There are many areas to serve within the church and we are always in need of volunteers. Please scroll through the list below to view these opportunities. If you would like to volunteer, or would like more information, please contact the church office.
Help with Meals and Overnight Support at Hesed House in Aurora
BUMC serves at Hesed House on the fifth Saturday of the month, which provides us four opportunities each year to be “God’s hands and feet” at the second largest shelter in Illinois (located in Aurora). We’d love to have you join us on a fifth Saturday!
If you would like to prepare food or provide mixed vegetables, to volunteer to serve in the shelter, or to provide other donations, contact a coordinator.
Hesed House Location
659 S. River St., Aurora
Lazarus House
Help with Meals and Overnight Support at Lazarus House in St. Charles
On the 4th Tuesday of every month, Batavia United Methodist Church prepares meals and works the overnight support shift.
Sign up for a dish to feed 6 people, in one pan. Please deliver the meal betwen 5:45-6:00 “ready to eat”.
Please consider “shopping” at Lazarus House for meat and pans. Lazarus House receives many donations of meat that can be used. They will also provide aluminum pans for you to use as well.
Sign up to cook, or help in the shelter overnight, here: VOLUNTEER
Food Pantry and Clothes Closet
Batavia United Methodist provides staffing for the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry each month. Contact Judy Muster to volunteer: JudyMusser@gmail.com. The pantry and Clothes Closet serves residents of Batavia and Batavia Township. The Food Pantry website is bataviafoodpantry.org.
Healing Hunger Backpack Mission
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Their Mission: Leading the northern Illinois community in solving hunger by providing nutritious meals to those in need through innovative programs and partnerships. Northern Illinois Food Bank is the source of nutritious food, innovative feeding programs, and hope for more than 71,000 people each week. As a nonprofit organization with a goal of solving hunger in our 13-county service area, we rely on community partners – the local food pantries and feeding programs, food manufacturers and retailers, companies, foundations and individuals who join with us in our vision for no one to be hungry in northern Illinois.
Staying Connected
To be certain that the church stays in touch with homebound members, Staying Connected maintains contact through visits, notes, cards, and treats offered to these valued members of the church family. This personal outreach is in addition to the availability of live-streamed services each Sunday, and our weekly email newsletter, the E-Connection.
Contact the church office for additional information.
BUMC Prayer Team
Contact the church office for additional information.
Other Service Opportunities:
- Sunday Worship Multimedia team
- Children’s Sunday School
- Youth Ministry and Sunday School
- Lector Sundays
- United Methodist Men
Email the church office to inquire about more ways you can serve!