Wheels4Hope thanks St. Paul’s for helping to successfully achieve very aggressive vehicle placement and sales goals in 2016! Wheels4Hope Raleigh placed 154 vehicles with local families last year, which is its primary mission. One of those placements occurred at the Wheels4Hope Car Blessing held at St. Paul’s in October. Continue reading for more.
St. Paul’s has half of a shelf in the Dorcas Ministry Food Pantry. That half shelf is our commitment to provide half of the toilet paper needed for the Food Pantry to give 1 roll per family member per month to the families identified through the Crisis Ministry. The Food Pantry helps about 400 families each month. Our next toilet paper drive will be Jan 15, 2017 (moved out from Jan 8 due to weather). Continue reading for more….
Photos are posted of the Arts and Crafts Festival for Outreach, held Nov 12, 2016. Click HERE for pictures. We were able to raise $5964 for outreach. Our single largest contribution was from Prayer Stitchers, who raised $1638. Thanks to you all!
Heifer International invites us to give Christmas donations to help struggling families around the world lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. Our donations placed in the Heifer Ark on Sunday mornings buy working animals for families in need. Continue reading for more….
Thanks to the Cary Ten Thousand Villages Store, friends of St. Paul’s Outreach ministries can shop once for the holidays and see their gift multiplied. This Friday, December 2 from 5 to 8 p.m., St. Paul’s Outreach will receive a percentage of all sales made at the store. Continue reading for more.
The St. Nicholas Advent tree is up and is decorated with over 400 tags identifying needy children served by local agencies that support seasonal farmworker families, orphans and vulnerable children, homeless families, families of recovering addicts, and families in need of reasonable housing. Please take one or more of the tags from the tree. Continue Reading for more….
St. Nick is coming to St. Paul’s! Join us for St. Nicholas Sunday on December 4, 2016. St. Nicholas himself will be gathering the gifts for the needy recipients at both the 9:00 AM and the 11:15 AM services. The tags have all been taken, but cash donations are welcome. Please bring checks, made out to St. Paul’s…
Family Promise of Wake County (formerly WIHN): St. Paul’s Family Promise week is Nov 27-Dec 4. Family Promise is a wonderful “hands-on” outreach opportunity, both for adults and for families. Please contact Kathleen Neff (kathleen@trioptimum.com) or Myrna Belingon (tmb.jersey@gmail.com). UPDATE 11/17: overnight hosts and social hosts still needed. Continue reading for volunteer opportunities….
Advance Community Health invites you to attend their Open House on Friday, December 16, 2016 from 10:00 AM to noon at Dorcas Plaza – 173 High House Road, Cary. This medical clinic is sponsored and made possible by Dorcas Ministries. Click HERE for invitation.
St. Paul’s response to the Diocesan request for help for the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry after Hurricane Matthew was overwhelming. Eight van loads of food and clothing were sent to Diocesan House for transport to the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry and the flood ravaged community it serves. $2066.00 in monetary donations were gratefully received as well. Continue reading for more….