Available Opportunities

Early Childhood

Care & Discipleship For Children 6 Wks - 6 Yrs Old

We’re all about nurturing children from ages 6 weeks to 6 years and equipping their families. If you’re committed to these precious children and would love to be involved in tilling the soil to plant God’s love in their young hearts, contact Tara Powell.

Children

Care & Discipleship For Children Grades 1-5

Our programs are a time of fun and excitement. We offer kids theme-based, character-driven lessons that will immerse them in a world of solid Biblical teachings that are creative and fun. If you have a heart for kids and would like to be a part of this life-changing ministry, contact Margaret Duffy.

Youth

Giving Students What They Need For Life

We provide a safe, fun atmosphere where students (6th to 12th grade) can learn, meet people who will love them for who they are, and be challenged to become the people they were born to be. Relationships with the older generations are vitally important for students these days, so we connect them to caring adults who will teach them life lessons inspired by God’s truth. For more information, contact Deb Hill.

Women's Ministries

Connecting Women In Relationships

KPC understands that God created women to be relational in nature, and so we provide ample opportunities throughout the year for women to gather for fellowship, prayer, spiritual growth, and—of course—fun! For more information contact Rhonda Ruckel.

Men's Ministries

Challenging Men To Live Out Their Calling

To encourage the men of KPC to live out their roles as leaders in the home, church, workplace, and community, our Men’s Ministry provides opportunities to fellowship, mentor, study, grow, and keep each other accountable. For more information contact Bill Catoe.

KPC Life University

Adult Sunday School With Real-Life Application

Our vision is to see the church at KPC and beyond live out the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives. Towards this end, our mission is to teach the application of Biblical principles to all areas of life. We’re always looking for teachers and class coordinators. For more information contact Pam Piccolo.

Life Group Leaders/Hosts

Where Friendships Are Important

KPC’s Life Groups are the small group ministry of KPC that serves to make the “big church smaller” by connecting members of the congregation to others in meaningful, life-giving relationships. Simply stated, they are a place where people can experience a sense of community within KPC. To discuss becoming a Life Group Leader and/or Host, contact Bill Gualdoni.

New Members Class

Prepare To Join The KPC Family

Interested in becoming a member? This six-week class is fun and informative. You learn about KPC, The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), and more about yourself. Most people make lasting friendships while in this class. Each of the major ministry areas of KPC make presentations and present opportunities to serve. To sign up, or to get more information contact Bill Gualdoni.

Ushers/Greeters

Smiling Faces Needed

One of the easiest ways to get involved at KPC is to become an usher or a greeter. Hand out bulletins, help collect the offering, pass our CDs to our guests . . . and smile. For more information contact Chris Krimsier.

Hospitality Cafe Workers

A Cup Of Kindness Goes A Long Way

Between the worships gatherings on Sunday morning, KPC Café provides a place for fellowship, coffee, and quick snacks. We need volunteers to shop, set up, and serve. For more information contact Chris Krimsier.

Pizza with the Pastor

Meet, Greet, And Eat - How Sweet!

A free lunch event, Pizza with the Pastor is designed for those new to KPC. Guests enjoy a brief welcome from our staff, a quick view into the life of our lead pastor and KPC, along with a delicious meal. We always need help in planning, setting up (and cleaning up!), and serving. Let Chris know of your interest, and she’ll be glad to talk to you more about it. For more information contact Chris Krimsier.

Carpenter's Hands

Joining Hands - Helping Others

Carpenter’s Hands includes KPC deacons and a team of men and women of all ages. There are several teams. For more information about which Carpenter’s Hands works best for you, contact Joanie Tyson.

Food Pantry

Feeding The Hungry

The KPC Food Pantry is managed by a Deacon team and volunteers who shop, pick up, and stock the pantry with groceries and distribute them each Monday afternoon from 3:00 - 7:00 to people in our community requiring food assistance. For more information contact Priscilla Self.

Clothing Closet

Clothing The Needy

KPC's Clothing Closet illustrates the Love of Christ by providing donated clothes (and household items) to the needy of the local community. Though supervised and maintained by our deacons, volunteers are always needed. For more information contact Mack Homsi.

Click here to watch the video celebrating this KPC ministry.

Church Special Events

It Takes A Community!

We would love for you to join us in any capacity you can! KPC has scheduled events throughout the year, such as picnics, Christmas decoration put-up and take-down, Easter parking, and other events that take place in the fellowship hall and sanctuary from time to time. There is always plenty of do and extra hands are always appreciated. For more information contact Joanie Tyson.

Samaritan Team

Living The Golden Rule

The purpose of the Samaritan Team is to provide labor resources and guidance to individuals within the church community requiring assistance with moving, yard work, and other needs.

The KPC Deacons coordinate the services and activities of the Samaritan team. To serve with the deacons email Joanie Tyson.

To request Samaritan Team assistance pick up an application from a KPC staff member at the front desk or call 495-1913.

