Volunteer Locally, Make an Impact Globally Make a significant impact on the world from right here in the United States. OM USA is a Christian missions organization located in Tyrone, Georgia (near Atlanta). We are looking for men and women who can commit their time, use their knowledge and share their experiences to make a difference in sharing the Gospel with the World. Volunteer opportunities exist for individuals and groups from one day to several months or even years. Volunteers have the opportunity to meet missionaries, encourage the work at OM USA and touch lives overseas for eternity. Helping at home, our volunteers are ordinary people doing extraordinary things! An International Community of Believers There is a strong sense of community here at OM USA. Volunteers appreciate working alongside full-time missionaries from all over the world and participating in weekly team devotions and times of prayer for the world. Volunteer Opportunities for Different Ages and Backgrounds From high school and college students to retirees, we have volunteers of all different ages, with many different skills and backgrounds, investing their time here at OM USA to make a difference in our world. What’s Next? If you are interested in getting more information about volunteering at OM USA, please fill-out our volunteer inquiry form or if you are ready to get started, you can fill out our volunteer application.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
These are the current opportunities for volunteers at OM USA. If you are interested in a certain area or ministry that is not listed, please contact
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- Alumni Coordinator
5 hours per week
Our Alumni Department keeps in contact with OMers who have returned home from the field: building relationships, praying, inviting them to events. Involves correspondence on a regular basis via phone, letter and email.
Requirements:
Loving heart, strong prayer life, good communication and relational skills
- OM Arts-Administration
12 hours per week
Performs various administrative duties for our Arts Department including updating database, assisting with correspondence, creating spreadsheets, etc. Go to www.usa.om.org/OMartslink to learn more about how OM Arts uses creative arts, music and dance to mobilize the church and share the gospel!
Requirements:
Excellent computer skills especially with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel. Good communication skills.
- OM Arts-Development
4 hours per week
- Prepare list of churches, colleges, and other organizations for contact
- Booking presentations to churches, schools and other organizations
- Recruiting artists and artwork Produce art for fundraisers, displays, etc
- Help execute development ideas: dinners, art cards, t-shirts
- Find donors of art supplies Research--examples: foundations, artistic temperment, cultures, curriculums, etc
- Be a campus representative
Requirements:
Artistically inclined with love for missions, public relations, communication skills
- OM Arts-Finance
12 hours per week
Bookkeeping, developing budget, accounting, financial analysis, etc.
Go to www.usa.om.org/OMartslink to find out how OM Arts uses creative arts, dance, and music to mobilize churches and spread the gospel.
Requirements:
Previous book keeping and accounting experience required
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Group Minimum and Maximum
0 - 0
- OM Arts-Recruitment
3 hours per week
- contact churches, prepare and mail packets, set up appointments
- monitor Finishers web site
- recruit persons interested in arts
- Go to www.usa.om.org/OMartslink to learn how ArtsLink uses creative arts, music and dance to mobilize the church to missions and spread the gospel to the world!
Requirements:
Good communication skills, knowledge of the arts, heart for missions
- Bookkeeping
Our finance department needs volunteers to assist with bookkeeping on a seasonal basis.
Requirements:
Must have prior bookkeeping experience.
Language
Group Minimum and Maximum
0 - 0
- Bookstore Associates
23 hours per month
Volunteers are needed to assist in our bookstore assisting customers, filling online and phone orders, keeping inventory, etc. We also need occasional help manning booktables at missions conferences, churches and other special events.
Requirements:
Computer knowledge, experience with Excel is helpful, friendly attitude, love of books
- College Recruiting
12 hours per week
The college ministries team needs volunteers to conduct follow-up phone calls with college students who have expressed an interest in missions as well as volunteers willing to stay in contact with college students who are involved in the application process for joining OM. Job duties would include making phone calls, sending emails, providing information, etc. Training is available.
Requirements:
A heart for college students and missions; strong prayer life; good communication and relational skills
- Director of OM Finishers
40 hours per month
Provide leadership and coordination to mobilize American Christians over 40 to active participation in missions; to promote the ministry of OM.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Follow up contacts from the Finisher Website.
- Mobilize people by participation in church and other events where recruiting Finisher age participants is a focus.
- Develop our recruiting efforts in Major Finisher focused Events through out the US.
- Coordinate the development of resources and promotional materials (Brochures, Website etc) for recruiting within the US.
- Engage Finisher age Alumni within the US as volunteer recruiters.
- Recruit for and lead at least 1 short term mission trip for Finishers every year.
- Facilities/Grounds
once/week, once/month, seasonal – individuals, groups.
Everything from cleaning, painting, plumbing to cutting grass and pulling weeds. These opportunites are great for persons who want to do a group project or be involved on a sporadic basis.
Requirements:
Good attitude, willingness to work
- Hospitality
6 hours per month
OM needs assitance with monthly Team Connect meetings in two different areas:
- Help with preparation of meals and cleanup afterward
- Assistance with child care
Hospitality also includes assisting with transportation, greeting visitors, and helping with our Outbound conferences four times a year.
Requirements:
Servant's heart, friendly attitude
- OM Sports Link Marketing Assistant
16 hours per month
Write, edit and publish marketing and promotional material such as brochures, e-newsletters, and content for websites and social media.
Requirements:
- Software skills in Adobe, MS Publisher, Word, Excel software
- Skills in photo editing
- Good communication skills
- Familiar with social media: facebook, twitter, etc
- Sports enthusiast
- Photo Archivist
5 hours per week
- Review, photo-edit and catalog metadata of current photographic assets (including photographer, location, caption, key words, etc.).
- Work with communications staff to develop and maintain effective strategies and systems for organizing and storing electronic images and related documentation through asset management software. Format and store all digital assets appropriate for OM’s permanent archives for successful retrieval.
- Work with staff from across OM USA to provide appropriate, relevant photos that reflect OM’s visual identity.
- Research opportunities to procure images to expand OM’s photo library.
- Acquire images from other OM fields from OM's inter-field web database, direct communication with field workers, and from individuals traveling to other fields.
Requirements:
- Some knowledge of electronic graphics issues.
- Familiar with Mac and PC platform.
- Familiarity with image or asset management software desirable.
- Knowledge of printing/web graphic procedures and terms. Understanding of resolution (DPI) and image file formats.
- Analyze problems and implement appropriate solutions quickly and effectively.
- Good conceptual thinking, writing, editing, and verbal communications.
- Prayer Team
20 hours per month
Commit to gathering a group on a regular basis to pray for the world, OM, and other needs as reported. Coordinate and facilitate prayer meetings at church. Create initiatives such as adopting a country to pray for.
Requirements:
Language
Strong prayer life, heart for missions and the lost
- Short-Term Coordinator
12 hours per week
Prepare packets for mail out, file, shred, contact persons interested in going on short term trips, assist candidates with application process, enter data (duties depend on committment)
Requirements:
Computer knowledge, administrative abilities, good communication skills
Language
Group Minimum and Maximum
0 - 0
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or Contact Cindy
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