The purpose of the
St. Peter's Community Outreach Committee is to respond to God's call to extend
his love to those in the community beyond our church family, by working to
understand the needs and problems around us and by connecting these needs to the
time, talents, and energies of the St. Peter's church family.
How It Works
Programs
Mission Trips
Monthly Outreach
How It Works
The Outreach Committee meets for one hour on the first Monday evening of the month. Typically people outside the parish, parishioners, and committee
members identify needs in the community and bring these to the Committee for
consideration. The Committee validates the need, assures that the need is not
being met by another organization, plans and organizes the parish's response to
the need, publicizes, and often leads the program or event.
Programs
Programs range from
one-time opportunities (e.g. one afternoon or morning such as the CROP walk, a
fundraiser to benefit local and world hunger), to one-time/short-term
opportunities such as a parish-wide garage sale to benefit Holy Family School,
longer term projects that have an end but may involve a number of weekends
such as Habitat for Humanity, as well as on-going ministries that are considered fairly
permanent.
Current Outreach Programs include:
- Annual Benefit Garage Sale
- CROP Walk
- St. Joseph's Ministry - home repair and maintenance for the needy
- Nursing and Assisted Living Home Ministry
- Habitat for Humanity
- Outreach Vacation Bible School
Mission Trips
This year marked our first association with St Luke’s of Dallas
and their annual mission trip to Honduras. Look for information coming out this summer about the 2005 trip.
Monthly Outreach
Our Outreach collection this month is for local nursing homes.
NEEDS: "ENSURE" and "DEPENDS". Place in the outreach basket int the Narthex. Ensure comes in a variety of flavors and Depends are in different sizes...the size needed most is Large.
For information about how you can participate in the Outreach Ministry, contact Liz Fowler at
(972) 540-1288 or by email.
