Volunteer Opportunities

• Bible Fellowship

  Before You Say, “I Do” Coach Couples
  If you are married and have a heart for couples seeking to prepare for a Christ-centered marriage, you’ll find your area of service in our premarital ministry. This short-term commitment provides opportunity for you to help engaged couples learn practical principles of marriage. For more information, e-mail bysid@prestonwood.org or call 972-820-5267.
  
  Mentor4Couples
  Here’s a chance to make a real difference in the lives of married couples. The wisdom, experience and commitment you’ve gained through a Christ-centered marriage can be lifesavers for couples who are seeking to enrich or restore their marriages. If you’d like to be a Mentor Couple, this ministry will provide training, materials and consultation. Contact: m4c@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5047.

• Prestonwood Bookstore

  The Prestonwood Bookstore is looking for energetic people to volunteer during high-traffic times in the stores before and after services. Come share in the ministry of the Bookstore! Wednesdays, 5:45 to 7:15 p.m.;  Saturdays, 6:00 to 7:15 p.m.;  Sundays 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 to 12:30 p.m.

• Broadcast and Media Ministry

  Media Department
  Would you like to help enhance our worship experience and reach millions of people with the Gospel at the same time? The Media Ministry needs you to join our team! Whether you are an experienced professional or just someone who likes technology, we have a place for you. We have openings in the areas of cameras, video switchers, camera shaders, audio, graphics, lighting and general A/V. Please contact media@prestonwood.org for more information!
  
  PowerPoint Ministry
  PowerPoint has weekly volunteer opportunities for mailing books, CDs, DVDs, newsletters, and other products that will be sent around the world. For more information, e-mail email@powerpoint.org .

• Children's Ministry, Teachers

  Children’s Weekend Bible Fellowship Directors and Teachers
  Directors and teachers are needed for elementary Bible Fellowships weekly on Saturdays at 4:45 p.m. at the Plano Campus or on Sunday mornings on all campuses. Curriculum, training and resources are provided. For information about teaching children in grades 1–6, contact:
  
  Plano Campus: Kathy Kovalchuk at kkovalchuk@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5019
  North Campus: Angela Sneathern at asneathern@prestonwood.org 972-792-6731
  
  Children’s Weekend Bible Fellowship Nursery and Preschool Teachers
  Directors and teachers are needed for preschool Bible Fellowships (birth through kindergarten) on Saturdays at 4:45 and 6:00 p.m. at the Plano Campus or on Sunday mornings on all campuses. Our leaders have the option of serving every week or every other week. Curriculum, training and resources are provided. For information about teaching children in nursery, preschool or kindergarten, contact:
  
  Plano Campus: Diana Pendley at dpendley@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5336
  North Campus: Angela Sneathern at asneathern@prestonwood.org 972-792-6731
  
  Substitute Teachers
  The Children's Ministry is looking for substitute teachers who are willing to be on-call, but who will not necessarily teach every week. The ministry would also like to have a volunteer to be a hall monitor—someone to watch the hall, making sure that kids get in and out of the restroom safely, that parents find their child’s class, and that crafts get passed out. A volunteer in KidZone would be great, too! The volunteer would help children find their class seats. For elementary (grades 1–6) volunteering, contact:
  
  Plano Campus: Diana Pendley at dpendley@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5336
  North Campus: Angela Sneathern at asneathern@prestonwood.org or 972-798-6731
  
  Floating Volunteers
  The Preschool and Kindergarten Ministry is looking for floating volunteers who are willing to serve in any age classroom when a teacher is running late or calls in sick. The volunteer may be asked to assist in telling the Bible story. This volunteer will serve every other week or every week. In addition to serving in the classroom, this volunteer will serve in the hallway, helping visitors find their rooms, assisting teachers, and passing out extra crafts or supplies as needed. For more information or to volunteer, contact:
  
  Plano Campus: Diana Pendley at dpendley@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5336
  North Campus: Angela Sneathern at asneathern@prestonwood.org or 972-798-6731
  

• Children's Ministry, AWANA

  AWANA Leaders
  Bible Clubs for children ages 2–grade 6 meet from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. each Wednesday during the school year. Each week, about 200 caring adults are needed to listen to children say their Bible verses and accompany them to the various activities. We also have security positions open during this time period.
  
  AWANA Check-In Volunteers
  Each Wednesday, we need volunteers to work security at the doors from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. and volunteers to run the check-in kiosks from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. We also need volunteers to assist at computer check-in stations and to perform badge checks at door entrances. For more information, contact: Nancy Newton at nnewton@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5343.
   
