Local Community Service Ministries

Lake Forest

The Initiative for Vulnerable Children

The Initiative for Vulnerable Children at Saddleback Church exists to find a family for every child and equip the church to care for them. Come, join us and help find families for children who need them and share tools and trainings, to equip churches to care for adoptive, foster, kinship and safe families. Together, empowered by God, we can solve the orphan crisis making sure every child has a loving family supported by a local church. “A father to the fatherless, …God sets the lonely in families” Psalm 68:5-6

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Making Music Guitar Lessons

Be part of a new and growing ministry opportunity at the PEACE Center, by helping kids in our community learn to play the guitar. Studies have shown time and time again how musical abilities help increase scholastic aptitude. In addition, it provides kids with a talent they can be proud of. No prior teaching experience required, just the ability to read music, play the guitar and love kids!!! Our classes meet weekly, Mondays at 4:00pm. All volunteers must be Saddleback Church members, (accepted Christ, completed CLASS 101, been baptized by immersion and signed the membership Covenant). All volunteers must be willing to be fingerprinted and a background check.

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Jail Ministry

If you feel led to encourage individuals who are in a tough situation by sharing Jesus with them, you can join us as we visit local jails and provide a church service for those individuals who are incarcerated. This is a great small group opportunity. Requirements: Application; 18 and older; background check and interview.

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CPR/First Aid

We host workshops on the 2nd Saturday of each month for individuals interested in an emergency volunteer crew that can spring into action when a health emergency occurs. We also need volunteer teachers! Teachers must be a Saddleback Church member and have current instructor certification with the American Heart Association, a thorough knowledge of the instructional material, good communicating/teaching ability and demonstrate good technique in performing life-saving skills.

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Resource Coaches

Resource Coaches assist in connecting individuals to services and resources at Saddleback Church, the PEACE Center and local government agencies that can assist them with whatever their current needs are ie...counseling, Celebrate Recovery, Food Stamps, government assistance programs, etc.

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Acts of Appreciation Military Outreach

We are a military outreach ministry that looks for ways to extend God's love to our military and their families whether they are as close as Camp Pendleton or as far away as Afghanistan. We feel responsible to honor those who serve in the armed forces defending our freedoms. We respond with acts of appreciation that include newborn baby baskets, goody bags to troops deployed around the globe, hosting deployment and welcome home events at Camp Pendleton, sponsoring retreats, and much, much more.

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Resource Center

Saddleback Church is here to help you take your next step. Schedule an appointment to meet with a Resource Coach to learn about the opportunities and next steps available to you. Services available Saturdays from 10am – 2pm by appointment or walk up on a first-come, first-serve basis. Choose a service below and fill out the form to get started:

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Distribution Center Drivers

This is an opportunity to serve your community by driving food to Saddleback’s regional and mobile food pantries utilizing Saddleback Box Trucks. We also pick up (“rescue”) food donations from local stores, more than 200 times per month and each rescue needs a driver. Whether you’re stopping in at Starbucks for some bagels, picking up produce from Sprouts, or loading up our refrigerated truck with frozen food from Walmart, every food item blesses the people of Orange County who are in need. When you drive food to a campus to Bless people with food, we are also able to Bless them with the Good News of Jesus Christ! We'd love for you to part of what God is doing though our Food Bank! Honk if you LOVE Jesus!

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Tutoring

The Tutoring Ministry aims to help Jr. High and High School students with their mathematics and science school subjects; for example, Algebra 1 or 2, Geometry, Calculus, biology, etc. Tutoring is offered after school during the week, usually between 3:30 - 5:00 PM (tutoring appointments usually run in 30-45 minute increments). Volunteers must be Saddleback Church members (completion of CLASS 101, Baptism, and signing the Membership Covenant).

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Recycling Ministry

Do you have a heart to bring the news of Jesus to the spiritually empty? You can help transform a life by serving with the Saddleback Church Recycling Ministry. For over 20 years, the Recycling Ministry has collected and sorted donated bottles and cans from the church campus receptacles and sheds. For every 10 bottles recycled, one new Bible is purchased. How can you help? Simply drop off your aluminum cans and plastic bottles at the Saddleback Lake Forest or Rancho Capistrano campuses. Should you feel called to serve in a greater capacity with the Recycling Ministry, we can use you! Volunteers typically serve on Sunday afternoons however there are also weekday service opportunities.