Connect by Serving


Pleasant View has many different ministries within the Church that you could become apart of. Consider connecting in the Church by serving on a ministry. See below for a listing of ministries within Pleasant View.

Hearts for Hunger

Ministry Description:

Hearts for hunger is a food pantry providing the red Lion and surrounding areas hope and help through the blessing of food and necessities. Our goal is to model the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by providing for those in need.
We are open the 4th Saturday of every month from 9 AM to 12 PM.

How YOU can help/Role of Volunteers (what you would be doing):

To assist clients through the pantry to select their food, as we are a choice pantry.
Help to carry Boxes of food for clients to their car.
Help in setting up before opening/tearing down at closing.
Restock items as needed

Contact Person: Phil Smith

Email: Phil71412@yahoo.com

Phone: (717)-654-8220

Ministries at Pleasant View

Ignite Junior High Youth Group

Ministry Description:

Ignite is a Junior High Youth ministry for youth in 6th – 8th grade. Ignite is passionate about helping youth to develop their own personal relationship with Christ along with building healthy relationships with their peers. We know that junior high is a challenging time for the youth and full of difficult transitions. We hope that Ignite can be an encouragement to the youth and help to shine the light of Christ into their lives.

Ignite meets on Friday evenings from 7 – 9 PM. This time consists of playing games, having snack and engaging in a short lesson. Youth are encouraged to invite friends and come prepared to have some fun! Fridays are a great time for youth to get to know each other better and develop closer friendships. We know that life is a lot better when you have other Christian friends to support and help you along the way.

Ignite also meetings every Sunday morning for lessons during both services.

How YOU can help/Role of Volunteers (what you would be doing):

Ignite can use some more help on Friday evenings. This would involve supervising the youth and more importantly interacting with them through various games and activities.
Ignite could also use more coaches or assistant coaches for Sunday morning lessons. Coaches would be responsible to teach an hour lesson based on the current curriculum. Assistant coaches would just need to be present during the lesson and help the coach to teach where needed.

We are looking for volunteers that have a genuine love for the youth and have lots of patience!

Contact Person: Alex and Erica Howard

Email: ahoward2333@gmail.com or ehoward618@gmail.com

Phone: 717-495-2208 (Alex) 717-916-1203 (Erica)

Chefs Who Care

Ministry Description:

Chefs Who Care is a ministry under Fellowship that exists to provide meals to an individual or family in need because of illness, surgery, childbirth, bereavement, or other similar life event. Generally we offer meals for a two week time period; three times a week for a total of six meals.
Participation is simple, easy, and can be very rewarding. We have a number of “chefs” who are on a contact list. When a need arises the leader of the ministry contacts all the chefs, describes the need and who it is for, along with any dietary or other restrictions, and the chefs then sign up for the provided time slots. All of this is done through the web based program Meal Train which is very intuitive and easy to use.
This is a wonderful ministry for keeping in touch with members and their families who are going through either a hardship or a time consuming life change such as a new baby. It lets our church family know how much they are loved and appreciated.

How YOU can help/Role of Volunteers (what you would be doing):

If you were to volunteer to make meals you would be placed on the list of Chefs. When a need arises, you will be sent a link to the Meal Train site and will be able to sign up to make as many or few meals as you would like. You will be able to pick your day for delivery and can even enter what you are making so we can avoid doubling a recipe.
You would then contact the person in need the day of to confirm that you are on the way before dropping off the meal. It is recommended that you use disposable containers to make cleanup easier and to avoid losing your dishes.

Contact Person: Mary Ann Helwig

Email: gramhelwig@gmail.com

Phone: 717-887-8059

Wildfire

Ministry Description:

Wildfire is a Youth program for 9th-12th grade youth that meets every Sunday night. Our purpose is to:
Invite, ignite, and involve the Youth of this community with the love of Christ.
Invite: Invite the Youth into a welcoming, fun, non-threatening environment
Ignite: Ignite the Youth on fire for Christ by sharing Christ’s love for them, and by establishing meaningful relationships
Involve: Involve the Youth in a deeper relationship with God through discipling them.

Wildfire usually has an event at the end of each month and lessons the other weeks. Throughout the year we also have retreats and other events outside of the church that may go overnight or over multiple days. Each night we have lessons we usually have a time that is for games, lesson time and we also provide food. Event nights we do a wide variety of things from going go-carting to just playing games at the Church.

Our Core Values are:
Worship God in every aspect of our lives (Psalm 95:6)
Integrity is what our lives will represent; we are who we say we are (Proverbs 10:9)
Lift each other up with our words and actions (Ephesians 4:29)
Disciple students to be in the likeness of Christ (Matthew 28:19)
Find a need and fill it, humbling ourselves to serve others (Matthew 20:28)
In prayer, constantly seek God’s direction (Ephesians 6:18)
Reach out into the World to make an impact (Luke 10:2)
Establish relationships with the students that are Godly and supportive (Proverbs 13:20)

How YOU can help/Role of Volunteers (what you would be doing):

You would be helping in a number of ways depending on your skill set and what you have a passion for. You could be preparing food, planning/playing games, doing lessons, event planning and management amongst other items.

Contact Person: Jonah McWilliams

Email: JonahJMcWilliams@gmail.com

Phone: 717-885-3993

Step by Step Shoe Bank

Ministry Description:

Provides free, NEW sneakers for eligible* children (Infant – 17 years old) in Red Lion and surrounding areas. Open the third Saturday of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, and November Open the first and third Saturday of August and December 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

How YOU can help/Role of Volunteers (what you would be doing):

Fitting children with sneakers, taking inventory, stocking shoes

Contact Person: Pat Yohe

Email: Patricia.Yohe@dallastown.net

Phone: (717)683-7378

Soup and Salad

Ministry Description:

Soup and Salad was started to promote fellowship among all members by providing lunch immediately after the second service for anyone who wishes to stay and eat. It is typically held the third Sunday of each month from late winter until early spring. Donations are taken in a box by the ramp and are used to fill various needs throughout the church. Some examples include helping fund the deacons, -who in turn care for the members of the church including our widows and widowers-, to bridging the financial gap to send a team on a mission trip to Honduras.

How YOU can help/Role of Volunteers (what you would be doing):

As a volunteer you would help set tables and chairs in the fellowship hall, prepare the meal, and clean up after lunch is over. The dinner is self serve and desserts are usually donated by various and different members.

Contact Person: Chip Godfrey

Email: godfreymeats@gmail.com

Phone: 717-891-7617

Visitation Ministry

Ministry Description:

The focus of the Visitation Ministry is to take the church out from within its building walls to the membership’s homes and daily lives. To be a bridge between the church and its membership where every day their feet hit the road’s struggles and joys that surrounds them within this world. It is within the Visitation Ministry’s focus to try to connect the church’s responsible and role to its membership in areas where a warm or safe environment may be needed. We visit homes of the shut-ins who cannot travel out to church or elsewhere, to families who may have lost a love one. To the hospital where support is needed in times of illness as well as time of joy as in births. The Visitation Ministry works in conjunction with the Flower and Card Ministries in trying to accomplish these focal points. A person serving in this ministry must be willing to give of themselves in time and situational circumstances.

Contact Person: Woody Harrison

Email: woodyharrison1@gmail.com

Phone: 717-817-7506