  Plano Campus: Nancy Newton at nnewton@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5343
  North Campus: Angela Sneathern at asneathern@prestonwood.org or 972-798-6731

• Children's Ministry, Creative Ministry

  We are currently looking for a wide variety of volunteers who are interested in any of the following: leading worship (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard), operating technical/media for worship, operating cameras, sound or lighting equipment for video shoots, or assisting with the weekly video element in any way. The only experience needed is a willing heart; we will train. If you are looking for a creative, encouraging environment, please call the Children's Ministry offices at your campus. 

• Children's Ministry, Office

  Preschool Office Volunteer
  We need some volunteers to spend a few hours each week dividing, sorting, counting and generally organizing craft supplies for Preschool Bible Fellowship. Contact the Children's Ministry offices at your campus for more information.

• Children's Ministry, Medical Assistance

  Medical professionals (doctors, nurses, EMTs, CNAs, PAs, FNPs) are needed to be on-call for the Children’s Ministry during Worship Services and Bible Fellowships on the weekends. This ministry is for treating preschoolers and grade-school children when minor incidents/illnesses (not emergencies) occur. If assistance is needed, these volunteers will be paged to report to one of two First Aid Rooms. Please Contact the Children's Ministry offices at your campus for more information about being a part of this incredible ministry.

• Children's Ministry, Safety

  Safety Volunteers
  Volunteers are needed for all Bible Fellowship hours to check badges and to help check in families using our kiosks. Contact the Children's Ministry offices at your campus for more information.

• Children's Ministry, Special Needs

  Join this extraordinary Jesus ministry, which enables families to focus on spiritual growth. Bible Fellowship Directors and leaders are needed in classes uniquely designed for our children and adults with special needs on Wednesday evenings Sunday mornings at both campuses as well as Saturday evenings at the Plano Campus. Security and greeters are needed in the Special Needs Ministry suite. A large need is for "shadows" (buddies who assist special friends into typical classes) to enhance socialization through mainstreaming.
  
  We also need coaches and one-on-one buddies for the children and adults with disabilities who will participate in the STARS Special Needs Sports Ministry which includes baseball, cheerleading, basketball and soccer. Contact the Children's Ministry offices at your campus for more information.

• Facility Services

  The Facilities Department has a variety of opportunities for volunteers. Whether you like to work inside or outside, or if you can help Monday–Friday, we have something for you!
  
  Print/Mail Center Volunteer
  The Facility Services ministry has volunteer opportunities in its Print/Mail Center.  Administrative skills are needed for data input into the Center’s print project tracking/pricing system and assisting the Center’s manager with monthly report data collection.  Other areas of assistance may include ordering of office supplies, greeting ministry customers to the center as needed, assisting delivery vendors with receipt/logging of packages, etc.  Training is provided.   Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel and Word is preferred. For more information, please contact Jim Wineberger at jwineberger@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5170.
  
  Bus Drivers
  We need drivers with CDL certification to join our shuttle bus ministry. You would be the first point of contact for our guests on Sunday as you welcome them to Prestonwood by transporting them from the parking lots to the church door and back. You would also have the opportunity to welcome staff, PCA students and guests on short trips during the week. Shuttles run every Sunday at both the Plano and North campuses and various times during the week. For more information, please contact Gayle Bird at gbird@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5018.
  
  Worship Center Volunteer (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and/or Friday)
  Volunteers are needed to assist with church pew restocking. The process includes adding note pads, pencils and envelopes to pews, straightening Bibles, and other responsibilities as needed so that the Worship Center is ready for worship times. As part of this ministry, volunteers are encouraged to pray for each person who will be sitting in the pews and/or using the Bibles and paper resources. For more information, please contact Gayle Bird at gbird@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5018.

• Gift of Christmas Volunteers

  Volunteers are needed at The Gift of Christmas ticket booth (Main Street, Plano Campus) Sunday mornings, Oct. 28–Dec. 16, 8:30–10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Volunteers are also needed Dec. 8–16 one hour prior to each performance at the same location to help with online ticket sales, ticket questions and will call. For more information, contact ddenton@prestonwood.org.

• Greeters, Ushers, Decision Encouragers and Parking

  Decision Encourager - Worship Services
  Decision Encouragers are key participants in every worship service at Prestonwood. It is vital that trained Decision Encouragers are available to properly welcome and counsel people when they make a decision for Christ. To serve as a Decision Encourager, you must be a Prestonwood member, be able to share the plan of salvation, articulate our church beliefs, and welcome new members with a warm and encouraging spirit. To find out about Decision Encouragers training, please contact the Decision Encouragers Ministry at 972-820-5308 or e-mail twilliams@prestonwood.org.
  
