Tuesday January 6, 2009 
 
   

Get Involved

As a part of a Christian community we believe that we are the "body of Christ." What we mean is that we all have gifts, talents, abilities and that it takes all of us to working together to realize God's vision for Ryerson.

1 Corinthians 12:12 (The Message) 12-13You can easily enough see how this kind of thing works by looking no further than your own body. Your body has many parts—limbs, organs, cells—but no matter how many parts you can name, you're still one body. It's exactly the same with Christ. By means of his one Spirit, we all said good-bye to our partial and piecemeal lives. We each used to independently call our own shots, but then we entered into a large and integrated life in which he has the final say in everything. (This is what we proclaimed in word and action when we were baptized.) Each of us is now a part of his resurrection body, refreshed and sustained at one fountain—his Spirit—where we all come to drink. The old labels we once used to identify ourselves—labels like Jew or Greek, slave or free—are no longer useful. We need something larger, more comprehensive.

Our vision at Ryerson is "we are a faith community passionately seeking to follow Jesus in our time." In order to fulfill our vision we need, people to come together (community) to bring their God given gifts/ talents/ abilities to serve, help and lead in the various ministries and programs and "other focused" initiatives.

Opportunities to get involved - Who to talk to about getting involved

UCW - Women's ministry

MOR - Men's Ministry

Youth Ministry - Leaders/ Helpers

Kids Ministry - Leaders/ Helpers - ARK - Sunday School, ARK Afterschool, Movie Nights

Coffee Hour - Hosts/Hostesses

Senior Choir

Praise Band

Tech Team

Bible Readers - Sunday Service

Archives

Ushering/ Collection

Small Group Leaders