SERVE AT FIRST
We believe that a church should operate as a unified community of believers, each using their own spiritual gifts and resources to spread the message of Jesus. God has gifted you in specific ways, and you will find that your relationship with Him will deepen as you use your gifts to pour into others. We have many ways to serve at FIRST. Check out all of our current serving needs and how you can get plugged in!
CURRENT SERVING OPPORTUNITIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD
NURSERY LEADER
SUNDAYS, 9:00 OR 10:30 AM
As a Nursery leader you are responsible for caring for our babies, crawlers and toddlers by being a familiar and safe adult to the child and parent. While you love on and play with the child, you are teaching them that church is a safe place and God loves them. You are partnering with parents as they grow in their relationship with Jesus as they serve and attend worship.
CONTACT: Jessica Epping
SMALL GROUP LEADER
SUNDAYS, 9:00 OR 10:30 AM
As a small group leader, you invest in the lives of a few to encourage authentic faith. You win when preschoolers have meaningful interactions during group that deepen their faith in Jesus and influence their relationships with others. Supplies are prepped and ready for you each and every Sunday so you are able to show up and be present with your kids.
CONTACT: Jessica Epping
CRAFT PREP
FLEXIBLE DURING THE WEEK
As a member of the craft team, we need you to set up small groups for success...literally! You win when you take care of the details of coordinating and creating group supplies so that small group leaders can better focus on kids. This role would be during the week and involves preparing the small group activities for each class to use on Sunday mornings.
CONTACT: Jessica Epping
KIDS MINISTRY
SMALL GROUP LEADER
SUNDAYS, 9:00 OR 10:30 AM
At FIRST, we believe disciple making is an essential calling for every believer. Every Sunday, God brings kids who are eager to understand who God is and what He has done for them! We are looking for adults who are ready to make an eternal impact through the discipleship of the next generation. As a small group leader, you are a consistent adult that shows up in the lives of a few to help them discover what it looks like to follow Jesus through age appropriate and engaging discipleship. These years are crucial to build a firm foundation of faith to see kids graduate with an authentic faith that transforms the way they love God and love others.
CONTACT: Anna Rains
BREAK AWAY SMALL GROUP LEADER
JULY 14-17, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
As a small group leader at Break Away day camp, you invest in the lives of a few to encourage authentic faith. You win when kids have meaningful interactions during group that deepen their faith in Jesus and influence their relationships with others. Small group leaders are consistent through the week, working to build relationships with kids.
CONTACT: Anna Rains
STUDENT MINISTRY
SUNDAY MORNING LEADER
SUNDAYS, 10:15 am
In our student ministry, adult leaders play a crucial role in discipling students. As a Sunday leader, you will build relationships with them, walk through questions and application, and lead them to have a faith of their own in a relationship with Christ. Each week you'll lead a small group discussion to help the students apply the large group lesson. This is a great way to not only lead and disciple students, but to help build families who will know Christ and make Christ known!
CONTACT: Rob Roush
WORSHIP MINISTRY
ONLINE HOST
SUNDAYS, 8:45 and 10:15 AM
This opportunity is for people who communicate well and have a passion for sharing truth in creative ways. You can reach hundreds of people online by making them feel like a participant in worship and helping connect them to how God is working at FIRST.
CONTACT: Brett Rains
VIDEO CAMERA OPERATOR
ONE SUNDAY MORNING PER MONTH
Each week, hundreds of people watch our worship livestream, either during Sunday service times or replayed during the week. Our video team creatively captures the worship experience and allows those who watch to encounter Jesus as they worship online. If you enjoy using technology, this is a fun and easy way to help us share the hope of Jesus and be part of impacting lives! No prior experience is needed, training is provided.
CONTACT: Lee Sisney
FIRST YOUNG ADULTS
FYA VOLUNTEER
LAST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH
Fya is a community, not just a gathering! Young adults gather at the church on the last Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. Here they connect with other young adults in the same life stage as them, and they spend time in worship and sitting under the teaching of God's Word. If you have a heart for serving and encouraging young adults, then this opportunity is for YOU!
