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.
The Christmas Walkthrough is the time in the year where our church welcomes 6,000 of our community through the building to hear the gospel message of Christmas. Over 200 volunteers put together a show spread through different rooms in the building, concluding in our Christmas lounge—a space for our community to ask questions, sit and chat with a hot cuppa, and receive the invitation to our Christmas services and Alpha course.
Come and be a part of our outreach this Christmas season and be part of our outstanding volunteer team—many roles are available. 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).