Hope Team

Restoring Joy - Enriching Lives

The HOPE team ministers to members who lack family support, such as the elderly, members with physical and emotional illness, and single parents with children at home.

The team makes home visits and phone calls to needy persons to discuss their needs. The goal is to assist them in obtaining services or activities to enrich their lives. This assistance may result in making referrals to existing ministries within the church, assistance in acquiring needed crisis intervention services from professional community agencies, and encouraging participation in church activities. For more information contact Jane Hixon.

Financial/Legal/Health Insurance Advice

Providing Caring Counsel That Counts

This team plans to offer financial, legal, and health insurance advice to the family of KPC. We need volunteers with professional experience.

For more information contact Carol Hepburn.

Blood Drive

Help Save A Life!

Would you like to help save a life? KPC sponsors two Red Cross blood drives each year. Volunteers are needed to handle registration at the events, to help in promotions, and—of course—to donate blood. For more information contact Doreen Joyce at 757.340.0781 or email KPC.

Medical Missions Trips

Healing Bodies - Touching Hearts

Did you know you can change someone’s view of the world by serving them on a medical mission? Imagine what a huge impact we could have if Christians strategically networked to respond to coming disasters. If you’re an interested medical professional (or someone without a medical background but would like to help), contact Michael Thompson or Mickey Salvant.

Community Faith Nurses

Medical Resources For The Body

We would love to find RNs and LPNs to assist with various clinics (blood pressure, diabetes, flu, etc.) held at the church, shelters and community outreaches. You must be currently licensed by VA board of Nursing with a copy of your license available. If not licensed but interested in getting involved, we are always in need of assistance with paperwork at the clinics.

For more information contact Jane Hixon.

Night Watch (Harp & Bowl) Intercessors

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Intercessors meet Sundays at 5:30 AM in the Sanctuary. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Encounter (Harp & Bowl) Intercession

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets Saturday nights at 8:30 in the Sanctuary. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Prayer for West Asia

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets on Mondays at 7 PM. Contact Paul Dumas for location--757.464.4986.

For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Men's Prayer

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets Tuesdays at 6:30 AM in the Sanctuary. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Jewish Heritage Life Group (prayer for Israel)

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets Tuesdays at 7 PM in room A4. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Men of the Church Prayer Breakfast

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets on Wednesday mornings 6:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Missions Prayer (prayer for KPC Missionaries)

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets on Wednesdays at 12pm in the chapel. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Prayer Warriors in Action (prayer for leaders)

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meet on Wednesdays at 5:20 PM in the Den. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Ukraine Prayer

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets on Wednesday at 7 PM in room A4. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

God's Army (Prayer & Bible Study)

A KPC Prayer Ministry

Meets on Thursdays at 10:00 AM in the Den. For more info, contact Kathy Daugherty.

Life Ministries

Protecting The Unborn

Life Ministries' mission is to inform, train, and mobilize people to respond to the injustice of abortion. Important aspects of their service to the community include daily outreach at local abortion clinics, monthly prayer sieges, and follow-up relationships with women who have chosen life for their unborn children. Life Ministries promotes government activism and changing the laws of our nation to protect the unborn. Learn more about this vital ministry at lifemin.net.

Bethany Christian Services of Hampton Roads

Providing Adoption And Family Services

Part of the largest adoption and family services agency in the US, Bethany offers compassionate care including: Pregnancy Assistance, Domestic Adoption, International Adoption, Older/Special Needs Adoption, Interim Foster Care, and Informational Meetings. Find out more at bethany.org/virginiabeach.

Crisis Pregnancy Centers of Tidewater

Offering Help, Hope, And Healing

Offering real help for the present, hope for the future, and healing for the past, CPC’s mission is to reach out to those women and families involved in crisis-related pregnancies. Both medical services and non-medical resources are provided. For locations and more, visit cpcfriends.org. They have a wide range of volunteers needed from office and administrative to counseling and client support. For more information about volunteering please contact Yvonne Mackey or call 410-9703.

Trailer City

Living And Loving Like Jesus

What’s Trailer City? It’s a low-income community of people in need right here in Virginia Beach. We want to help them experience God’s love and provision. So, we use words and actions to communicate the Good News! Here's some details about this ministry . For more info contact Doug Drader.

Elderly Outreach

Bringing The Church To The Homebound

KPC honors our seniors by focusing on meeting their practical, spiritual, and emotional needs. Our Elderly Outreach focuses on providing practical and spiritual care for those who are homebound. Once a month, small teams visit our seniors to talk and pray. If needed, they assist with tasks such as moving heavy objects, yard work, painting, etc.

If you have a heart for our elderly and want to significantly impact their lives, join this “love-in-action” team by contacting Jason Plumley at (936)718-3521 or Rachel Calderon at (318)791-5900.

Good News Jail Ministry

Setting The Captives Free

Good News Jail Ministry ministers to the spiritual needs of inmates and staff of the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. Women or men who are interested in serving on a weekly or bi-weekly basis in the following areas: worship services, bible studies, on-on-one inmate ministry, etc. For more information contact Steve Christenson or Tom Cooney.

