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Social Service Outreach and Volunteerism

Salt and Light Conference

 

Identify Your Assets –
You are worth more then you think

 

 

 

 

Training and Education Opportunities


For Individuals:
Volunteer Preparedness Workshop: 7 to 8:30 p.m., Oct 14. (Location to be determined)
For the person considering God’s call into the community. This 90 minute workshop helps the person in the pew explore individual skills, talents and passions and make prayerful choices of where to go. Learn how to take and apply faith when volunteering in the community. For more details or to register, contact MJ Wurdeman at mjwurdeman@mo.lcms.org or (314) 317-4559.
For Congregational Leadership:
Volunteer Management Training: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., August 4, 11, & 18, The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, 6128 Delmar Blvd. (Free parking across the street at the Pageant)
For those who recruit, screen and manage volunteers. Please attend all three sessions as different topics will be presented each day. Open to community organizations and congregations.
Liability Issues in Healthcare Volunteering: 9:30 to 11 a.m., Sept. 24, The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, 6128 Delmar Blvd (Free parking across the street at the Pageant)
A panel discussion addressing questions for the healthcare professional who volunteers and for organizations that engage these volunteers. The panel is comprised of four attorneys, one representing individual professionals, another represents a company offering liability coverage, another representing medical centers, and the fourth representing the Missouri State Office of the Attorney General which administers the Legal Expense Fund. To register or learn more contact Leslie Kluge at leslie@sendmestlouis.org or (314) 678-0015 ext. 8.
Congregational Volunteer Management Training: Oct. 1, 3 and 8 (Times and location to be announced)
Covers the same topics as Volunteer Management Training. Examples and discussions are tailored toward congregations and their specific matters. To register or learn more, contact Debbie Nash at debbie@sendmestlouis.org or (314) 678-0015 ext. 3.