  Greeters 
  The Lord is continuing to grow our family, and we need you to help us greet and guide these guests each weekend. You can serve on Saturday at the Plano Campus from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. or on Sunday at all campuses from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. or 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. For more information about this front-line ministry at Prestonwood, please stop by the Greeter Ministry Booth at one of the above times. The Greeter Ministry Booth is in the Atrium at both campuses. You may also contact Harvey Letcher at 972-820-5154 or hletcher@prestonwood.org.
  
  Ushers 
  If you would like to help people find their way around our sanctuary, we need you! Volunteers are needed during all services at all campuses. If you would like to serve as an usher, please contact Harvey Letcher at 972-820-5154 or hletcher@prestonwood.org.
  
  Parking Ministry
  The men of our parking ministry need you to join them in welcoming members and guests and directing traffic in our parking lots once every six weeks. For details, please contact Harvey Letcher at 972-820-5154 or hletcher@prestonwood.org.

• Guest Central

  Our goal at Guest Central is to make every person who walks through the doors of Prestonwood feel welcome and comfortable in the Family of God. We do this through greeting them before and after Worship Services, answering any questions they might have, blessing them with a gift and information bag, and encouraging them to participate in a Bible Fellowship class. You can serve at the Plano Campus on Saturday from 6:15 p.m. to 6:35 p.m. or at all campuses on Sunday from 10:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact rirwin@prestonwood.org or call 972-820-5322.

• In-Touch Ministry

  The In-Touch ministry exists to share the love of Jesus Christ with those who reside in retirement communities, rehab/care facilities, or those who are homebound. Areas of service include:

  • Visiting with residents
  • Leading Bible studies
  • Leading a worship service
  • Participating in a worship service through singing or playing an instrument
  • Visiting those who are homebound, including providing respite for in-home caregivers
  • Holding prayer times
  • Holding a reception or craft activity with residents as an Adult Bible Fellowship outreach activity

  By bringing a personal touch to these individuals, we bring glory to God and fulfill the biblical mandates to “honor your father and mother” (Exodus 20:12) and “visit orphans and widows in their need” (James 1:27). We believe it is God’s desire that His servants finish well and want to be a part of that.

  If you have a servant’s heart, and are looking for a place of service to those who need visits, hugs, love, prayer, comfort and the Gospel, consider joining the In-Touch Ministry today! To learn more, please contact intouch@prestonwood.org.

• Missions

  We can make a difference by allowing God to use us to reach out to people around us. At Prestonwood, we accomplish this call by partnering with incredible, like-minded ministries. For more information, visit prestonwoodmissions.org or e-mail missions@prestonwood.org.

• Music and Worship Ministry

  Kids’ Worship Choir
  Volunteers are needed for Kids’ Worship Choir at our Plano and North Campuses on Wednesday night in our 3 years to Kindergarten program. The time commitment is Wednesday nights from 5:20 to 6:25 p.m. You do not need to be able to sing or play an instrument; you just need to have a love for music and children! We will give you everything else you need! For more information or to sign up, please call:
  
  Plano Campus: 972-820-5235 or e-mail jchatham@prestonwood.org
  North Campus: 972-798-6752 or e-mail rnelson@preestonwood.org

• Own Your Own Section Ministry

  Section Host
  The Own Your Own Section Ministry exists to help welcome those visiting our church and those who have not yet plugged into Prestonwood. Responsibilities include: greeting and welcoming those sitting in your section in the Worship Center, being available to pray with those in your section who have prayer requests, and assisting people in your section to get connected with a Bible Fellowship class and our other ministries. For more information or to volunteer, contact host@prestonwood.org or 972-820-5355.

• Prestonwood Pregnancy Center

  Class Instructor
  Knowledgeable Spanish and English speaking Class Instructors with previous teaching experience are needed to teach classes on a quarterly basis. You will determine which days and times you would like to teach. 
  
  We currently offer classes in:

  • Childbirth Preparation (Instructor needed)
  • CPR (Instructor needed)
  • First week of life with my baby
  • Parenting
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Bible Basics
  • Financial Management

  We are willing to add new classes if the right credentialed person presents themselves. If you have experience teaching another topic you think would be beneficial to our clients, we would love to hear from you! PPC does not train Class Instructors.
  
  Questions? Please email ltatum@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  Client Advocate
  Client Advocates can be men or women. Client Advocates are friendly people with a heart to help those in crisis. You do not need a certain type of education or experience to qualify. Each Client Advocate receives in-depth training in order to discuss a variety of issues related to parenting, adoption, and abortion. In addition, each is trained to share the Gospel. Before you meet with clients on your own, you will have opportunity to shadow a more experienced Client Advocate. Because PPC offers services in both Spanish and English, we always need of Client Advocates who are bilingual. Male volunteers will meet with the significant others of those who come for a pregnancy test.
  
