St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Our Partnership with St. Marks allows us the wonderful opportunity to help them support their Community Food Bank/Soup Kitchen. We meet, the second Thursday of every month, in the parking lot of St. David’s at 9:00 am and car pool to St. Mark’s. Our return is approximately 5:00 pm. Please contact Carol Rodgers ([email protected]) or John Patterson ([email protected]) if you are able to volunteer.
Our Partnership with St. Marks allows us the wonderful opportunity to help them support their Community Food Bank/Soup Kitchen. We meet, the second Thursday of every month, in the parking lot of St. David’s at 9:00 am and car pool to St. Mark’s. Our return is approximately 5:00 pm. Please contact Carol Rodgers ([email protected]) or John Patterson ([email protected]) if you are able to volunteer.
St. David’s Episcopal Church is partnering with Rise - a Community Service Partnership - to help local working families alleviate food insecurity. Please drop off donations at St. David’s at 90 South Main Street, Cranbury and/or volunteer to distribute at the Rise Food Pantry at 225 Franklin Street (route 33), Hightstown. St. David’s sponsors:
Rise Food Pantry evening hours
5pm -7pm on the First and Third Wednesday of each month
Current MONTHLY GOAL for 30 families
QUANTITY
Canned protein (tuna, chicken, salmon) 60
Canned soup, chili & stew 60
Jelly 30
Peanut butter 30
Beans or Rice 30
Cereal boxes 30
Canned vegetables 60
Shelf-stable milk 30
Diapers and Wipes 30
5pm -7pm on the First and Third Wednesday of each month
Current MONTHLY GOAL for 30 families
QUANTITY
Canned protein (tuna, chicken, salmon) 60
Canned soup, chili & stew 60
Jelly 30
Peanut butter 30
Beans or Rice 30
Cereal boxes 30
Canned vegetables 60
Shelf-stable milk 30
Diapers and Wipes 30
Annual Outreach Programs:
Cell Phones for Womanspace
Bring in your old cell phones, they will be donated to Womanspace and re-programmed for 911 calls only.
Crop Walk
St. David’s October Outreach project has traditionally been Church World Service’s CROP Walk, which is sponsored locally by the Windsor-Hightstown Area Ministerium. J2A members participate in the walk and ask for sponsors from the parish; however, anyone is welcome to take part in the walk and fundraising. Visit the website HERE.
Habitat for Humanity
St. David’s and other churches in the area have entered into a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to help construct a home in the Hightstown area. In addition to funding support, participating churches will provide volunteers to give hands-on help with construction.
NetsforLife
St. David’s supports the NetsforLife campaign. This project, whose sponsors include Episcopal Relief & Development, provides mosquito nets and education on how to use them in 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The nets provide protection from mosquitoes that carry malaria. Each net costs $12, and we surpassed our goal of raising the money for 100 nets in 2012.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
This group works tirelessly making hats, scarves, prayer shawls, and lap and baptism blankets. The items are given to new babies, sick persons, such as cancer patients at local hospitals, and the Seaman’s Church Institute, which distributes hats and scarves to merchant seamen. Members meet a couple of times a month, during the day, at the church.
Rise/Enable
During the Advent season, St. David’s supports Christmas gift drives run by two area organizations. Enable, a ministry for persons with disabilities, provides a list of specific items requested by its residents. Rise, a program that assists children from less privileged families, asks for new or gently used toys, as well as food items and gift cards. There is an overwhelming response from parishioners every year.
Seamen’s Church Institute
Each year, parishioners collect toiletries, snacks, personal items, and phone cards for the Seamen’s Church Institute. These items are given to merchant seafarers who are far from their families at the holiday season. The gift items, and the hats and scarves made throughout the year by the Prayer Shawl Ministry, are presented to SCI representatives at an International Dinner held at St. David’s.
Outreach Links:
Episcopal Relief and Development ERD Website
Cell Phones for Womanspace
Bring in your old cell phones, they will be donated to Womanspace and re-programmed for 911 calls only.
Crop Walk
St. David’s October Outreach project has traditionally been Church World Service’s CROP Walk, which is sponsored locally by the Windsor-Hightstown Area Ministerium. J2A members participate in the walk and ask for sponsors from the parish; however, anyone is welcome to take part in the walk and fundraising. Visit the website HERE.
Habitat for Humanity
St. David’s and other churches in the area have entered into a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to help construct a home in the Hightstown area. In addition to funding support, participating churches will provide volunteers to give hands-on help with construction.
NetsforLife
St. David’s supports the NetsforLife campaign. This project, whose sponsors include Episcopal Relief & Development, provides mosquito nets and education on how to use them in 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The nets provide protection from mosquitoes that carry malaria. Each net costs $12, and we surpassed our goal of raising the money for 100 nets in 2012.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
This group works tirelessly making hats, scarves, prayer shawls, and lap and baptism blankets. The items are given to new babies, sick persons, such as cancer patients at local hospitals, and the Seaman’s Church Institute, which distributes hats and scarves to merchant seamen. Members meet a couple of times a month, during the day, at the church.
Rise/Enable
During the Advent season, St. David’s supports Christmas gift drives run by two area organizations. Enable, a ministry for persons with disabilities, provides a list of specific items requested by its residents. Rise, a program that assists children from less privileged families, asks for new or gently used toys, as well as food items and gift cards. There is an overwhelming response from parishioners every year.
Seamen’s Church Institute
Each year, parishioners collect toiletries, snacks, personal items, and phone cards for the Seamen’s Church Institute. These items are given to merchant seafarers who are far from their families at the holiday season. The gift items, and the hats and scarves made throughout the year by the Prayer Shawl Ministry, are presented to SCI representatives at an International Dinner held at St. David’s.
Outreach Links:
Episcopal Relief and Development ERD Website