Love In Action – “Opportunities to Serve”

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Love In Action Teams
Community Outreach

Love In Action Teams

Awakened Heart Spiritual Center is a place of celebration, healing and personal growth, and our commitment is to support you in your spiritual journey. We know that an essential part of the
journey is to be in loving service, and so we are pleased to offer the Love In Action—Opportunities for Service guide.

Being a part of a thriving spiritual community involves giving and receiving. Your time and talents support AHSC… without you there would be no spiritual community. As you look through the
guide you will see various opportunities where you can share your gifts. Please look through the information and choose a way to support your spiritual home.

Contact the Awakened Heart Office at 302-525-0021 for more information.

Open Arms

Greeters - Be a welcoming face as people enter into our Sunday sacred space. Greet guests in foyer with name tags, identify those who are here for the first time. Pass out welcome packets.

Ushers – Seat guests, pass out Sunday Bulletin, pass collection plates.

Commitment: One Sunday per month, Minimum 3 month

Team Leader: Open

The Book Connection

Before service set up book table. After service sell books and merchandise, and break down table.

Commitment: Minimum 3 Months

Team Leader: Karen Windel – 302-367-6163

The Healing Connection

The Healing Connection gives service to the AHSC Community by offering individual abbreviated healing sessions one Sunday a month for a “love donation” which goes entirely to AHSC.
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Minimum Commitment: Offer services on Healing Connection Sundays 6 times a year and attend 6 monthly Healing Connection meetings per year.

Team Leaders: Jean Weaver  – 302-598-2984 and Jeanne Susie

Youth Program

Do you love kids? Work from a curriculum that is innovative and transformational rather than instructional.
Lessons are interesting and creative and give our youth the opportunity to explore deep questions and learn principles that they can take with them into their daily lives.
We are looking for teachers who are committed to both teaching and learning.

Commitment: One Sunday or less per month depending on the number of teachers. Minimum 6 month

Team Leader: Open

Contact Rev. Anna Marie Trotman at 302-525-0021

Hospitality – Fellowshare

Calling all kitchen angels! Help with set up and take down of Sunday morning snacks, coffee and tea as well as Well-Being Workshops, and occasional pot lucks.
No cooking necessary but if you like to bake all the better!  Our Fellowshare is an invitation for all in the community to bring a delicious and nutritious snack or dish to share for our fellowship hour after service.  AHSC will provide hot water and teas; the food is an open pot-luck invitation. If you feel inspired to bring food to share you are always welcome!

Commitment: Minimum 3 months

Team Leader: Open

Special Events

Be a part of a collaborative team that puts on special events and workshops including Workshops for Well-Being. If you have talents in advertising, scheduling, planning, greeting, providing refreshments, or setting up and cleaning up, join us by contacting the team leader.

Commitment: Minimum 3 month

Team Leaders –

Special Events: Gretchen Kennedy – 302-558-2789
Workshops For Well-being:

Historian/Photographer

Help our historian, Lisa, record special moments in the life of our spiritual community for our scrapbooks and website. If you enjoy photography, this is the team for you.

Commitment: Minimum 3 months

Team Leader: Lisa Cristofich – 302-993-0374

Audio/Visual Team

Are you interested in electronic video and/or sound equipment and production? This is the team for you.
Assure good sound production and will soon record the services and workshops for AHSC website and CD’s for
purchase.

Commitment: Minimum 3 months

Team Leader: Andy West – 302-545-7711

Community Outreach

AHSC is currently involved in community outreach as a way of extending ourselves in love and service to
people who are homeless, in transition, in prison, and other social services. Be that loving presence that heals, uplifts, and encourages by volunteering for any of the programs.

Friendship House

Friendship House is a coalition of Christian churches and community organizations committed to making a difference in the lives of Delaware’s homeless men, women and children.
Volunteer opportunities are available for group and individual activities, child care, mentoring/tutoring, clothing collections, and much more.

Commitment: Time Commitment is flexible weekly, monthly, and semi-annual commitments made by each volunteer.
Contact: Jane Bouza – 302-234-0516

Mary Mother of Hope House

Mary Mother of Hope House is an emergency shelter for homeless and destitute women, Residents of Hope House I, as well as the other emergency shelters, receive an array of
supportive services in a caring environment designed to encourage them to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. Various opportunities are available.
Commitment: Time Commitment is flexible.
Contact: Jane Bouza – 302-234-0516

Meals On Wheels

Deliver noontime meals to Meals on Wheels clients. Be that loving presence that heals, uplifts, and encourages to homebound seniors no longer able to cook or shop for themselves.

Commitment: One weekday a month, making meals according to Meals on Wheels qualifications.

Contact: Linda Patton – 302- 239-6080

Angel Buddy Program

Distribute quilts to children who have life threatening illnesses or who are in safe houses or homeless shelters. Quilts for Kids make quilts for distribution. Christmas of 2006 AHSC donated
75 quilts to Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
Commitment:As needed
Contact: Rev. Anna Marie – 302-525-0021

S.P.A.N. – Give Peace a Chance

AHSC participates in an international grassroots peace movement called “Seasons for Peace and Non-Violence” (S.P.A.N.). You will be collaborating with others of like-mind to make a
difference at the local and global level. For details, see
www.agnt.org under Seasons for Peace and Non-Violence.
Commitment: Commitment varies by season’s planned activities
Contact: Position Open

“More about The Healing Connection – Service Sessions” – A Holistic Care Ministry

This is a team of independent certified holistic arts professionals who are active participants in the AHSC Community. You are invited to participate in the Healing Connection to realize through the
healing arts the Perfection of the Spirit within.

The Healing Connection “IN SERVICE” Program

When: 3rd Sunday of the month Following Celebration of Life Service
Location: Awakened Heart Spiritual Center, Buzz Ware Village Center, 2119 The Highway, Arden, DE 19810
Love Donations: 100 % of donations received go directly to AHSC
How To Receive a Session: Sessions are offered on a first come/first serve basis by signing up at the Healing Connection table at the Sunday Celebration of Life Services.
Types of Services offered: Reiki, Body Work, Dynamic Back Treatment, Energy Clearing through Chakras, Magnetic Roll Out, Angelic Light Body Healing and other healing modalities.

Length of session: Each session lasts between 20-30 minutes.

Who We Are:
All participating holistic care professionals are certified in the healing modality they offer and have independent liability insurance coverage. We bring many years of experience and commitment to
personal growth to our sessions.

Our Intention:
Our intention is to develop a community of holistic care professionals and healers of diverse modalities, whose practices are based on Principles of Truth. We are dedicated to promoting wellness and
wholeness through Spiritual application, education, and service. We are honored to be here as care givers, doing our part to love, serve and share; to move past, through, and beyond judgment and fear.
In the unfolding of God’s Perfect plan, we rejoice in the possibilities of the transformation of humanity, supporting each other as we go!

More Info: Call Team Leader Jean Weaver  at 302-598-2984