If you are worshipping regularly at Cypress on Sundays (Worship Jesus), a member of Cypress, and actively participating in a small group (Love One Another), then the elders and pastors strongly encourage you to start serving others (Serve the World!), particularly in a discipleship group of three or four. The following is a list of forty ways you and/or your discipleship group could serve others according to four levels of serving engagement:
Level 1 – Mild, On Campus
Serve I-Help Men in Cypress’ Gym - Bob & Ruth Ann Flowers, ruthannflowers@hotmail.com; 831-277-3499
Help with the Hospitality Ministry - Audrey Kile, audrey@cypresschurch.org; 831-262-4758
Supply Food for Cypress’ Food Pantry - Paul & Bobbi Cripe; cripep@gmail.com
Serve at Vacation Bible School - Linda Seldomridge, linda@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Disciple Children on Sundays - Linda Seldomridge, linda@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Disciple Youth (Junior High & High School) - Tim Price, tprice@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Disciple Young Adults – Tim Price, tprice@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Serve as an Usher/Greeter in the Worship Service – Ken Brown, uskb52@msn.com; 831-484-2141
Pack “Homeless Blessing Bags” for your car - Darius & Lisa Livian, spedaliere5@sbcglobal.net
Level 2 – Moderate, Off Campus
Serve at Salinas Warming Shelter - Michelle Chisum, thechisumfamily@gmail.com; 831-905-0677
Serve children at Family Resource Center in Salinas - Cheryl Camany, ccamany@salinascity.k12.ca.us
Feed Farm-Labor Families with Nancy’s Project - Lorrie Stiles, leftystiles@comcast.net; 831-646-8435
Read the Bible to the Elderly in a Nursing Home - Matt Mazerik, mattmazerik@gmail.com; 408-409-0589
Cuddle Volunteer Program for Infants at Natividad Hospital - Natividad Hospital, Nicu WArd
Volunteer at Confidence Pregnancy Center (Salinas) - Christine Morris, confidencepc@sbcglobal.net; 831-757-5500 Volunteer at Compassion Pregnancy Center (Monterey) - Tami Cripe, TamiC.cpc@gmail.com, 831-373-8535
Lunch with International Wives Connection - Sharon Treat, bobandsharont@gmail.com; 831-455-2468
Ongoing Outreach Events in Gonzales - Mark & Carol DaVee, mark@cypresschurch.org; 831-402-8926
Level 3 – Intense, Off Campus
Be a court-appointed advocate for a foster child - Linda Fosler, linda@voicesforchildrencasa.org; 831-455-6800
Serve the Homeless in Monterey on Saturday mornings - Jim Nelson, jajunels@yahoo.com; 831-4351927
Lead a Good News Club at a Public School - Becca Lamont, becca.lamont@cefnorcal.org
Serve the sick at Salinas Memorial Hospital - Shannon Graham, sgraham@svmh.com; 831-759-1801
Serve the sick as a Auxiliary Volunteer at C.H.O.M.P - Chris Williams, chriswilliams@chomp.org; 831-622-2892
Help at Seaside Women’s Shelter - Linda Nieves, lnieves@communityhomelesssolutions.org; 831-394-8372
Host International Students for a Four-Week Stint (Paid) - Chris Wilcox, chris@isphomestays.com; 831-915-5546
Go on a Short-Term Missions Trip to Unreached Peoples - Garreth Tiefenbach, garreth@cypresschurch.org
Serve and/or Preach at Victory Mission (Men Only) – Ken Cusson, 831-775-9685
Serve and/or Preach at Dorothy’s Place (Women Only) - Kristen Jones, dorothysplace.org/volunteer
Level 4 – Extreme, Off Campus
Be a Foster Parent with Above the Line - Gail Lewis, glewis@abovetheline.org; 831-662-9081
Adopt a child through The Kinship Center - Barbara May, bmay@kinshipcenter.org; (831) 455-4740
Disciple Inmates at Soledad Correctional Training Facility - Jordan Jeske, Jordan_jeske@pfm.org; 831-383-1333
Lead a Bible study at Salinas Valley State Prison - Kent Tegtmeier, kentmeier99@comcast.net; 831-521-6264
Do Street Evangelism in Salinas - Robert Rosalez, rjrosalez@mac.com; 831-521-2838
Disciple Homeless People into Transitional Housing - Ben Sobels, ben@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Long-Term Missionary to Unreached Peoples – Garreth Tiefenbach, garreth@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Be Trained as a Pastor and Plant a Church - Ben Sobels, ben@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Serve on a Cypress Church Planting Team - Mark DaVee, mark@cypresschurch.org; 831-484-2141
Lead a ministry that spreads the gospel and serves “the least of these” as the Lord leads you!