St. Margarets uses Realm software to facilitate connecting with each other. In Realm, you can find the contact info of other parishioners, sign up to serve on Sunday and obtain your giving history for tax filing. if you do not yet have a Realm account, please request one at [email protected]
Within your Realm Profile, there are six numbered questions that will help us know you and serve you better. The software does not allow for any detail in these questions so here it is below. Please fill these out in your Realm Profile.
1. Conversation & Cuisine: Would you be interested in participating in small social gatherings outside of St. Margarets that involve food? (check all that are of interest to you):
a) Home Hosts: A group of up to eight adults take turns hosting a meal in their home (for a total of 4x per year)
b) Dinner Out: A group of up to eight people go to a local restaurant together. Separate checks (for a total of 4x per year)
c) Families Together: A group of up to four families get together four times per year, either hosting or going out, with children included. Adults without young children who enjoy social events with children are welcome to participate.
d) Not interested in participating in any social gatherings.
2. Serving Others: As an active and vibrant church, many volunteers are needed to offer all of our programs and services. How much time would you be willing to spend as a volunteer (check one):
3. Areas of Interest: If you were to deepen your involvement with St. Margaret’s, what areas interest you (check all that apply):
a) Serving on Sunday (e.g., altar guild, usher, greeter, YouTube streamer, Eucharistic minister, coffee hour, etc.)
b) Working with St. Margaret’s children and youth (e.g., Sunday school, vacation bible school, youth group chaperone, etc.)
c) Hands-on physical activities (e.g., adopt a garden, picking up and delivering furniture to refugees, setting up/breaking down chairs, etc.)
d) Hands-on charitable activities for homeless, poor, refugees, disenfranchised (e.g., reading tutor, citizenship classes, Lighthouse, newly arriving refugees, Truth, Reconciliation & Reparations (TRR), disaster aid, etc.)
e) Help plan and prepare social activities (e.g., Monday night dinner, Woman’s Guild, PRIDE parade, TRR events, masquerade ball, etc.)
f) Music ministry (e.g., Children & Adult Choir, bells, and/or 3rd Sunday Band)
g) Admin and Lay Leadership (e.g., Vestry, strategic planning, leading teams, office/clerical/spreadsheet support)
Comments (please note any areas of special interest or expertise):
4. Skills and Talents: What is your professional background (please note if you are retired)? Please include any skill sets and experience you would be willing to share. Are you comfortable leading others?
5. Faith Journey: St. Margaret’s prides itself on being a welcoming church comprised of individuals from many faith backgrounds. Where are you on your spiritual journey and how can St. Margaret’s support this? Comments box:
6. Charitable Activities: St. Margaret’s desires to support causes and nonprofits that are important to our parishioners through both grants and volunteer recruitment. Our priorities are:
Comment box:
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Thank you for helping make St. Margarets and warm and welcoming church that strives to transform lives by the grace of God.
Within your Realm Profile, there are six numbered questions that will help us know you and serve you better. The software does not allow for any detail in these questions so here it is below. Please fill these out in your Realm Profile.
1. Conversation & Cuisine: Would you be interested in participating in small social gatherings outside of St. Margarets that involve food? (check all that are of interest to you):
a) Home Hosts: A group of up to eight adults take turns hosting a meal in their home (for a total of 4x per year)
b) Dinner Out: A group of up to eight people go to a local restaurant together. Separate checks (for a total of 4x per year)
c) Families Together: A group of up to four families get together four times per year, either hosting or going out, with children included. Adults without young children who enjoy social events with children are welcome to participate.
d) Not interested in participating in any social gatherings.
2. Serving Others: As an active and vibrant church, many volunteers are needed to offer all of our programs and services. How much time would you be willing to spend as a volunteer (check one):
- 0 hours
- 1-11 hours per year
- 1-3 hours per month
- 1-4 hours per week
- 5-19 hours per week
- 20+ hours per week
3. Areas of Interest: If you were to deepen your involvement with St. Margaret’s, what areas interest you (check all that apply):
a) Serving on Sunday (e.g., altar guild, usher, greeter, YouTube streamer, Eucharistic minister, coffee hour, etc.)
b) Working with St. Margaret’s children and youth (e.g., Sunday school, vacation bible school, youth group chaperone, etc.)
c) Hands-on physical activities (e.g., adopt a garden, picking up and delivering furniture to refugees, setting up/breaking down chairs, etc.)
d) Hands-on charitable activities for homeless, poor, refugees, disenfranchised (e.g., reading tutor, citizenship classes, Lighthouse, newly arriving refugees, Truth, Reconciliation & Reparations (TRR), disaster aid, etc.)
e) Help plan and prepare social activities (e.g., Monday night dinner, Woman’s Guild, PRIDE parade, TRR events, masquerade ball, etc.)
f) Music ministry (e.g., Children & Adult Choir, bells, and/or 3rd Sunday Band)
g) Admin and Lay Leadership (e.g., Vestry, strategic planning, leading teams, office/clerical/spreadsheet support)
Comments (please note any areas of special interest or expertise):
4. Skills and Talents: What is your professional background (please note if you are retired)? Please include any skill sets and experience you would be willing to share. Are you comfortable leading others?
5. Faith Journey: St. Margaret’s prides itself on being a welcoming church comprised of individuals from many faith backgrounds. Where are you on your spiritual journey and how can St. Margaret’s support this? Comments box:
6. Charitable Activities: St. Margaret’s desires to support causes and nonprofits that are important to our parishioners through both grants and volunteer recruitment. Our priorities are:
- Endow the poor and hungry with the means to feed, shelter, and clothe themselves,
- Restore the ill to health and heal the broken,
- Promote, preserve, and sustain environmental health,
- Improve access to educational opportunities,
- Implement trust, enable reconciliation or confront structural racism & inequality.
Comment box:
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Thank you for helping make St. Margarets and warm and welcoming church that strives to transform lives by the grace of God.