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Outreach Ministry at St. Mark’sThe St. Mark’s Outreach Committee was established in late 2008. The committee made a presentation and conducted an Outreach Survey at the Annual Meeting in January. The committee, informed by the survey, is moving forward with the following goals and objectives: “The outreach committee of St. Mark’s will facilitate – through communication and acting as liaison – the wide variety of outreach projects in which parishioners are engaged. We will work during the first year, 2009, toward being a “clearinghouse” for communicating the outreach activities and opportunities. In doing so, we will encourage more parishioners to discern areas in which they feel called to become involved. As individuals, families, and groups at St. Mark’s continue and deepen their engagement in outreach, we hope to move during the second year (2010) toward a common focus and foundation for our outreach efforts as a parish, making our activities even more strategic and effective.” Vestry Liaison: The Rev. Anne Vouga Committee Chair: Connie Jaquith Members: Connie
Jaquith, Anne Vouga, Emily Fritz, Fran Dick, Emily Ruddock, Outreach Ministry at St. Mark’s in 2009: United Crescent Hill Ministries We regularly collect food for the Dare to Care
Food Bank located at UCHM. Several parishioners deliver and prepare food
regularly for Meals on Wheels
or help to serve meals at the Kids’ Café. St. Mark’s provides Christmas gifts and
Kroger cards for a family in the UCHM Angel Tree program. Advent Outreach - A mitten and cap tree provides warm hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves to needy children from Chenoweth Elementary School. - An angel tree organized provides Christmas gifts for 25 needy children at Lincoln Elementary School, in addition to the 3 children from UCHM (see above.) Contact: June Richards Youth Group Outreach - The youth group holds several parties for children at Brooklawn during the year. - Youth group members walk in the Louisville Aids Walk in September to raise money for those living in the Louisville area with HIV/AIDS. - Youth group members help to purchase and wrap our Christmas “angel tree” gifts for Lincoln Elementary and UCHM children. Contact: Anne Vouga Habitat for Humanity - In 2008, a group of St. Mark’s volunteers participated in building the 300th Habitat house in the city, in partnership with several other area parishes and the Jewish Community of Louisville.
(Click on the picture to see more . . .) - Work on a “rehab” house in Louisville will begin in July 2009. - Marti Taber and a “kitchen ministry” team make lunches for all of the volunteer workers several times during the year. Contact David MacCool Sunday Night Church School St. Mark’s provides babysitting and church school lessons every Sunday night for the children of AA and Alanon members who meet at the church. Several parishioners volunteer regularly to care for the children, with the help of one paid sitter, provided by AA. Contact: Jamie Ramsay Karen Burmese Refugees
- Several youth and adults help each Wednesday afternoon in the tutoring program for newly arrived high school students from Burma, held at Crescent Hill Baptist Church. Contact: Mary Beth Ellis - St. Mark’s has collected clothing, toys, and household goods for the Karen families who attend Resurrection Church in Louisville. Contact: Anne Vouga Wayside Christian Mission Members of St. Mark’s serve the evening meal to homeless men at Wayside’s Men’s Shelter on the fourth Wednesday of each month, from 4:45-6:30 pm. Contact: Judy Moore Ronald McDonald House The Evening Women’s Group goes 3 times each year to bring meals to families at the Ronald McDonald House, a home for families with children who must travel to Louisville for medical treatment. Contact: Joyce Martin Seamen’s Church Institute Parishioners knit scarves for barge workers on the river and provide boxes of used books, as well as candy at Easter as part of the Seamen's ministry. Contact: June Richards Episcopal Church Women The ECW engages in a number of outreach activities and provides small grants to local charities. In 2008, for example, they collected small bars of soap, shampoo and other cosmetics for residents at Wayside, the House of Ruth, or the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women; they provided books for women at the Kentucky Correctional Institute; and several members worked in the Norton Hospital Gift Shop. Contact: Susan Schueler Brotherhood of St. Andrew A new chapter of the Brotherhood just formed at St. Mark’s in 2009 and will soon be involved in outreach ministry. Contact: Edgar Eaves St. George’s Community Center St. Mark’s also keeps in contact with St. George’s and hopes to work more closely with them in the future. Contact: Gwen O’Dea Millennium Development Goals Click this link to see the web page that outlines the eight goals of the MDG to reduce global poverty.
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