New Community Garden
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Creve Coeur Missouri, near St. LouisThere are two new opportunities: a food "box" in the gathering space now waiting for your donations of canned goods to the Trinity Food Pantry and Circle of Concern and two garden plots to grow produce for them as well. Ongoing activities include Potluck Pals, Rice Bagging, Thanksgiving Bags and financial support for the Trinity Food Pantry. The team also supports medical mission trips, an annual Health Fair for our ESL and GED programs, health education and would like to find ways to work with our sister congregation of Lui Parish, and our companion Diocese of Lui, in Sudan, Africa. We welcome your suggestions for additional programs or projects ideas in the areas of Hunger and Health. Holly Wilson and Ann Schweiss serve as co-chairs.
New Community Garden
See Outreach "Now" for more pictures and details!
This ministry also encompasses the following:
Potluck Pals
Rice Bagging
Thanksgiving Food Bags
Trinity Food Ministry
Medical Mission Trip
Diocese of Lui
Youth Mission Trips
Potluck Pals(Circle of Concern)
Volunteers buy ingredients and prepare simple casseroles at home. Casserole pans and recipes are provided. The casseroles are brought to St. Timothy's, stored in the freezer and delivered monthly to Circle of Concern.
Rice Bagging
A nice combination of Fellowship and Outreach. We usually meet on the fourth Friday of the month at St. Timothy's to bag up 300 lbs of rice into one-cup servings. A potluck meal is scheduled at 6:30 PM in the Parish Hall for those interested, and the rice bagging starts at 7 PM. A movie is provided for younger children. A volunteer then delivers the bagged rice to the Trinity Episcopal Church food pantry, where it is distributed.
Thanksgiving Food Bags
Donations for Thanksgiving meals take place annually in November to benefit about 20 Circle of Concern families. For this program, grocery bags with a list food items needed are distributed and individuals buy the items and return them to St. Timothy's. All items are sorted and delivered to the distribution site chosen by Circle of Concern.
Trinity Food Ministry
Personal requests for financial support are mailed out to parishioners twice a year to benefit the Trinity Food Ministry, located at Trinity Episcopal Church in the Central West End.
Mission Trips
We support adult and youth parishioners on mission trips throughout the world. Rachel Kohn served in Brazil and Sarah Davidson in Mississippi. In 2010 Marlene and Jim Clark will travel with a group of medical doctors to Peru. Six of our teenagers will travel with Pastor Emily and Tina Heuer to New Orleans.
Diocese of Lui
We are involved with our linked congregation of Lui Parish, and our companion Diocese of Lui, in Sudan, Africa. See additional Diocese of Lui information. Jim Hinrichs M.D., Mark Vanacht, and Debbie Smith traveled to Lui serving and using their various gifts.