Volunteer Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in volunteering! We have many opportunities to live our Vision: loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves!

In addition to the list of activities below, teens interested in volunteering can check out Teen Volunteer Opportunities,
and families interested in volunteering together can check out Families in Action.

Serve in Our Parish

• Liturgical Volunteers - Altar servers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, ushers, etc.

• Music Ministry - Singers, cantors, instrumentalists


• Faith Formation Team - Catechists, Assistant Catechists, and other FF team members


• Youth Ministry - Work with teen youth groups, Workcamp, etc.

• Healing, Comfort, Support (Circle of Caring, funerals, card-writing, more)

• Office Angels - help with clerical and other assorted tasks, at your convenience! Contact office@gs-cc.org

• Money Counters - put your love of numbers to good use by joining the money-counting team. Contact finance@gs-cc.org

• International Festival - help with our largest fellowship and fundraising event! Contact festival@gs-cc.org

• Coffee and Donuts - be part of the team that serves refreshments the first Sunday of the month. Contact fellowship@gs-cc.org

• Councils & Committees - lay leadership for Parish Council, Finance, etc. 

Serve in the Community

Parish Outreach to the Community

• Charity & Direct Service - help provide immediate relief to those in need both in our parish and in the community (Adult Workcamp, ROCK, Sharing Sunday, etc)

• Social Advocacy -  become involved in addressing the systemic injustices that cause poverty and suffering (Pro-life, Environment, VOICE, VIC, etc)

Major Community Partners

• Catholic Charities (Arlington) - St. Lucy Project 

• Good Shepherd Housing & Family Services

• KOVAR (Knights of Columbus)


• New Hope Housing

• United Community Ministries (UCM)