Every women associated with the parish who is 18 years or older is considered a member of the Altar Society. The purpose is to enrich the spiritual life of parish members and to meet the altar ans sanctuary needs of St. Teres's Church by purchasing bread, wine, altar linens, vestments, candles, and other necessities for the altar, as well as funeral dinners. We engage in parish activities as approved by the pastor or his appointee. Altar society members vote on an annual meeting schedule .Contact Betty Davis at 620-899-0700 or email for more information.

Birthright offer free pregnacy testing, counseling,, and maternity and baby clothing. Birthright volunteers offer gentleness, love and understanding to pregnant girls and women. One need not be a professional counselor to volunteer as training is provided. Help is also needed with sorting and sizing clothing. The birthright house is located at 214 East 3 and their phone number is 620-663-5872. For more information please contact Shelli Ridder at 620-200-8536 or email at birthrighthutch@gmail.com

Yearly church cleanup includes possible repair pews, deep cleaning-was windows, vacuum, sweep, mop, tree trimming, edging, planting, painting, washing windows, clean up trash, etc. We really need high school kids for certain jobs. We need volunteers for snow removal during the winter and weekly mowers during the summer. Contact Frank Barron at 620-259-0034 or email for more information.

General cleaning of the church each week: vacuuming, scrubbing, dusting, washing, etc. Teams take one week each month. Once a year each team will clean twice in one month. They work together and are flecible with scheduling. Men and women are welcome to be on the teams. For more information contact Jeanette Casida at 620-259-0863 or email.

The ministry works with special need members of the parish to provide them with instructions in the teaching and doctrine in the Catholic Church. Volunteers are always welcome to share in this ministry. The Faith and Light service organizations meets the spiritual and social needs of the disabled and their families. Faith and Light reveals to people with and and intellectual disability their call to share the riches of their heart, their tenderness, their fidelity. Faith and Light gives the parents support, and helps them to better recognize the inner beauty of their child and his/her unique vocation. Faith and Light allows brothers, sisters, and friends to discover the presence of the risen Jesus in their family members and their friends. Regular monthly meetings are held on the last Sunday of the month in the lower level of Holy Cross at 5:00pm, unless otherwise announced. Contact Jalane White at 620-585-6482 for more information.

This ministry is open to all men and women in the parish. There are opportunites to assist the Altar Society in food preparation, helping to serve the dinner and helping with set-up and cleaning up. Those who cannot atten can bring food for the dinner. For more information contact Connie Dillon at 620-664-4484 or email .

The gift shop is organized and overseen by ladies of the parish. Volunteers generously give their time before and after each Mass to assist with the gift shop. Contact Julia Hulsey at 425-220-3789 or email .

The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic, Family, Fraternal, Service organization dedicated to the Church and Community. Members participate in various activities throughout the year supporting the Church, Catholic Education, birthright, respect life organizations, seminarians, Mentally handicapped, local youth, and many other noteworthy projects. Monthly meetings bring members together to conduct business and promote fraternity. For more information or to join online, go to kofc.org/joinus Contact Keith Schroeder at 620-615-1745 or Dane Moeder at 316-640-6349.

St. Teresa's parish is invited to participate and attend Holy Cross Ministry of Consolation meetings on the second Sunday of the Month. We offer pastoral and spiritual support to those who grieve and strive to help them receive the healing comfort of God. For more information contac Diane McCarville at 620-662-3757 or email . You can also reach out to Linda Tegethoff at 620-694-0086 or email.

Volunteers (especially male) are needed in our Prison Ministry. There are several ways you can be involved in prison ministry at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. We meeet for the Catholic Ministry for mass and classes at the Central unit from 12:30- 3:00 on Saturday. Contact Ron Hulsey at 620-422-3726 or email

Respect Life Ministry lives the Church's teaching in caring for all human life in all stages from preborn to natural death. Activities include participation in the Life Chain, celecration of Respect Life Month with poster contests at Holy Cross Grade School and PSR, baby showers for services in the community, and supporting the parish priests in other pro-life efforts. This is a wonderful ministry--all volunteers are welcome and needed. Contact Robert Sanford at 508-838-5675 or email .

The purpose of this Ministry is to feed the hungry and to help parishioners who are interested have an opportunity to work at the Soup Kitchen at 3rd and Maple. There are opportunities for individuals and families to prepare the food, serve the food, and/or deliver food to shut-ins. Contact Jackie Ogelsby at 620-727-6516 for more information.

This ministry involves the yearly renewal and commitment of each individual to prayerfully considiser sharing their gifts of Time, Talent and Treasure within their parish family. For more information please contact Kathy Carroll at 620-322-0378 or by email. You can also reach out to Bill & Teresa Logsdon at 620-474-8424.

Vincentians are lay volunteers who dedicate themselves to assisting those in need; sometime that is food, housing and utilities, and sometimes it is an ear to listen; it is always serving our community as best we can. We are called to serve, and in serving becoming closer to those who need us to reward us in our own spiritual journey. We ask for your help in response to the need around us. We ask for your donations of food, money, and most especially your volunteer time. To better serve, we meet on first and third Wednesday of the month after 6:30 Mass, lover level. We invite you to join us and share in our ministry for assisting all in our community. For those seeking our help, please contact the parish office.