Joy Ministries

Helping The Poor And Fatherless

Joy Ministries is an evangelistic outreach that ministers salvation and restoration to those in need. They believe that investing in the lives of the poor and the fatherless, through education and character development, will help them break free of the cycle of poverty. For more info contact Rebekkah Martin or visit joyministriesonline.org

Judeo Christian Outreach

Empowering The Homeless

JCO focuses on empowering homeless families and individuals to recover from crisis situations and return to self-supporting, productive, and independent members of our community. To get involved contact Henry Justis or visit www.jcoc.org

Compass

Communities Promoting A Safer Society

Compass is a small, faith-based charity that ministers in the area of sexual abuse and prevention of domestic and dating violence. They are in need of volunteers with computer and internet skills, and in the area of fundraising. For more information contact Joe Paluszak, call 430-8686, or visit asafersociety.org

Pastors in Residence

Caring For Ministers In Crisis

Pastors-in-Residence is a church-centered program of care and restoration for Christian ministers in crisis. For more info contact Calvin Frett.

Project Light

Fighting Illiteracy In The Community

Project Light is a non-profit evangelistic organization dedicated to fighting illiteracy. They employ a unique combination of Bible-based training, curriculum, and multi-media computers and software for community-based learning centers teaching ESL (English as a Second Language), reading, and GED programs. They are looking for tutors of adults, teens, or children to serve at one of their many local Learning Centers. For more information contact Darious Malinowski or visit projectlight.org

Sought Out

Redeeming Broken Relationships

Sought Out provides information, support, and prayer to individuals, families, and churches who desire freedom from sexual and relational brokenness through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. For more info contact Katherine Allen or visit soughtout.org

Urban Discovery Ministries

Reaching Youth Through Sports

Inner city evangelism and church planting through youth sports ministries and church consultations. If you are interested in coaching basketball, contact Mike Fariss at 287-7144. If you are interested in tutoring adults or children, contact Kerry-Ann Sylvester at 737-6605. For general information contact Michael Fariss.

TMCJ (The Man Called Jesus)

Sharing The Gospel Worldwide Through The Arts

TMCJ International Productions is a non-profit ministry dedicated to awakening, training, discipling, mobilizing, and uniting the Christian community worldwide to minister the truth of the Gospel and impact all people’s worldview through drama, worship, music and the arts. They also help meet the humanitarian needs in the communities they serve. For more information contact Kelly Batton or visit tmcj.org

International Student Christian Fellowship (ODU)

Training Student Leaders To Impact Their World

A non-profit, non-denominational ministry formed to partner with international and local churches, organizations, and individuals to reach and train effective leaders who will impact their world for Jesus Christ. For more information contact Gopal and Daisy Kunji-Kanan or visit leadersimpact.org

Short-Term Missions Trips

7-10 Day Trips To Various Countries

Every year we send 7-15 short-term missions teams to West Asia, Eastern Europe, and other locations to collaborate with long-term missionaries to help them progress in their work. We’d love to have you apply and join us on an adventure mission for God. For more information, contact our Short-Term Missions Coordinator, Kari Allen or check out the Short-Term Missions area of this web site.

International Missions

Long-Term Missions Efforts

At KPC, we’re all about training, sending, supporting, and praying for long-term missions workers and their efforts. Find out more about our latest events, resources (articles, books, and more), stories, prayer points, and volunteer opportunities. Tell us about your missions interests. We’d love to hear from you! Contact our Long-Term Missions Coordinator, Dana Petrelli.

Altar Ministry

Pointing Others To God Through Prayer

Our altar ministers pray for those in need. Typically at the end of the worship gatherings (or whenever called upon by the pastor during the gathering), they make themselves available to those who are requesting prayer—pointing them to God and His sufficiency. If you’re interested in becoming an altar minister, contact Linda Harrison.

Media

Creative Ministries

Without our Media folks, Pastor Nate would be shouting (no sound) in the dark (no lights) at our worship gatherings. We’d be mumbling instead of singing (no words on the screen—and no lights to read by). We wouldn’t have EXPRESS (a weekly bulletin) or KPC CONNECT (monthly news). We wouldn’t have our website. We wouldn’t have our cool videos and slides and . . . well, you get it. And there are plenty of ways to get involved! Some examples are working with: video camera, photography, video-editing, SongShow (lyrics for worship), computer graphics, and art. For more info contact Valerie Fay.

Worship

Living A Life Of Praise

Worship isn’t just singing on Sundays. Worship is something we can do every moment of every day, during every event, with every word spoken, every work activity, every meal prepared, every homework assignment, and every song that is sung.

KPC’s Worship Ministries makes every effort to create opportunities for everyone in our church family to worship God with their whole lives. Some examples of ways to get involved with worship at KPC are: the worship band/team, orchestra, choir, Faithful Men (men's choral group), Hands of Praise (deaf choir), dance, and banners. For more info contact Gary Walter.