  Time requirement:

  • Two Saturdays of training from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • Commitment to volunteer 1 shift (3-4 hours) per week for one year OR every other Saturday for one year

  Questions? Please email ltatum@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  
  Client Services
  Volunteers are needed to meet with clients and offer guidance; facilitators are needed for continuing education classes, medical classes and support groups. We also need volunteers for fund raising/development support and prayer partners. Training is required for certain areas. Bilingual (English-Spanish) volunteers are especially needed.
  
  Please contact Yezenia Laterrade at 972-386-4015 or ylaterrade@prestonwood.org.
  
  Development Assistant
  Development Assistants are needed to help with a variety of fundraising projects weekdays anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. You do not need a certain type of education or experience to qualify.
  
  Projects include:

  • Mass mailing
  • Data entry
  • Digital scrap-booking
  • Photography
  • Story development

  Questions? Please email bgoff@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  
  

  Life League Advocate
  The primary role of a Life League Advocate is simply building awareness about the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center within your circle of influence (i.e. sports league friends, colleagues, Bible Fellowship group members and neighbors) We do this is by inviting people to our monthly informational Friends for Life Coffees.
  
  

  Questions? Please email bgoff@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  
  

  Medical
  Volunteer nurses, doctors, and sonographers are needed to help meet the needs of our expanding medical clinic and mobile sonogram unit. Please contact Laura Tatum at 972-386-4015 or ltatum@prestonwood.org.
  
  Nurse
  Medically trained women are needed to perform pregnancy tests and provide basic client education. This person informs each client about the result of their pregnancy test, issues the report of pregnancy and answers medically related client questions.
  
  Time requirement:

  • Two Saturdays of training from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • Minimal commitment to volunteer twice per month for one year OR one Saturday per month

  Questions? Please email ltatum@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  
  Sonographer
  Experienced Sonographers are needed to provide external and internal early pregnancy sonograms to clients. Certification is not necessary. This person will meet with the client (and oftentimes their significant other) in the sonogram room and share fetal development information as they provide the sonogram.
  
  Time requirement:

  • Two Saturdays of training from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • Minimal commitment to volunteer twice per month for one year OR one Saturday per month

  Questions? Please email ltatum@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  
  Special Event Assistant
  Prestonwood Pregnancy Center hosts several special events annually and can always use support setting up and tearing down. We could also use help from event designers for ideas, and floral designers to prepare centerpieces and bouquets for these events.
  

  
  Questions? Please email bgoff@prestonwood.org.
  
  Download our volunteer packet
  
  
  

• Prestonwood Sports Organization

  League Coaches and Administrative Help 
  Prestonwood Sports Organization reaches into the community though sports. We need our members to help lead the way by coaching our teams. There are many ways you can get involved and help with a league in a sports area you enjoy. To get a complete listing of the sports we offer, please see our website at www.psosports.com. Contact Gail Mixon at 972-820-5454 or gmixon@prestonwood.org.

• Student Ministry

  Junior High Ministry
  Volunteers are needed for CHAOS, an outreach ministry for junior high students at both campuses (Wednesdays, 6:45–8:00 p.m.). CHAOS meets in the Student Ministry Building at the Plano Campus and in the Gym at the North Campus. Areas of service include relationship building, food prep, cleanup, games leading, stage teardown and decision encouraging. Contact the Student Ministry Office at your campus for more information.

  Junior High and High School Ministries
  Table Group Leaders are needed at the Plano Campus on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 9:15 and 11:00 a.m. during Bible Fellowship. This time of Bible Fellowship includes master teacher time, worship with our student bands, and Table Groups (groups of 8–10 students with an adult Table Group Leader). Adults are needed who can lead the 30-minute, small-group discussion. Students are led to discuss what they learned during their devotional time the previous week and in the lesson that day. Contact the Student Ministry Office at your campus for more information.

• Women's Ministry

  If your heart for ministry is to help women, we have lots of opportunities for you to serve! 
  
  Bible Fellowship Friends 
  Will you be our Women's Ministry representative for your Bible Fellowship class and keep them up to date with all we have going on?
  
  Mentoring Ministry Coordinator and Volunteers
  
  H.I.S. BridgeBuilders Volunteers
  
  Neighborhood Bible Study Coordinator
  
  Office Help 
  Office heeded for general office duties, mailings, calls and some computer work.
  
  For more information on any of these opportunities, please call:
  
  Plano Campus - 972-820-5233 or e-mail lmeadows@prestonwood.org
  North Campus - 972-798-6716 or e-mail lkirkindoll@prestonwood.org