CONTACT: Joel Carpenter
ADULT MINISTRIES
LIFE GROUP LEADER
Everyone desires a sense of community. We are truly better together! At FIRST, we believe that disciple-making is an essential calling for every believer. One way this happens is through Life Groups. The great news is that leading a Life Group isn't as difficult as it may seem. We regularly guide you through the leadership process, allowing you to create a space for those on your heart to come together in community. As a leader, you have the flexibility to choose the time, place, and location that best fits both you and your new Life Group members' schedules. If you are ready to be trained in Life Group leadership and help others grow closer to Jesus, contact us today!
CONTACT: Matt Evans
FIRST IMPRESSIONS GREETERS & HOSTS
SUNDAYS, 8:20 AM
God continues to bring new families to FIRST each week. Connecting with those families (as well as serving those who have been with us for years) is key to the mission of our First Impressions team. If you can open a door, check-in a child on a tablet, help someone find a seat, or walk a new family through our building... then we have a spot for you! Would you join our team and ensure that no one goes unseen on a Sunday morning at FIRST?
CONTACT: Matt Sprink
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EASTER COMMUNITY MEAL
SAT. APRIL 19, 3:45 - 6:00 PM
Each month, we gather around the table with friends and neighbors from the larger community to share a meal, build relationships, offer prayer and point to life in Christ. We need help greeting, hosting tables, serving plates and even helping with clean up. Please take a look at this sign up link, check your calendar for April 19, and commit to serve alongside us for this special time with our neighbors.
CONTACT: Matt Sprink
IMPACT TEAM
TUESDAYS 3:30 - 5:00 PM, THURSDAYS 10:00 AM - NOON
Each week, our church works to meet the food insecurity needs of our larger community through IMPACT. There are great opportunities to serve in different ways from grocery loading, to parking lot help, to offering prayer or even filling grocery bags. The needs continue to grow in our community... are you willing to step up and offer hope and your hands?
CONTACT: Matt Sprink
WELCOME INN COFFEE & CONVERSATION TEAM
TUESDAYS 2:30 - 4:30
Each week, we have a team that serves on site at a local extended stay hotel. We connect with families and individuals as they pick up kids from the bus, come and go from work, and simply live each day. This is a great opportunity to build relationships, listen well, offer prayer and point to hope in Christ. Who doesn't like serving coffee, lemonade and cookies?!
CONTACT: Matt Sprink
SERVE LOCALLY:
IMPACT FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER
We currently serve approximately 400+ families a week through the drive thru pantry, a mobile market at Valley View High School, Community Meals, on-site engagement at local hotels, support at area senior centers and more.
As we serve our neighbors, we are not simply giving out food, we are giving away our very selves and pointing to life in Christ. When we share tables at the Community Meal with our neighbors, when we linger to pray at the car window with families collecting groceries, when we serve coffee and cookies to friends at the hotel and give them our ears, when we make sure teenagers have food and toiletries and welcome them as we restock shelves to chat, we are seeing relational and “faith gaps” close, even as we help to close the dinner table gaps of families in our community.
Our mission as a church is to embody the Great Commandment and the Great Commission…To Know Christ and Make Christ Known. Loving our neighbors is at the heart of who we are as a church.
serve the world
global missions
In Luke 10 we find a great interaction between Jesus and a man who is really trying to live life as God intends. Take a look at how their conversation unfolds:
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Who is my neighbor? Our answer to this question has radical implications for how we live and connect to what Christ is trying to do in and through us.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..."
-Matthew 28:19-20
At FIRST, we are really trying to redefine and love our neighbors well. We don’t simply talk about who we share a fence with anymore. We are drawing our circle wider and trying to love our neighbors near and far. Some days that means serving people in our community by meeting basic needs, sharing meals, and partnering with other local church partners to connect in their neighborhood. Other days, that looks like reaching out to build bridges of faith in multicultural, global cities across Canada or assisting marginalized communities in Nicaragua with housing and shelter.
What we are trying to do is intentionally place ourselves in neighborhoods and communities and then work to bring about change that resonates with Jesus Christ.
Our God is a God who sends and actively engages people. At FIRST, we are doing our best to be a community that reflects that same spirit. We are trying to live as a people sent into our community and around the world to share the love of Jesus Christ.
There are many ways to get involved in serving our global neighbors near and far. Contact Pastor Matt Sprink to learn more.