Outreach - Outreach Ministries - Overview
Outreach Ministry Overview: For a quick description of our Outreach Ministries and to find your own Outreach niche, CLICK HERE.
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing?And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’” Matthew 25:37-40
Our mission is to build on the Christian mission of St. David’s, doing God’s work in the world, reaching out to our neighbors—those nearby, as well as those in distant lands. We do this by focusing our extensive human and financial resources. We hope and expect that everyone in our parish will commit to some outreach ministry.
Outreach Grants 2010
"Doing God's work in the world, reaching out to our neighbors."
The Outreach Commission has issued $70,000.00 in Grant money to be distributed to various organizations. A complete list of Grant Recipients for 2010 can be found on the Outreach Table in the Information Center or by clicking here.
Click here for the 2011 Grant Application Form.
Local Outreach at St. David's includes our Feeding Ministries, our involvement with the Interfaith Hospitality Network - Main Line, our Employment Guidance program, our semi-annual Red Cross Blood drives, our Holiday Outreach program and our involvement with Church of the Crucifixion in Philadelphia.
Feeding Ministries at St. David’s
St. David's parishioners support three important feeding ministries.
St. John’s Church in Norristown, St. Augstine of Hippo Church also in Norristown and St. Mary's Church in Chester, PA. Click here for more information on our Feeding Ministries.
Interfaith Hospitality Network - Main Line (IHN)
St. David's participates with other churches in the area in this ministry that provides a caring and positive environment for homeless families and their children while they designd and implement a plan to break the cycle of homelessness in their lives.
Go to the IHN page to learn how you can get involved in this outreach ministry.
Coordinators - George Vosburgh, GBVosburgh@aol.com and Cindy McCallum, jeffmccallum@comcast.net.
Church of the Crucifixion, Philadelphia
Partnerships of Hope
St. David's Outreach Commission and Men's Fellowship have taken Crucifixion under their wing and have committed themselves to working together to renovate the apartment located on the top floor of the parish house. This work will eventually enable the parish priest to live on site, thus providing an increased presence to the surrounding neignborhood. Learn more about the Church of the crucifixion at their website.
Coordinator - Jeff McCallum, jmccallum@vfam.com
Church of the Crucifixion's Strategic Plan
Cradles to Crayons
A new partnership has begun with this family friendly organization that provides school supplies and other items to children ages 0-12 years of age. Read more about Cradles to Crayons on their website.
Employment Guidance
Click here for details of the Employment Guidance Group.
Coordinator - George Vosburgh, GBVosburgh@aol.com
Red Cross Blood Drive at St. David's
St. David's hosts a blood drive twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. Thank you to all our donors. Every time you donate you save a life. Encourage friends and family to become donors. Anyone 17 and older can donate (16 with parental permission).
Please give blood. The need is always critical.
Please contact Bebe Feimster, bfeimster@comcast.net, to make an appointment or for more information.
Holiday Outreach
Go to the Holiday Outreach page for complete information about our Holiday Outreach programs.
Over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the generosity of our parishioners provide support through household items, food, clothing and gift cards which are distributed to Home of the Sparrow, St. Barnabas Mission for Women and Children, St. Peter’s Clinic and St. Augustine of Hippo in Norristown. At our Christmas Pageant new toys are gathered and offered as Manger Gifts. These go to needy children in the area. Our Mitten Tree, set up at Christmastime, is hung with hats, mittens and scarves given by parishioners to provide these warm woolies for needy families.
Episcopal Community Services
Many of our parishioners participate in a multitude of ways to support our neighbors in the region who are in need. Episcopal Community Services (ECS) is the social service arm of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. Through ECS we support a variety of social service activities.
United Thank Offering (UTO)
The United Thank Offering brings together Episcopalians in offering daily thanks and prayers as part of our life in Christ, taking the opportunity to put an offering in our United Thank Offering boxes, bringing our offering boxes, envelopes, or checks to our local Episcopal churches on Ingathering Days
and joining our offerings with others to support mission projects at home and around the world.
St. David's has a UTO ingathering day each year on a Sunday in May. UTO boxes are available in the tract racks. Pick one up and use it to offer thanks to God for the many blessings that happen daily in your life.