
We are delighted that you want to join the team of volunteers at Houston’s First Baptist Church! Below, you can preview several opportunities to volunteer, ranging from one-time events to on-going commitments, from behind-the-scenes tasks to front-and-center positions, from working with preschoolers to working with senior adults! With this variety, you are sure to find an area that best fits your interests, gifts, and availability.
Top Volunteer Needs
Each week, we feature several different volunteer opportunities that need to be filled. Read over the descriptions and click the "Get Involved" button if you are able to help us with these needs. For additional opportunities to serve, Explore the List.
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Brew Crew
Culinary Services
Description: Volunteers will help wake up the membership for Pastor Gregg’s message. You can brew, serve, deliver or maintain the coffee stations for Sunday morning or afternoon.
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Celebrate Recovery
Prep Team
Counseling
Description: Volunteers will bring/prepare food for the Thursday night Celebrate Recovery meetings.
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Homebound Care Team
Pastoral Care
Description: Volunteers will recruit Care Leaders and be trained to minister to the homebound.
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Winsome People
Adult Enrichment
Description: We need dreamers and “do-ers”! And we’re betting you fall into one of those categories. Please remember that the “do-ers” category includes “prayers” and “callers”; so don’t be discouraged and think you can’t accomplish what we need. We need you!
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Fitness & Recreation Volunteers
Recreation
Description: Volunteers are needed to work afternoons and evenings Monday through Saturday in the Control Center of the CLC.

What are your gifts?
If you are unaware of your spiritual gifts, heart passions or personality traits, we are offering a confidential spiritual gifts assessment free of charge complements of HFBC!
While completion of this assessment is not required to volunteer, it can better assist you in determining where to serve with your spiritual gifts. Here’s what to do:
- Go to the OnLine Spiritual Gift Assessment form.
- In the area labeled “Activation Code”, enter this code: YourPlaceAtHFBC
- If you have trouble after you enter the code once, please contact Malcolm Marshall at 713.335.6453 or malcolm.marshall@HoustonsFirst.org. He will be able to assist you. Reentering the code will cause us to be charged for a second assessment.
- There are 5 sections to the test. It normally takes 45 minutes to an hour to complete. Your results will immediately and ONLY be sent to the Prayer, Missions & Connection Center staff of Houston’s First Baptist Church. It is vital that you include all demographic information (i.e. name, contact information, etc.). Your personal information will not be used for any purpose other than to identify who you are to HFBC.
- Be sure to answer all the questions and complete all the assessment sections. When you’re done, click "FINISHED" after the Life Experience Section.
You will be able to print out your results when finished. If you have any questions about your gifts, contact Malcolm Marshall in the Prayer, Missions & Connection Center.
Now that you know your spiritual gifts, here’s how you can Get In The Game:
1. Explore the List
The list is in alphabetical order by department. Once you’ve explored the opportunities, take time to prayerfully consider where God wants you to serve.
Select an area below that interests you to be taken directly to those opportunities!
2. Tell Us Your Interests
When you’re ready to Get In The Game, click one of the “Get Involved” links. You’ll be taken to a short form asking you to provide basic information about who you are and to indicate up to three volunteer opportunities that interest you. Submitting the form simply tells us that you’re interested and that you want more information.
3. Talk With a Team Leader
After you submit the form, a volunteer team leader will contact you within a few days about taking the next step. This may be a one-on-one meeting, or a group meeting with other interested soon-to-be volunteers!
It’s no secret to the HFBC family that great things happen when God’s people come together to do His work for His kingdom. No matter what your vocation, gifts, interests, passions, personality traits or availability may be, there is a place for you to Get In The Game! Thanks for taking this first step toward serving at our church—whether it’s for the first time or yet another role in a lifetime of volunteering.
Pastor Gregg
“Let us start rebuilding!” – Nehemiah 2:18