Outreach Program that
Deserves Your Support:
Deserves Your Support:
"Summer Lunches for Kids"
Every Friday this summer, volunteers from St. Martin's will team up with volunteers from WUU to make lunches for low income students.
WE NEED TWELVE VOLUNTEERS EACH FRIDAY all summer long.
Every Friday this summer, volunteers from St. Martin's will team up with volunteers from WUU to make lunches for low income students.
WE NEED TWELVE VOLUNTEERS EACH FRIDAY all summer long.
Outreach
Mission Statement
St. Martin’s, reflecting its namesake, Martin of Tours, humbly engages in community outreach and service that gives life to our Christian beliefs. We seek to do justice, love kindness, and serve the vulnerable without exception.
Mission Statement
St. Martin’s, reflecting its namesake, Martin of Tours, humbly engages in community outreach and service that gives life to our Christian beliefs. We seek to do justice, love kindness, and serve the vulnerable without exception.
Cloak Offerings
The 2nd Sunday of each month, plate collections from all services are donated to a worthy local organization serving our community. Thus far in 2017, more than $24,000 has been donated -in addition to the Outreach budget and community grants.
Links to Related Agencies & Programs
- Meals On Wheels
- Mentoring Programs
- Literacy For Life Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Program
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- Thanksgiving Meals
- Virginia Interfaith Center
- Williamsburg Walk The Talk -- Prison Ministry
- Williamsburg Faith In Action
St. Martin's Domains of Need
Contact Bruce Ebersole or Florence Downes
Local Food & Clothing Ministries
* FISH
* GROVE Food Delivery (done in conjunction with the Men's Fellowship Group)
* St. Paul's Episcopal Church Newport News homeless feeding program
*Greater Williamsburg Community Kitchen
*Thanksgiving Meals Outreach by SMEC
* FISH
* GROVE Food Delivery (done in conjunction with the Men's Fellowship Group)
* St. Paul's Episcopal Church Newport News homeless feeding program
*Greater Williamsburg Community Kitchen
*Thanksgiving Meals Outreach by SMEC
Interfaith Homeless Ministries
Community of Faith Mission * The Winter Shelter will be held here at St. Martin's beginning the week of January 21 through the 28.
*3E Restoration, Inc. *Grace Haven Family Shelter *The Harbor *GWOM Greater Williamsburg Outreach Mission *Greater Williamsburg Community Kitchen
Community of Faith Mission * The Winter Shelter will be held here at St. Martin's beginning the week of January 21 through the 28.
*3E Restoration, Inc. *Grace Haven Family Shelter *The Harbor *GWOM Greater Williamsburg Outreach Mission *Greater Williamsburg Community Kitchen
Mentorship Ministries
AVALON * Literacy for Life * Big Brothers & Big Sisters * Walk the Talk Prison Ministry * The United Way's Community Resource Center (CRC) * Latisha's House
AVALON * Literacy for Life * Big Brothers & Big Sisters * Walk the Talk Prison Ministry * The United Way's Community Resource Center (CRC) * Latisha's House
International Ministries
*AFEDJ American Friends of the Diocese of Jerusalem * Commonwealth Catholic Charities / Refugee Resettlement Center * St. Vincent's School for Handicapped Children (Port Au Prince, Haiti) * Episcopal Relief and Development
*AFEDJ American Friends of the Diocese of Jerusalem * Commonwealth Catholic Charities / Refugee Resettlement Center * St. Vincent's School for Handicapped Children (Port Au Prince, Haiti) * Episcopal Relief and Development
Organizations Benefiting the Community
* Camp Kesem * Community Cafe *Camp-Save-A-Child *CASA * The Giving Tree * Jackson Feild Episcopal Home * Lackey Free Clinic * Olde Towne Medical Center * School Supply Drive * The ARC of Greater Williamsburg * Williamsburg Faith in Action * Williamsburg Choral Guild * Disaster Relief Donations
* Camp Kesem * Community Cafe *Camp-Save-A-Child *CASA * The Giving Tree * Jackson Feild Episcopal Home * Lackey Free Clinic * Olde Towne Medical Center * School Supply Drive * The ARC of Greater Williamsburg * Williamsburg Faith in Action * Williamsburg Choral Guild * Disaster Relief Donations
FISH Donations Requested
"Let us go forth in the Name of Christ"
A commitment to bold and innovative outreach was one of the founding hallmarks of St. Martin’s, and we continue to strive to be a beacon in our community. We give our time and talents both publicly and privately, as a church and as individuals, in keeping with the tradition of our namesake, St. Martin of Tours, best known for the account of his using his military sword to cut his cloak in two, to give half to a beggar clad only in rags in the depth of winter.
All our ministries (descriptions and contact information) are included in this NEW MINISTRY GUIDE LISTING. Please download this important and helpful document. We encourage you to find an area of interest and contact any of our ministry leaders to volunteer and become actively involved.
St. Martin's Episcopal Church supports 40 different Outreach programs in the community. View chart of Outreach support. The outreach program, administered through the Outreach Commission, is organized into four major categories of need
- Local Food & Clothing Ministries
- Interfaith Homeless Ministries
- Mentorship Ministries
- International / Food Ministries
Support is made available through financial, in-kind and volunteer opportunities. Learn about many of the agencies and programs we support through links to agency websites, please see below right.
- Please get involved! Enroll using the new VOLUNTEER ENROLLMENT FORM. Your information will be received by Outreach Co-chairs. New volunteers are always welcomed!
- For information, contact the St. Martin's Outreach Commission members listed below.
Outreach Commission Members
Outreach Commission members are listed below along with the areas of responsibilities for each. If you are interested in volunteering for one or several programs, opportunities, or initiatives, please contact any of our commission members. All email addresses can be found in the parish directory.
Outreach Commission members are listed below along with the areas of responsibilities for each. If you are interested in volunteering for one or several programs, opportunities, or initiatives, please contact any of our commission members. All email addresses can be found in the parish directory.
FLORENCE DOWNES, Co-chair, BRUCE EBERSOLE, Co-chair, LISA GREEN, Associate Rector
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KERRY ARMBRUSTER
Meals on Wheels, Thanksgiving Dinner DAVID BENEDICT
3E Restoration, Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD), American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) Social Justice, VICPP = Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, CASA = Court-Appointed Special Advocate MATTHEW & TAMARA FRITCHEY
Back to School Supplies, Christmas Tree Gift Collection, Camp Sav-a-Child DEANE GORDON
Boy's Home of Virginia, Grove Deliveries, Men's Group Iniatives, St. Vincent's School in Haiti TOM HALE
Refugee Resettlement Issues, Episcopal Relief and Development CINDY JORDAN
Hospice House, Avalon, Summer Lunches for Kids KEN LALONDE
Winter Shelter DIANE LANGHORST
FISH, The Harbor, Grace Haven Family Shelter, GWOM, CRC Food Bank-Day of Caring-Hands Together, Walk the Talk, SpiritWorks, Faith in Action LORA PRICE
Please call for assistance --in the church office 229-1111 |