Service Opportunities

Get involved. Make a difference. Share God's love.

Today’s the day. Everywhere you look, there is good work waiting to be done. The ELCA and its partners offer a wide range of opportunities to get involved, get your hands dirty and get to work. From spending a year on the other side of the globe as a mission worker, to working as a youth leader at a local congregation, to providing comfort and shelter to victims of a natural disaster -- there are countless big and small ways that you can help share God’s love with the world. In doing so, you may be surprised how God blesses your life, too.

Volunteer Locally
Become more active in your own congregation and community, and make a meaningful difference. Find out more about local opportunities.

Volunteer Nationally
Help build a new ELCA congregation or ministry in an underserved neighborhood, or help provide disaster relief – there are hundreds of opportunities across the country. Learn more.

Work Around the World
Through ELCA Global Mission, you can search a database of paid and volunteer mission opportunities all over the world for periods of one month up to several years. Learn more.

Featured Volunteer Story

Knowledge Just in Time When two seminary interns created a disaster preparedness training program for Christ the King Church in Enterprise, Alabama, they had no idea that days later, their tornado training would be put into practice – bringing hope to the community. More