Willing and available to serve? Then we need you!

If you have a heart for serving the church, can be in Adelaide in late September and/or early October this year and don’t already have a role at the LCANZ’s Convention of General Synod, then we need you!

General Synod volunteer coordinator Pauline Renner, who is serving in that role voluntarily two days per week until the close of the Convention at Concordia College Highgate on 7 October, is keen to hear from people who have the time to help with any of a wide range of tasks before, during and after the triennial event (4–7 October) and General Pastors Conference (GPC) which precedes it from 29 September to 2 October.

‘We need a large team to coordinate all aspects of this important event in the life of the church’, Pauline says. ‘But while volunteers give of their time and talents in serving others, it’s not just a one-way benefit. It promises to be a wonderful opportunity to meet and serve alongside a wide range of people from across the church. And I know, from my own experience, that I usually get more out of volunteering than I give.’

Pauline, who also volunteers with Glynde Lutheran Church’s English language program for new arrivals and other people for whom English is a second language and with Adelaide University’s ‘Talking with Aussies’ program for international students, is a member at Tea Tree Gully Lutheran Church in Adelaide’s northeast. For more than 20 years, she worked as the event coordinator for the National Motor Museum in the Adelaide Hills and said two things, in particular, appealed to her about serving as the Synod volunteer coordinator – ‘I do love organising, and I love an end date’, she admits.

Available volunteer roles for General Synod include:

• Set up for GPC and Synod on Saturday 28 September and pack down on Monday 7 October
• Parking marshals – direct and assist delegates, visitors, staff and volunteers (GPC and Synod)
• First Aid – volunteers must have a current First Aid certificate (Synod only)
• Catering/meals – assist at morning tea, lunches and/or the Synod dinner on 4 October (Synod only)
• Bag drop/pick up – check in and out bags, umbrellas etc of delegates and visitors at the beginning and end of the first and last days (Synod only).

All volunteers will need current Working with Children and Vulnerable People checks. To register your interest in volunteering, contact Pauline at synod@staging.lca.org.au