For a list of volunteer positions check out opportunities below then simply click on the one you like.
"The Big Questions" workshop
This workshop is help at churches, community centers, etc. and needs to have advertising in a free paper, on Craigslist or on Meetup.com.
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This is the opportunity to initiate an introductory class to be held at churches, community centers, clubhouses, etc. It is promoted by advertising in a free paper, on Craigslist or on Meetup.com.
Q - What qualifications would those volunteers have?
A - They need to have the ability to research their area for the availability of a location and resources to get a introductory class together. They need to be able to discuss the various concepts in the Urantia Book with some ease and present it in an organized way. We can help you with this! We are NOT trying to recruit anyone but rather develop relationships.
As an example, the website meetup.com has been used to effectively advertise a Urantia Book introductory workshop. It's so simple to set up and maintain. Once you've done an introductory session, a Urantia Book study group can be easily formed or new readers can be added to an existing group.
David Zebedee Service Award - Assistance
Working with Cristina Seaborn and Dolores Nice you would be responsible for helping to develop the guidelines and procedures for this annual service awards ceremony.
If you are interested in this job please click here.
Travel with the International Outreach Committee
Would you be interested in traveling to Korea, India, South Africa, and South America to help with book fairs? Somebody with people skills, and bilingual would be a bonus. (read more…)
Must be an avid reader and advocate for the UB. Some travel may be “roughing it” i.e. cold water showers, camping, rooming with lots of people, etc. Must have a sense of adventure and flexibility to the needs of the situation. As a sidenote: unless you are very proficient in the language of the area IFC is going, you will very likely need to pay your own expenses for the adventure.
If you are interested in this job please click here.
Mighty Messenger - Artists and Editors
If someone wishes to submit an article or work with us on editing, fall is the best season of the year. It gives us time to send the article to several people for their editing contributions. (read more…)
Help is also needed in editing (reading and correcting spelling, punctuation, etc.) particularly for the articles in the Herald. Since one has just gone to press, this help won't be needed until the new year.
We are also interested in artists who would be willing to donate the use of one of their paintings on a Urantia theme for possible appearance as a cover for next year's Herald.
If you are interested in this job please click here.
Study Group Directory Coordinator
The Fellowship Study Group Directory is in need of a new coordinator. The position requires approximately 10 hours a week. THIS JOB HAS BEEN FILLED - Thank you!
Website Design and Development
The Urantia Fellowship has need of an experienced web developer who can take over the maintenance of their website. (read more…)
There are many updates and changes that could be made to the site: www.urantiabook.org. We need a web developer that can work with the previous developer to lay out and implement changes to the site. Continual support would be much appreciated.
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee of The Urantia Fellowship is auditing their database. We need callers. (read more…)
Names are provided to each of our callers and a simple script is provided as a guideline to get the various questions answered so that our database can be updated. Calls go very quickly and a great connection can be made with fellow readers. Many times they are anxious to locate a group or just find out what is going on in the movement. These calls are a lot of fun to make.
eBook Overseer
We need someone who will tally the existing reports from our Amazon Kindle Sales for the Urantia Book and then update it monthly. This is about an hour long job and then a 15 minute a month job. (read more…)
In addition, we'd like to address the needs for eBook Publishing (i.e. Kindle, Sony, ePub, Nook, Google Books, Different Translations, etc.) and for Audio Publishing (i.e. iPod, MP3, Different Translations, SEO, etc.).
To learn more about this opportunity click here.
Uversa Press Committee
There is a need for people to 'adopt' a bookstore and make sure it has The Urantia Book in stock. (read more…)
Within your area you would be called on to go to local bookstores to make sure they have The Urantia Book. If not, information will be provided that enables the store to secure the book for their customers. This is a great service!
How can you help someone find the book? Click here to find out.
Outreach Committee
The Outreach Committee needs people to help with book placement, campus outreach, starting Meetup.com groups, public presentations and more! All materials, banners, cards, literature, and training will be supplied.
To learn more about this opportunity click here.
Media and Public Relations
Successful movements need up-to-date slogans, images, and social networking done. Creative talent welcome!
Spiritual Vitamins Assistance
We need several people to help with the wonderful project called 'Spiritual Vitamins'. They are small, rolled up, paper nuggets of truth with quotes from the Urantia Book and other sources. Volunteering for this job requires a commitment of about 5-10 hours per month. (read more…)
- Looking for someone who can research and organize interesting and insightful quotes for the Spiritual Vitamins project.
- Someone to manage the rolling and delivery of spiritual vitamins to our distribution center in California.
- Looking for an intelligent ambassador for the Spiritual Vitamins web site. Someone to respond to web traffic emails and purchase issues.
- Assist in getting the word out about Spiritual Vitamins. Coordinating with all groups, events and individuals to make sure vitamins are delivered for Expos, conferences, regional/local UB events and gatherings.
- This project is too much fun. Assist in rolling vitamins. Receive vitamin supplies, roll and band vitamins and ship to the production center in California.
- Work with the Spiritual Vitamins Outreach Coordinator to get Vitamin boxes delivered. Track orders and confirm shipments
- A dedicated soul to coordinate the set up of PRYSM groups where individuals and couples read UB papers and write reflections on the papers. This individual would collect and organize all the writing from participants and work with our editor to keep all the digital files from this work.
Need Web Development for Materials
We are looking for a talented volunteer to adopt a techie project. We have wonderful outreach materials -- brochures, handouts, short papers, and that we no longer want to print, sell and ship. We would like to have them available as free, downloadable works from our website. They are great for anyone doing an expo, holistic fair or any local outreach project. We have classics like 64 Original Concepts, Excerpts, Religious Tolerance, Angels, and some of Ann Garner's and Mary Ebben's booklets. Some need editing in addition to re-formatting.
For more information click here
The UB study-buddies project
Being personally available to new readers is the purpose and goal of the project. We hope for new readers to have a friend they can talk with about the book one to one.
It's about building relationships with new readers. (read more…)
We are encouraging people to try new and unique ways of studying the book together. Since the age of communication and technology is here there are a lot of ways to be creative! Buck Weimer and Jo Ann Wiedman have been playing with some experimental study group formats and here are a few ideas they are working with:
INTERNATIONAL
People in other countries and in the USA need experienced mentors as they are just starting to read the book. If you are multi -lingual you are especially needed!
Please consider becoming an experienced mentor/ coach/ friend as-needed, for one to one conversations about the Urantia Book with people who are new to the concepts and teachings.
Suggestions:
Become E-mail buddies or
Set up a time and day to have a study group where some are joining in via phone that can be placed on 'speaker' or
Use Skype to have an online video study group.
Or all of the above.
DOMESTIC
Being a study buddy to someone in your city or area could mean meeting a new reader in a coffee shop, or where-ever....to encourage them in their study, to enjoy some of that new-reader enthusiasm, to be a good listener.
E-mail buddies or skype buddies works well if there is no-one nearby for them to meet in person. Your mission, should you accept it, is to become a friend to a new reader. Eventually bringing them to a study group would be an ideal outcome, when they feel comfortable with the prospect of meeting a group of readers who have been studying together for a while. We believe we can draw more wonderful people into our study groups and Fellowship by showing ourselves to be friendly!
For more information click here