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Food Shelf
Ingathering and Second Harvest
Food Packing Outreach
St Johns has a year round food collection site for the
White Bear area Food Shelf. St
Johns also participates in a food packing outreach opportunity twice
a year at
Second Harvest Heartland warehouse. Contact is Tim
Schmuck.
Care Packs for Kids
We gather donations for the Parent Support Services (an expansion of Crisis Nursery)
of the
Children's Home Society,
usually in February. Parishioners may buy items that the nursery needs
or pack up and deliver items to the nursery. Contact Dave Seitz.
Tubman Family Alliance
We gather items for a women's shelter, usually in May. Parishioners
may donate needed items. Contact Becky Emerson.
Blood Drive
St. John's sponsors three blood drives each year in conjunction with
the
American Red Cross. Blood drives are usually held spring,
fall and winter. Volunteers are needed for set-up, registration,
operating the canteen, cleaning up, and most importantly for
donating blood. Contact Dottie Nieman.
Out To
Lunch
The parish offers a free monthly lunch open to all who have a need for
a home-cooked meal or who need Christian community fellowship. Groups,
individuals and families may volunteer to prepare and serve a hearty
meal in the parish hall on the last Saturday of every month. For more
information, please see the
St Johns Out-To-Lunch web page or
contact Ken and Carrol Paddock.
School
Supplies Ingathering
St. John's joins with the
St. Paul Area Council of Churches to
gather school supplies for children K-12th grade who are homeless or
in financial need. This special ingathering is in early August.
Parishioners buy school supplies and put them at the altar on the
appointed Sunday. Contact Richard Lee.
Christmas Gift Program Ingathering
A Christmas giving program where our parish buys Christmas gifts for
Toys for Tots. Contact is Helen
Halbert.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a faith based program whose goal is to build
affordable homes. Depending on a group’s interest, involvement can
range from “Saturday Workdays” to sponsoring one or more weeks of
construction. The roles are varied and generally accommodate a wide
range of interests and talents. Prior experience is not necessary
however those with journeyman skills (or equivalent) play special
leadership roles. For more information, please check out the
St Johns Habitat for
Humanity web page or contact George Gorbatenko,
651-653-7759.
Project Home Outreach
A faith based program with other parishes in our area. The program is
for a church to be a shelter for the homeless in our area for a
month a year. Our parish sponsors a week of the month with
parishioners assisting in the people in need. Contact is Becky
Emerson
Social Justice
Advocacy
St. Johns participates in a variety of social justice advocacy
programs to help those struggling to escape the margins of society
and become independent. For more information, please see the
St Johns Social
Justice Advocacy web page.
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