The long-term goal of this team is to provide improved housing and shelter to disadvantaged persons and organizations. The team is actively exploring ways to both support our traditional involvement in Habitat for Humanity and expand our reach and influence with existing organizations as well as new initiatives. The team takes seriously Christ's commission to address issues of shelter and homelessness and is looking for new ideas and opportunities. Paul Michael is chair.


This ministry encompasses the following:    

Episcopal Habitat Project
Beyond Housing
Flood Relief
Mission Trip to New Orleans


 

Episcopal Habitat Project

Habitat for Humanity is an international organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide. Founded in Georgia in 1976 on the proposition that all families have a right to live in decent affordable housing, Habitat has built over 100,000 homes around the world. Though it is a straightforwardly Christian organization, it has attracted and welcomed people of all faiths to its program.

It works very simply. Sponsors invest the money needed to provide the materials and professional requirements for the building of a house. The sponsors also seek to provide volunteers to assist the family in building the house. The sponsored family commits 450 hours of sweat equity to the build and, when they move in, take on a no profit, no interest mortgage payable to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat uses the mortgage income to sponsor more houses.

St. Louis Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1986. The Episcopal Habitat Project was formed in 1998. Beginning in 2001, the Episcopal Habitat Project has partnered with Citi and Travelers Property Casualty Corporation. St. Timothy's, along with nine other Episcopal churches in the Diocese, contribute funds and volunteer labor for the Episcopal Habitat Project.

Episcopal Habitat Build
Habitat for Humanity St. Louis
Habitat for Humanity International



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Beyond Housing 

 

Beyond Housing is one of the St. Louis region's leading providers of housing and support services for low-income families and homeowners.

Their mission is to strengthen neighborhoods, one family at a time. They do this by providing affordable housing and homeownership services; providing support services to families, children and seniors; being a catalyst for community-wide rebuilding efforts; empowering residents to be leaders of their own neighborhood revitalization efforts; and promoting individual and community asset building.

They are the only organization in the St. Louis region that offers access to affordable housing, together with a comprehensive array of educational, employment, youth development and other support services. Wherever they work, their goal is to help transform people, families and communities, so that they achieve the skills, strategies, resources and commitment to succeed for the long-term.

St. Timothy's has plans to partner with Beyond Housing for work days on specific neighborhood housing projects.

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Flood Relief

In conjunction with Service International, we provided flood relief in Winfield and Silex, Missouri. We helped stock the food pantry with water.

Check the church bulletin and newsletter for upcoming opportunities.

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Mission Trip to New Orleans

Diocesan Mission Trip to New Orleans:  To help continue the rebound from Katrina, August 17-23 , 2008 a group of 20 diocesan missioners hopped into vans and drove to New Orleans. Staying at St. Paul's Home Coming Center in Lakeview, we formed a ministry community, assisting people in the 5th and 7th wards to continue to rehab their homes and to practice a ministry of presence. We were assigned tasks by the Office of Disaster Response of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. Building, sanding, mudding, caulking, painting, yard cleaning, we learned new skills while helping others. Four of the 20 were from St. Timothy's. We hope this is the first of many diocesan mission trips.

In spring 2009 Paul Michael joined a mission group from Webster Groves to help in New Orleans. In December 2009 Ron & Pat Batty, Tina Heuer, and Gerald Amies returned to New Orleans to do more rehabbing.  In June 2010 Tina and the Rev. Emily Bloemker will take six of our young people to New Orleans for another mission trip.  Stay tuned!

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