Service

Please use the Service and Retreat Log to record the ways that you have served.

Ongoing Service Opportunities

1. Service within Liturgy (L) – Includes Greeter, Usher, Server, Lector (Reader), Cantor, Choir Member, Instrumentalist, and Decor. Can be weekly or monthly at any of the Masses. Training is provided. Volunteers (children starting grade 4 through adults) can complete the Liturgy Scheduling Form and RSVP to Mary Tannis, Liturgy Assistant, at pwministry@queenofapostles.net.
2. Adopt-a-Highway (P) -- QOA is officially responsible for the northern side of 2 miles along Capitol Drive between Springdale Rd and Hwy 164. Safety vests are provided. Bring your own gloves / grabbers. Volunteers (teens with a parent or adults) are needed to walk part of the route and bag the garbage. RSVP to parishioner Pat Quinn-Casper at pq_c@yahoo.com.
3. Friday Fish Fry (P) -- The next Fish Fry is Oct 25, with both dine-in and drive-thru. Volunteers (teens or adults) are needed from 4 to 8 pm mainly for running to / from cars and for cleaning up. Safety vests are provided. RSVP to parishioner Joyce Fischer, volunteer coordinator, at mafisch@sbcglobal.net . Other dates for the year are as follows: Nov 8, Mar 7 plus more TBD in 2025. All open for orders from 4:30 to 7 pm.
4. Saint Vincent de Paul Meal Program (C) -- The 2024 St. Vincent de Paul Meal Program sign up is going on now! On the third Thursday of alternating months, parishioners are asked to donate food for the Meal Program. You get to choose your donation. Whether you donate the main entree, 3 dozen homemade cookies, or an institutional size can of vegetables, all donations are important. If you want to do more, sign up to serve at the St. Vincent de Paul South Side Meal Center at 10th & Madison in Milwaukee. Questions go to parishioner Cindy Klopp at (414) 531-1817.
5. Mercy Mats (C) -- What are all those plastic bags at church for? They're for Mercy Mats! Mercy Mats are homemade bed rolls that will be distributed by our friends at MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary in Mke. Volunteers (elementary children with a parent or teens or adults) are invited to make Mercy Mats! The process involves a) making plarn / plastic yarn and b) crocheting. You can contribute to either or both parts. No experience necessary! All materials provided! That said, if you have a rotary mat / cutter, please bring them along. Mercy Mats gathers on the second Monday of the month from 6 to 8 pm in the hall. You can also work from home. No RSVP needed. Questions to Lori Heinen, co-leader, at jlalheinen@gmail.com.
6. College Care Packages (P) -- QOA sends college care packages to those college-age young adults whose families requests them. Volunteers (elementary children with a parent or teens or adults) are invited to write cards, pack, and address the packages. Usually done before Advent and Lent. RSVP to Joshur Mazzone, Director of Faith Formation, at joshurm@queenofapostles.net.

New Service Opportunities

1. Make and/or Serve Lunch at Hope Center (C) -- Join St. Joseph's Church in Wauwatosa on Saturday, October 5 from 10 am to 1 pm at Hope Center in Waukesha. Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve lunch at Hope Center. The group also does kitchen clean-up and dishes afterwards. Volunteers must be 16 years or older unless accompanied by an adult (children under 10 can help as long as there is at least 1 adult for every child). Please RSVP to Colleen Rooney at St. Joe's at (414) 771-4626 or rooneyc@stjoetosa.com. Can't attend but interested in donating items for the taco bar lunch or cooking some taco meat? Sign up here: Hope House Taco Bar Sign Up.
2. Respect Life (C) -- Join St. Joseph's Church in Wauwatosa on Sunday, October 6 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in their School Hall. We will begin following the 10:30 Mass with pizza and fellowship. Families will make diaper cakes and tie blankets for women and children in need. Afterwards, anyone who is interested is welcome to join the Life Chain from 2 to 3:30 pm at the southeast side of Mayfair Road and Center Street. Signs will be provided for optional holding. Otherwise, please join us in praying the Rosary. Donations are encouraged: diapers of all sizes to create the diaper cakes as well as baby bath items, bottles, pacifiers, books, rattles, socks/booties, bibs, blankets/sleepers. pull ups. Donations will go to Catholic Charities and other local organizations supporting mothers with young children. Sign up HERE.
3. Trunk or Treat (P) -- The event is on Saturday, October 19 from 11 am to 3 pm at QOA. MS and HS youth are welcome to come at 9:30 am to decorate Liz's car and/or for the event to pass out candy and entertain the kiddos. Joshur and Liz will be suprvising. RSVP to Joshur Mazzone at (262) 691-1535 x108 or joshurm@queenofapostles.net.
4. Cookie Walk (P) -- The event is tentatively on Saturday, December 14 from 8 am (9 am?) to 12 noon at QOA. MS and HS youth are needed to bake cookies -- about 3 to 6 dozen each (details on drop off times TBD) and to help at the event. If folks want to gather earlier in the month at QOA to bake, that is possible as well. RSVP to Joshur Mazzone at (262) 691-1535 x108 or joshurm@queenofapostles.net.
5. Youth Masses for Grades 6 through 10 (L) -- We have four Youth Masses shceduled for Grades 6 through 10 and participation in two of them is required. Youth are asked to arrive 1/2 hour before Mass to prepare their roles. Readings will be provided for practicing. Sign up for a role at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4FA9A922A1F49-50518424-youth. Scroll down, select your sign up, and click "Save & Continue" at the bottom.
6. Pastoral Council (P) -- Pastoral Council has an opening for a Youth Representative. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm. RSVP to Kent Rice, Pastoral Council Chair, at kwrpilot@gmail.com.
7. Blessings in a Backpack (C) -- In years past, QOA has hosted a bag pack for the Waukesha chapter of Blessings in a Backpack. They provide bags of food to kids on free / reduced cost lunches every Friday in certain Waukesha County schools. Due to COVID and the growing need, Blessings now ships food directly to the schools. However, they do have a few opportunities for bag fills at their storage unit in Waukesha. Volunteers (children starting grade 3 and teens with a parent or adults) are needed for set up and bag packing.

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