Join us in bringing the Christmas story to life!
We need volunteers for our Christmas Walkthrough production (18-23 Dec), Christmas Light Show (5-24 Dec), and the preparation and pack down of these events. Many roles are available—give a little Christmas joy by signing up to volunteer. Together, through our efforts, many lives can encounter the true meaning of Christmas.
Area descriptions
Walkthrough preparation & pack-down
- Light Show preparation: Saturday mornings (27 Sep-18 Oct) checking and testing all the lights and equipment.
- Big lift: (1 & 8 Nov) lifting the lights onto the building.
- Big set-up Saturday mornings: (22 & 29 Nov, 6 & 13 Dec) preparing the church spaces, sets, and the lounge area.
- Light Show night team: (5-24 Dec) turning the light show on/off each night the show runs.
- Walkthrough big drop: (27 Dec) packing down and putting away Walkthrough sets.
- Light Show big drop: (29 Dec) packing down and putting away the Light Show.
- Set building: helping the set team build the walkthrough sets.
- Set decorating: helping the set team decorate walkthrough sets and lounge area.
- Costume co-ordinator: sourcing and organising actors costumes. Some availability required during Sunday acting rehearsals in Nov/Dec.
- Social media content creation: help record and create video/photo content for promotion.
Walkthrough production nights
- Acting: (age 11+) auditions are in October. Actors must be available for all Sunday rehearsals (9 Nov-14 Dec).
- Choir: (age 11+) singing in the choir on show nights (must be available for some Sunday rehearsals (30 Nov-14 Dec).
- Hair & makeup: earlier arrival (5:45pm) on show nights to do actor’s hair and makeup.
- Kitchen team: (age 15+) preparing a light snack for volunteers on show nights.
- Lounge team: hosting people in the ‘Christmas lounge’ at the end of their Walkthrough experience.
- Face painting: face painting in the lounge on show nights.
- Front line entertainment: running games and activities with people waiting in the queue.
- Prayer team: praying at church, during the walkthrough nights.
- First aid: roaming each show night—must have a current first aid certificate.
- Scene guide: in one scene each night, helping to move groups through and keep everyone safe.
- Walking guide: interacting with groups and taking them through each of the scenes.
- Queue management: managing/counting the queue numbers, groups, and timing.
- Tech: doing the lights/sound/media in the walkthrough scenes.
- Photography: roaming and capturing moments throughout each night.
- Social media content creation: help record and create video/photo content for promotion.
- Car park: (age 18+) helping people find/leave carparks safely.
- Security: (age 21+) roaming spaces to ensure people, belongings, and vehicles are safe.
- Costume laundry: taking actors costumes home to wash and returning them the next day.
- Behind the scenes jobs: vacuuming or setting up scenes during the week to help things to be ‘reset’ for each night.
- Set-up/pack-down of Auditorium: helping with set-up/pack-down for services (21 & 24 Dec).
