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Attend ONE | Serve ONE Great things can happen when we work together. That’s why we encourage everyone to attend one service, then serve during another service or hour of the week.

Why volunteers matter: Volunteering is a great opportunity to use your time, energy, and skills to make a real difference in someone’s life. Whether you are enthusiastically greeting our guests, holding babies in the nursery, or playing the drums on stage, every volunteer has a part in the life-transformation that happens each week at South Bay Church. Join a team and experience the joy of knowing that God used your life to make an eternal impact.

What’s the commitment? When you join a volunteer team, you are assigned a Team Leader who will work with you to create a serving schedule that best fits your availability. We encourage most people to serve once a week whenever possible, but many teams have volunteers rotating every other week or even once a month. You can switch teams at any time by talking to your Team Leader.

How do I get started? 1. Write your name, phone, and email on a Connection Card. 2. Write the code of the team(s) you are interested in on the back of the Card. 3. Return the Card in the Offering Bucket or Connection Center.

To sign up online, please visit www.southbaychurch.org/nextsteps/volunteer

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BayKids Ministry

VB4 Worship Leader: For our BayKids rock stars! • Our opening act! Leads children in praise and worship through dance and music. No instruments required but always a plus! • Energizes and encourages class participation and brings focus back to the teacher and the lesson.

Communicating to children God’s big story and helping them discover the active part they can play in this life-long adventure of becoming more like Him. By partnering with parents and families, we believe that something can happen in the hearts of the next generation when the church and families are on the same page. These teams provide a fun and safe environment for kids to learn biblical values while parents attend the adult services.

Age Groups: Otters (Birth-14 months)

Turtles (15 months-24 months)

Seals (2 year olds)

Dolphins (3-4 year olds)

Stingrays (K-2nd grade)

Sharks (3rd-5th grade)

Positions: VB1 Greeters: Front line of fun! • Enthusiastically welcomes families with a smile as they enter BayKids hallways. • Guides new families through the entire process of checking into a classroom. • Helps answer parents’ questions clearly. VB2 Coach: “Alright team, bring it in!” • Acts as a service team leader. • Leads his or her team through all service activities for their age group, helping each team member use their gifts and talents to take on responsibility in the service. • Oversees classroom and helps with classroom management. VB3 Teacher/Storyteller/Host: If you’re an artist... and words are your palette! • For Preschool- Paints a picture through creative teaching and shares how “God made me,” “God loves me,” and that “Jesus wants to be my friend forever!” • For Elementary- Communicates stories in a creative, attentiongripping way and teaches children how to grow closer to God through the three basic truths of wisdom, faith and friendship.

VB5 Small Group Leader: Our seed planters! • Consistently leads a group of up to 8 children and encourages spiritual growth through relationships, discussion, and other small group activities. • Serves as the primary role model for their small group of kids. VB6 Assistant: Keepin’ the peace, man! • Works together with the coach and small group leaders to create a safe, loving, and fun environment for our kids. VB7 Prep Team: Without you we’d have nothing on Sunday! Seriously! • Helps prepare the materials needed to support and enhance the teaching and activities for a Sunday morning in BayKids. VB8 Tech Team (Audio/Visual): Our BayKids “geek squad”! • Works behind the scene and helps the bible story come to life on stage through theatrical lighting, video and sound effects. VB9 Creative Environment Team: For the ones who dream B.I.G! • Using your creative gifts to design and create an inviting and exciting environment that enhances monthly themes in the classrooms. VB10 Sunday Strike Team (7:00am): The Git-r-doners! • A team that meets before the first service to ensure that BayKids rooms and hallways are in order and all electronics are turned on ready to welcome families. VB11 Nursery: Got baby fever? • Provides a warm and nurturing environment where our babies and toddlers can begin to learn about God’s love for them through our care. VB12 BayKids Reset Team: Mr. or Mrs. Clean • Helps get the space and hallways back in condition for the coming Sunday service. VB13 Special Needs Volunteer: BayKids Buddies • Offer special 1-1 assistance on to children with special needs. • Provide major impact for a family • No need for a background in special needs, just a heart for it! We will train you. VB14 Facilities Team: Can we fix it? Yes we can! • Help fix and maintain our facility.

