Luke's Leaders Volunteer Recruitment
2024-25 School Year
This fall, the week of September 9, we will be kicking off the next year of Luke's Leaders!
Luke’s Leaders is a weekly, after-school leadership development initiative created by the Outreach and Justice Ministry of St. Luke’s UMC. We work with a variety of community partners, such as the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis and Peace Learning Center, to bring this leadership development programming to students of Washington Township, aged 10 to 14. Through a combination of hands-on experiences, mentorship, and partnerships with local youth-serving organizations, we aim to equip young people with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to create meaningful changes.
Are you interested in joining us as a volunteer?
Here are some basics:
- Student sessions will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. The Wednesday sessions are at St Luke’s from 5-6:30 pm, the Tuesday and Thursday programs are held at the schools – Northview, Westlane, and Eastwood from 4:30-6pm.
- Your role as a volunteer includes attending 2/3rds of the sessions, get to know students, develop trusting relationships, engage in all facilitated activities along with the students as guided by the facilitators, and call out and address exceptions to expectations.
- NEW this year – we need 6 volunteer drivers! Help us shuttle students on Wednesday nights in one of our newly purchased passenger vans. These vans are like driving an SUV or minivan and DO NOT require a special license or training.
Help Us Get Out the Vote!
August 17 | 9:30-11:30 AM
August 24 | 1:00-3:00 PM
Room N101/102
Do you wonder how you can make a difference in this year's election beyond your own vote? It's as easy as sending a postcard! This is something each of us can do, and we are making it easy for you to join the effort. St. Luke's Justice ministries are championing a postcard-writing campaign to encourage citizens to get out and vote this November. We'll provide the postcards, along with research-backed, non-partisan messages that have proven effective at motivating people to vote. You provide your handwriting and the postage (if you're able). Our goal is to prepare 10,000 postcards in August, and another 10,000 in September. We need your help!
For more information, please contact Shelly Clasen (shelly.clasen@stlukesumc.com) or David Llewellyn (dj57llew@gmail.com). You can also visit turnoutpac.org to learn more.
Serving Opportunities
Serving at St. Luke’s is our way to actively live our mission of helping people find and give hope through Jesus Christ.
Whether you’re 8 or 80, we’re offering simple ways to put your faith into action this fall/winter. There are a variety of service projects tailored for individuals or groups with diverse talents. Many projects are single day events requiring 4 hours or less.
- Thanksgiving and Angel Tree Outreach Projects
- Christmas Holiday Hospitality
- Community Project with Changing Footprints
- Midtown Fall Festival
- Youth Pumpkin Sales
- Administrative/Light office work
Registration coming soon!
Questions? Contact susan.peters@stlukesumc.com
Back to School Bash Recap
What happens when cross-faith groups work to make a positive impact in our community? A successful new beginning for the Back to School Bash!
On Saturday July 27th ,St. Luke’s, 2nd Presbyterian and Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation partnered up with Washington Township School District for a day of fun, fellowship and services. From backpacks to balloon artists, health screenings to hot dogs. We celebrated with approximately 800 families and their school aged children as they embark on a new school year. Through donations and school district buying power we are able to fulfill the needs of over 6,000 students.
Please consider giving to our education fund so we can support our school aged neighbors throughout the year. You can click HERE to donate.