for the parish hospitality  following the 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM Masses.

• Organization for men (age 18 & older) dedicated through the ideals of charity, unity, fraternity & patriotism to the promotion of family & church.  Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month.

• Organizes the annual parish baseball trip to a major league stadium.

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• A Support group for Widowed, Divorced and Separated meets the second and fourth Saturday of the month at 8:15 PM.

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• Parents & Pre-school children meet Mondays from 10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON in the Parish Center.  Children learn to socialize & play together, while parents build community by sharing information, concerns & support among themselves.  Meets year round.