Serve at Northwest Hills UMC

Get Involved on Campus

One of the best ways to feel ingrained in a community is to get involved in a leadership or volunteer position. Serving within our campus is an easy way to get to know other members and to contribute to our worship life. While each of these positions requires a certain amount of commitment, there is flexibility in scheduling and you shouldn’t feel like you’re locked in forever. You are welcome to volunteer on a long or short-term basis, as part of a regularly occurring activity, or just for a single afternoon.

We’re happy to talk about expectations before you commit to anything.

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Music Ministries

Joyful Praise is the Northwest Hills UMC Praise Band. The band provides contemporary Christian music for the 9 am worship service. For more information or to get involved, contact our Contemporary Worship Leader, Jordan Burchill.

Sanctuary Choir sings special music at the 11 am worship service on a weekly basis. Currently, the choir is making plans to meet in small groups.

Ring of Faith Handbell Choir plays at the 11am worship service seasonally.

Media

Perhaps our most in-need volunteers these days! The media team works with sound, lights, monitors, and musicians in both services. Volunteers can be trained, and we are eager for more help!

Prayer Ministry

Prayer Team prays weekly over the Sunday prayer request and prayer concerns.

Prayer Shawl Ministry makes special prayer shawls for individuals who may be ill or hospitalized, and to celebrate new births.

Serve the Austin Community

Helping Our Neighbors

We are committed to long term connections and service around Austin and beyond. Our projects vary from construction, painting, and building to direct services like cooking, serving meals, and ministries of presence. If you have resources to share but are short on time, we participate in food and supply drives and fundraisers. We have mission opportunities for everyone, regardless of your age, economic resources, or physical ability.

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Zoe Empowers Glory Mikirundi Year One Update.
Martin Munene shares about the impact Zoe Empowers has had on his life. From 2024 – 2026, Northwest Hills UMC is committed to a three year, $13,500 financial commitment to supporting and empowering youth-led families in Kenya.

Rise Against Hunger 2024

On September 29th, we hosted our largest ever Rise Against Hunger meal-packaging event, raising over $15,000 and packaging over 37,000 meals for people experiencing hunger in Zambia! As Scripture tells us, where two or more are gathered, God is present, and we certainly felt God’s presence among us as we joined hands with 300 friends from within our walls and all over Austin in joyful service for this great cause.

Recurring Opportunities

Serving People Experiencing Homelessness at Open Door
Working at Central Texas Food Bank
Donating gift cards for Back-to-School supplies to Florence’s Comfort House
Providing pot-luck dinners for Community First! Village
Raising money to support food banks through CROP Walk
Providing car rides through Drive a Senior
Painting and repairing homes with Interfaith Action Hands on Housing
Sewing pillowcases for Dell Children’s Hospital
Packaging meals for international food distribution with Rise Against Hunger
Building wheelchair ramps with Texas Ramp Project
Collecting Thanksgiving Meals for Florence’s Comfort House
Reading with students for Project Transformation
Providing snacks and support for our neighbor Murchison Middle School
Donating money and goods to keep children in safe homes through Care Portal

Hurricane Relief

In 2019, we provided hurricane relief to families in Victoria, Texas and in Puerto Rico.

Victoria, Texas
Painting
Carpentry
Sheet Rock Removal and Replacement
Debris Clean Up

Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Roof Construction
Tile Installation
Painting
Hardware Installation
Debris Removal


Financial Support

In 2021, we provided financial support to the following organizations.

CROP – Creating food security in communities around the world
Caritas – Preventing and ending homelessness in the greater Austin area
Drive a Senior – Providing free transportation to seniors in Austin
Florence’s Comfort House – Responding to needs in the Montopolis neighborhood
Habitat for Humanity – Building housing for central Texans
Holding Institute Community Center – Assisting residents and refugees in Laredo
Hope Food Pantry – Distributing from a bus-accessible pantry in central Austin
Interfaith Action of Central Texas – Cultivating understanding among faiths
Lydia Patterson Institute – Middle and High School education in El Paso
Missionary Guillermo Berman – Serving in Reynosa, Mexico
Murchison Middle School – educating 6th-8th grade students in Northwest Hills
Project Transformation – Supporting literacy in Central Texas
Rainbow Network – Nicaragua Community Development
Rise Against Hunger – Nourishing communities around the world
Russia Initiative – Moscow Theological Seminary and Vologda UMC
Texas Ramp Project – Building wheelchair ramps for Central Texans
United Methodist Committee on Relief – Worldwide Disaster Relief
United Methodist Global Ministries – Community Development for women in San Francisco Libre, Nicaragua

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