Volunteering

​St Peters House is a committed team of staff and volunteers working together to serve our community 
                    we would love to have you join us!

You can volunteer with us regularly, or occasionally, to match your availability.  ​You will be fully supported and trained for each role by our staff.
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Current volunteer roles includes:

• Homebaking for course morning teas and CAP client visits
• Morning tea helpers
• Preparing end of term course lunches
• Course helpers for our women's Personal Development courses 
• Course helpers for our CAP Life Skills courses

Or let us know if you have any other skills or interests.

St Peters House is a Christian organisation and Christian values underpin all aspects of our service. 
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You do not need to share our faith or be a Christian to volunteer with us, but the conduct, attitudes and words of all our team members are expected to reflect and support our special character.

If you are interested in volunteering with us at St Peters House pop into our reception and a grab volunteer pack.

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Why I Volunteer - Rosamonds Story

Having previously worked in the health sector, and specifically in mental health and general practice I have often thought that what some people most need to move them past obstacles in their life is not more professional help but a supportive community where they can find validation and hone some of the skills that they may lack. What I have found at St Peters House is such a community; both for myself as a volunteer and for clients. There is a wonderful atmosphere of positive love and support which is often commented on by those coming through the door. St Peters House also has the strength of being underpinned by a professional counsellor and other experienced staff with wide networks so there is a good chance that although you may not be able to solve all the problems of all of the people (I wish!) there is always something that you can offer and someone else on the staff who has another idea or solution. It gives me a lot of security, as a volunteer, to know that there is all that experience and expertise available.

As soon as I heard Liz speaking in church and highlighting the work of St Peters House I knew that I wanted to be involved in this ministry in some way. In one of those God moments I knocked on the door, was ushered in and instantly slotted into a volunteer position as a ‘befriender’ attending one of the courses being run here.

It has been hugely exciting to see new ministries start operating from St Peters House over the last year and to know that there are even more opportunities to serve. It has struck me over the time of my involvement with the center how the small services I can offer to people are appreciated so much. It can be quite significant for someone to find out that there is someone else who cares enough to phone them or take them out for coffee, or give them a ride to an appointment or cook them a meal.

It is also exiting when you have built a relationship and are then asked to share about your journey with God. It sometimes takes that event to remind me just how much more we have to offer than the practical (and essential) services that St Peters House provides. We are known by a loving God who longs to know us more and to see us walk in abundant life. It is that abundance of life that I long for myself and I would want for those who come to the centre. St Peters House is a fantastic way to get to know the wider community and to share who we are and what we have. By being part of it I can feel like I am helping build a ‘community of Christ’ albeit in my small way. And for me that is one of the things I appreciate about St Peters House; the way that we can all contribute in small or large ways and know that every bit helps to build a positive presence and bring about change in our part of Tauranga