Children’s Ministry

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Weekday Teams

These are teams that usually operate outside of Sunday morning services. Many of these tasks can be done from home, at events, or at our church office.

VW8 Bring Meals To New Moms: • Signs up to receive emails about new families needing meals. • After confirming availability, prepares and delivers meal (home cooked or not) to assigned family. VW9 Receptionist: • Greets every guest that comes into the South Bay Church campus during the week. • Answers the phone, provide general information, & transfers calls. • Receives and signs for packages that get delivered throughout the week.

VW1 Facilities Prep Team: • Cleans and prepares the space for Sundays during the week. VW2 Connections Team (Mondays @ 10am): • Database entry and guest follow-up. • Writes notes to new guests. • Send emails, letters, and packets to guests. VW3 Finance Team (Various Times): • Meets during the week to process contributions and assist operations pastor. VW4 Program Prep Team (Thursdays @ 1pm): • Fills and stacks Sunday programs. • Finishes any administrative projects for Sunday. VW5 General Administrative Support (Any Day): • Works on office tasks and/or being a receptionist for the South Bay Church office. • Receives packages, greets people, & answers phone calls. VW6 Volunteer Coordinator / Scheduler: • Works with Planning Center to enter and schedule volunteers - can work from home. • Meets given deadlines. VW7 Events Planning Team / Outreach: • Schedules volunteers to serve in teams • Helps develop teams of volunteers • Works with various programs [Planning Center, Excel, and Google Drive] to: schedule volunteers, order supplies, and gather overall event and volunteer information.

Weekday Teams

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First Impressions - Sundays

VF8 Ushers: • Welcomes guests by helping them find seats, passing offering buckets and makes sure we have enough chairs in the auditorium. VF9 Prayer teams: • Prays with a team during each service and gives prayer support for those needing prayer after each service.

We believe we are a family expecting guests! By providing a welcoming and cleanly environment, we aim to create and communicate excellence to our guests, answer to the best of our ability any questions, and provide essential information to connect guests with our church community. VF1 Greeters: • Welcomes guests by smiling, opening doors, and handing out programs. VF2 Parking: • Welcomes guests by directing cars to appropriate parking spaces and routing traffic. VF3 Coffee Center: • Hospitably welcomes guests by preparing coffee and serving refreshments. • Maintains coffee and pantry area and stocks supplies. VF4 Guest Center / First Time Guest Volunteers: • Welcomes first time guests, answers questions, and provides information regarding their next steps. VF6 Connection Center: • Welcomes guests by assisting them in connecting into volunteer teams and/or small groups. Works to recruit new volunteers. • Helps people exploring faith and new believers to help them with their next steps in their spiritual journey. VF7 Huddle Leaders: • Welcomes guests by ensuring that the team of volunteers are properly checked in before each volunteering shift. • Ensures that we have volunteers properly equipped in the various areas of the campus. • Prays for the volunteers before each shift.

First Impressions - Sundays

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Student/College Ministry

Ignite Student Ministry - Tuesdays (6th-12th grade) Teenagers face a multitude of challenges as they go through the most formative years of their lives. We have the opportunity as a church and student ministry to come alongside teenagers and help them take steps forward in their relationship with Jesus. Our goal as a ministry is that we would see students say yes to Jesus, define their identity by who God says they are, and realize that God can use their life to do something bigger than they could imagine.

Age Groups: 6th-8th (Middle School) 9th-12th (High School)

Positions: VS1 Small Group Leader (Middle or High School): • Consistently attends Ignite events and leadership meetings. • Collaborates with co-leaders to conduct small group discussion. • Communicates and connects with students. VS2 Worship and Production Team: • Helps plan and facilitate an engaging worship experience for our students. • Makes use of audio and visual technologies to enhance the worship experience. • Works with students to build a student led worship band.

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VS4 Event Planning Team: • Plans seasonal events to promote students to invite their friends (Fall Kick-Off, Christmas Party, etc). • Organizes events to help facilitate student discipleship and spiritual growth. • Strategizes community service events and/or mission trips to further engage our students in sensibly living out their faith. VS5 Student Sponsor: • Prays for and helps to scholarship a student who is financially unable to attend a student retreat or mission trip. You will be contacted as needs arise.

