Choir and Chanting
Sing and chant the services that carry our prayer. Readers and singers of every level are welcome to learn.
Get Involved
Every gift has a place in the Body of Christ.
Ways to Serve
Where You Might Fit
Every ministry below is a way of offering yourself to God and to one another. Find one that stirs something in you. No experience is required, only willingness.
Serving the Services
Altar Serving
Assist the clergy at the holy altar (for men and boys), helping the services unfold with reverence and order.
Prosphora Baking
Bake the offering bread used at the Liturgy. A quiet, prayerful way to serve from home; we are glad to teach you.
Reading
Read the appointed prayers and psalms during services, giving voice to the words of the Church.
Welcome and Hospitality
Greeting
Be a warm first face for visitors, helping newcomers feel at home from the moment they arrive.
Coffee Hour and Fellowship
Help host the fellowship after Liturgy, from setup to a shared dish. Community is built around the table.
Caring for the Temple
Buildings and Grounds
Keep our temple and property cared for, from cleaning days to small repairs.
The Building Project
Lend a hand as our mission works toward its future home, the temple that will serve generations to come.
Communications
Website and Media
Help with the website, audio and visual, and our online presence: how the mission reaches those still searching.
Newsletters and Bulletin
Help prepare the weekly bulletin and monthly parish news that keep our community connected.
Education and Outreach
Catechism and Church School
Support teaching for inquirers and for our children, passing on the faith to the next generation.
Charity and Almsgiving
Serve Christ in the poor and in our neighbors here in Cape Girardeau, faith made visible in mercy.
Fellowship and Governance
The Sisterhood
A fellowship of the women of the parish, supporting its life through prayer, hospitality, charity, and care for the temple.
Parish Council
Help steward the parish's life and governance, carrying responsibility for its practical wellbeing.
Right Now
Where We Especially Need Help
As a growing mission, a few ministries could especially use more hands right now: prosphora baking, our building project, chanters and readers for the kliros, and helping to launch our Sisterhood. If any of these stirs something in you, we would love to talk.
A Fellowship of Women
The Sisterhood
A dedicated band of the women of St. Justin, taking shape now. We are working to establish a sisterhood that supports the life of the parish through prayer, hospitality, charity, and care for the temple. All women of the parish are warmly welcome.
Support the Mission
Serving Also Means Giving
Your stewardship sustains our worship, our growth, and our future home. Giving, like serving, is an offering of time, talent, and treasure back to God in gratitude, and every gift, of whatever size, has its place in the life of the parish.
Take a First Step
Get Involved
Tell us where you would like to serve, and the right person will reach out. Or simply speak with Fr. Sergii after Liturgy.
In the meantime, email us at orthodoxsemo@gmail.com.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Galatians 6:9