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How can I serve today?

Find your gift. Find your place. Serve with love.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another…1 Peter 4:10 · World English Bible

A parish is a living community where every baptised person has a gift and a place. We gather for worship and serve one another. Every act of service offered with love becomes service to Christ.

Find a way to serve
The parish community in Chișinău

What speaks to you?

Choose the direction that feels closest to your heart. It may be where your ministry begins.

I love to pray

Prayer ministry

Prayer for others and spiritual support

  • Praying together
  • Praying for the sick, families and the departed
  • Prayer groups and the rosary
  • Taking part in spiritual movements
  • Praying for the needs of the parish

Prayer is a real act of service, even when no one sees it.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

I love to sing

Singing and music

Joining in church singing

  • Singing at the Divine Liturgy
  • Learning church hymns
  • Joining a choir if one is active
  • Serving as a cantor after preparation
  • Helping with music at spiritual gatherings

Begin by learning the simple responses at the Divine Liturgy.

Colossians 3:16

I love the Liturgy

Serving in church

Reading, altar service and practical help during worship

  • Reading the Epistle
  • Serving and assisting the priest
  • Carrying candles and bringing the censer
  • Helping during entrances and processions
  • Preparing the church for worship and helping at major feasts

Service at the altar and particular liturgical roles require the parish priest’s blessing, appropriate preparation and observance of Church norms.

1 Corinthians 14:40

I love to help people

Works of mercy

Supporting those in need

  • Supporting families in need
  • Visiting the sick, spending time with people who are lonely and helping older people
  • Sharing food or providing transport
  • Supporting people in a crisis
  • Offering practical help to someone nearby

Service begins with noticing the person beside you.

Matthew 25:40

I enjoy practical work and keeping things tidy

Caring for the church

Looking after the church and parish premises

  • Cleaning and keeping the church orderly
  • Looking after flowers and preparing rooms
  • Caring for church property and helping with small repairs
  • Helping with equipment and the grounds
  • Caring for the parish hall

Keeping God’s house clean and orderly expresses love for the place where we meet God.

I enjoy organising things

Hospitality and events

Gatherings, conversation and parish life

  • Welcoming new parishioners
  • Tea after the Liturgy and parish meals
  • Spiritual gatherings and discussions of films about faith
  • Feasts, pilgrimages and charity evenings
  • Helping to organise parish events

Greet people who are visiting for the first time so they know they are welcome.

1 Peter 4:9

I love learning and reading

Scripture and catechesis

Growing in faith and helping others learn

  • Reading Scripture together and taking part in Bible meetings
  • Helping with catechesis and preparing teaching materials
  • Caring for the parish library and sharing in spiritual conversations
  • Organising learning sessions
  • Helping with children’s activities with the parish priest’s agreement

Work with children must follow safeguarding and child protection rules.

Colossians 3:16

I want to support the parish

Supporting the parish

Time, professional skills, needed items or a donation

  • Offering time, work or professional knowledge
  • Sharing items the parish needs
  • Choosing to give financial support

Supporting the Church materially is one way to express gratitude and care for the community. The Christian tradition of giving invites each person to share freely and according to their means.

2 Corinthians 9:7

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You can learn as you go

  • Never read the Epistle? — We can teach you.
  • Never served at the altar? — We can show you how to prepare.
  • Never sung in a choir? — You can give it a try.
  • Never organised a gathering? — Start alongside others.
Service often begins with the words “I’m willing to try”.

Service reaches beyond the church walls

To God

  • Liturgy
  • Prayer
  • Singing
  • Reading
  • Service at the altar

To the parish

  • Hospitality
  • Organising gatherings
  • Keeping things orderly
  • Catechesis
  • Technical help

To our neighbours

  • Mercy
  • Visits
  • Help for those in need
  • Support for people who are lonely
  • Care for people in difficult circumstances

What can I do this week?

  1. Pray for a particular person.
  2. Prepare to read the Epistle.
  3. Try joining in the singing.
  4. Learn one simple way to help at a service.
  5. Help clean the church.
  6. Welcome a first-time visitor.
  7. Help someone who is ill or lonely.
  8. Help organise a parish gathering.
  9. Share your professional knowledge.
  10. Support the parish with needed items or a donation.
  11. Invite someone to church.

We are the parish

God gives each person something they can use to serve.

If one of these ways of serving speaks to you, speak with the parish priest.

Together you can find where your abilities, time and willingness can serve God, the parish and your neighbours.

Willingness to serve is enough to take the first step.
Parish priest’s contact details
The iconostasis of the parish chapel