College Ministry: South Bay Church partners with two campus ministries at nearby universities: San Jose State University and Santa Clara University. Serving on those campuses gives you the opportunity to connect with students and encourage the next generation of leaders!

Core (Santa Clara University) VS6 Mentor: • Invests in students at Nightlife (Tuesday night gatherings) or through one-on-one mentoring. • Functions as a point of connection between South Bay Church and Core. • Attends Core events and other functions (Male mentors are encouraged to attend Alpha Omega, Core’s men’s fellowship.). • Serves in a ministry area he/she is passionate about and where there is need (Example: leading or co-leading a community group).

Pulse (San Jose State University) VS7 Coach: • Mentors students and leaders. • Participates in creating trainings for students. • Participates in campus events and outreaches.

VS3 Set-Up Team: • Arranges facility for Ignite meetings and/or events (5pm Tuesday).

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Sunday Experience

First Response Teams

These teams help create meaningful, creative, and impactful experiences for everyone that attends South Bay Church.

These teams help create a safe environment for everyone who walks through our doors.

VE1 Pre-Production: Helps to prepare all media, staging, and creative elements for Sunday services. • Video Production and Editing • Graphic Design/ Animation • Photography • CD Media Ministry: Prepares, records, and labels CD’s to be distributed on Sundays

VR1 Security Team: If you have a passion for protecting God’s church then join our Safety and Security Team. No prior experience required. We will teach you what you need to know and we will have fun doing it. • Protect our children • Protect the worship experience • Protect our ministries

VE2 Worship Band (Requires Audition): • Vocals • Instruments VE3 Stage Team: • Works behind the scenes to make sure Sunday morning services happen without distraction. • Moves props and stage elements • Manages the flow of Sunday service elements

VR2 Medical Team: Learn basic first aid and CPR or apply the knowledge you already have and join our Medical First Response Team. Help us make our church a safe place to worship and learn. • Be a first responder in a medical emergency • Administer basic first aid • Help out in the event of a natural disaster

VE4 Production Team: Helps to run the technical elements of Sunday services. • Computer Media Presentation- Prepares and runs slides and motion backgrounds • Webcasting- Uploads and manages our new online worship experience • Audio- Audio mixing for Sunday morning services and other events • Camera- Operates camera for Sunday services and Web events • Lighting- Helps to set the atmosphere and create experiences during worship services VE5 Reset Team - After Last Service: • Helps to prepare worship space and hallways back in condition for the coming Sunday’s service. Sunday Experience First Response

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Life Groups

Outreach & Missions

Life Groups are smaller groups of 8 to 15 people that meet weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly over a 4-month period. They provide opportunities to build friendships, grow spiritually, serve the community, and have fun together.

Every year South Bay Church touches the lives of thousands of people by serving and partnering with the cities of Santa Clara and San Jose as well as initiating international mission trips.

VL1 Life Group Leader / Co-Leader: • Leads and facilitates weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly group meetings. • Helps group members build friendships, grow spiritually, and serve others. • Invests and equips their apprentice(s) and co-leaders to serve and lead. • Works to multiply new groups from their current group.

VM1 School Impact Team: • Works with local schools to help meet many of their needs by mobilizing volunteers to provide resources, respond to emergencies, and serve and appreciate the school staff.

VL2 Life Group Apprentice: • Life Group leader in training: serves, supports, and assists as discussed and agreed upon with the Group leader(s).

VM3 Helping Hands Team: • A group of people available to serve and help others in our church or community that need an extra hand or assistance.

VL3 Life Group Host: • Opens & prepares their home for a Life Group to meet in.

VW7 Events Planning Team / Outreach: • Schedules volunteers to serve in teams • Helps develop teams of volunteers • Works with various programs [Planning Center, Excel, and Google Drive] to: schedule volunteers, order supplies, and gather overall event and volunteer information.

VL4 Life Group Development / Planning Team: • Works on various aspects of forming and developing Life Groups: administration, coordination, system support, Life Group promotion, leader development and training.

VM2 Missions Planning Team: • Helps plan and organize local and global trips where we serve our partners in ministry.

VW8 Bring Meals To New Moms: • Signs up to receive emails about new families needing meals. • After confirming availability, prepares and delivers meal (home cooked or not) to assigned family.

Life Groups Outreach & Missions

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