Find your place
to serve.
Across Mount Zion and our Cooperative Parish there's a ministry for every gift: feeding neighbors, visiting prisons, leading worship, teaching children, running the sound board. Pick one, sign up, and someone will reach out.
Where can you help?
Ministries are grouped the same way our Cooperative Parish groups them. Ministries marked PARISH are shared with Willisville Chapel and Mt. Zion Leesburg.
Outreach & Mission
"I was hungry and you gave me food." Serving our neighbors in Loudoun and beyond.
Homeless Shelter Dinner
Prepare and serve dinner at the Loudoun Emergency Homeless Shelter, where residents include mothers with children and elderly neighbors. Prayer, a hot meal, and collections of needed items year round.
Kairos Prison Ministry
Bringing hope and the love of Christ to men at Greensville Correctional (Unit S-3) and Sussex 1. Four-day retreat weekends each spring and fall, monthly reunions, and prayer.
Tree of Life Food Drive
Bring groceries every Sunday for Tree of Life, which serves families in need across Loudoun. Most needed: dry beans, pasta, rice, cereal, canned tuna, peanut butter, and low-sodium soup.
Hygiene Kits
Assemble kits that go out after disasters, whether economic hardship or a natural disaster.
Pull Tabs for Families
Drop soda and pop tabs in the vestibule container. They help families of children battling illness.
Worship & Administration
The behind-the-scenes ministries that make Sunday happen, in the sanctuary and on Zoom.
Worship Leaders
Lead prayer, praise, scripture reading, and parts of the service alongside Pastor Page and our lay servants.
Music & Choir
Lift up the congregation through song on Sundays and when the choir visits other churches.
Audio, Tech & Zoom
Run sound and the Sunday Zoom so members at home, the sick, and the shut-in can worship with us.
Bulletins
Put together the weekly bulletin with the order of worship, scripture, and church and community news.
Communications
Keep everyone connected: the weekly email, the website, the bulletin board, and announcements.
Upper Room Devotionals
Make sure the daily devotional guide is available for everyone who wants one.
Fellowship & Growth
Growing in faith together, at every age.
Bible Study
Tuesday nights on RightNow Media. Now studying 1 Corinthians.
Children's Ministry
Lead the Sunday children's moment for kids in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Safer Sanctuaries training is required.
United Women in Faith
Fellowship, service, and mission. Hosting Talent-Shine on October 17.
Youth Outreach
Events for youth ages 5–17 across the Parish, like Slices & Scoops and the summer cookouts.
Prayer Call
Pray together by phone. Open to everyone.
From first class to the pulpit.
The United Methodist Church has three levels of lay certification. Each one builds on the one before it, and each starts with a recommendation from Pastor Page and our church council or charge conference.
Basic Course
The Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course. It's open to anyone who wants to serve, whether or not you go on to certification.
Certified Lay Servant
Take the Basic Course and one advanced course. The District Committee on Lay Servant Ministries approves you. You lead prayer and study, assist in worship, and can preach in your local church.
Certified Lay Speaker
After Lay Servant, take the Lay Speaker track of study. The Conference committee approves you. You preach when the pastor, district superintendent or committee asks.
Certified Lay Minister
After Lay Servant, complete CLM Modules 1–4. You need the district superintendent's recommendation and screening. You can lead worship, provide pastoral care, and start new ministries.
Keeping your certification: Lay Servants renew every year, with an advanced course every three years. Lay Speakers renew every three years. Lay Ministers renew every two years, with continuing education every year.
Lay Servant Ministries at vaumc.org →Exploring ordained or licensed ministry.
If you sense God calling you to become a pastor (a licensed local pastor, deacon or elder), the Virginia Conference walks with you through candidacy. It starts with a conversation.
Talk & read
Talk with Pastor Page about your call, and read The Christian as Minister.
Inquiring Candidate
Submit a biographical form, a call statement and a background check authorization. Apply through the district and take the Clergy Ethics course online.
Admitted Candidate
Interview with the District Committee on Ordained Ministry. You'll also complete a psychological assessment and medical report, attend the candidacy summit, and meet with a mentor.
Licensed or ordained
Licensing School to become a Licensed Local Pastor, or seminary toward provisional membership as a deacon or elder.
Classes near you and online.
Whether you want to teach, lead Bible study, serve with our children, or become a Lay Servant, there's training in person and online. Online courses through BeADisciple.com run about $80–$165 each. Talk with Pastor Page before you register, because the church may be able to help with the cost.
Local and district training
Lay Servant Academy →The Conference's path to becoming a Lay Servant or Lay SpeakerDistrict training opportunities →Lay Servant classes and more in the Shenandoah River DistrictSafer Sanctuaries training →Required for anyone serving with children and youth · district trainers and calendarShenandoah River District →Our district’s news, trainings, and calendar, including Lay Leadership Orientation and District ConferenceLocal church training videos →Nominations, leadership development and trustee trainingAll Conference trainingCourses you can take from home
Lay Servant Ministries courses →Including LSM130, The LSM Basic Course: Connecting and ServingStarting soon →Opening Ourselves to Grace (starts Oct 12) · Leading Bible Study (starts Nov 9)Safer Sanctuaries (MEC104) →Two-week online course for children's and youth volunteersCertified Lay Ministry →Four modules for those called to lay ministry leadershipTell us you're interested.
Tell us a little about yourself and our church admin will help match you with a ministry.
I'd like to serveHear it live at 9:30 AM.
In the sanctuary, or on the same Zoom link every week.