Online Volunteer Scheduling

Over the past three years Sheridan has experienced tremendous growth in our service to the community. We have begin serving at Clinic with a Heart, started the Barnabas Project, adopted two schools through the Backpack Program, and partnered in building three Habitat Homes. With all of these ministries, comes the need to schedule hundreds of volunteer shifts throughout the year.

Last Fall we completed a volunteer opinion survey, sent out to over 200 volunteers with 88 responses. The survey had a number of questions (You can see the full results at https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/sheridanlutheran.org/gform?key=0AjgDHQ...) The most significant portion to us was the response to the statement, "Volunteer Scheduling & Planning - I would like to select my own volunteer shifts" Our volunteer's opinions were clear... 80% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with this statement, 20% were neutral. Not a single person disagreed with the statement that they want to select their own shifts.

So now, the chance is yours! After significant time investigating options we have settled on using an online solution called Volunteer Matters. Currently Volunteer Matters is configured to allow self-scheduling for shifts for the Barnabas Project, the Backpack Program and Clinic with a Heart. Combined these three ministries require over 1600 individual volunteer shifts throughout the year and represent thousands of hours of service to our community. I invite you to visit our volunteer scheduling site to learn more about Sheridan's volunteer opportunities and schedule yourself for one of our hundreds of shifts available throughout the year.

Volunteer Matters is available at www.sheridanlutheran.org/serve Please don't hesitate in calling the church with any questions you have.

Serving together in Christ,
Pastor John