telephone: 301-884-3773: Community Service and Outreach
All Faith Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 24, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
38885 New Market Turner Rd. (Rt. 6)
Mechanicsville,
MD 20659
email: allfaithchurch@verizon.net
Outreach News
We would like to welcome Beth Campbell, Kathy Roland and Adam Cropper to our team. As always we are available to visit and administer communion. Please notify us if you know of anyone that is ill or needs our services or would appreciate a visit, care card or phone call. If we are not notified we are unable to help others or pray for those in need.
Don’t forget about our sign up sheets on the bulletin board at the church entrance. We are still looking for volunteers to be part of our meal team and phone tree.
Yours in Christ, Alma Rawlings
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Family night is a fun evening for all ages and we are continuing to hold it on the third Friday night of every month, doors open at 6:30 p.m. The next event is March 19, we will be making ice cream sundaes! I will be providing drinks and snacks in addition to the ice cream and some toppings. Please feel free to bring your favorite toppings. Also, please RSVP for this night, as I need to know how much ice cream to buy. FYI if the weather improves, I am planning to have a cookout and outdoor games for the April game night (April 16), so please keep that in mind for planning purposes.
We are also continuing the monthly pancake breakfast on the first Sunday of every month. The next one is scheduled for March 7. I will be supplying pancakes, eggs and juice, all other items are potluck. The breakfast is served between the morning services, from 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Due to Easter falling on the first Sunday in April we will not have a pancake breakfast that particular month. Currently we are advertising in the Enterprise, and hang the sign in front of the church, but please continue to spread the word.
Thanks, Paul Dolinar
Our community involvement: Hungry Team: St Paul's Soup Kitchen : Christmas Sponsor: Good News Jail and Prison Ministries: Christmas in April: Angels Watch and Three Oaks Shelter
Hungry Team: St Paul's Soup Kitchen: Christmas Sponsor
These are wonderful programs provided by our parishioners. The Hungry Team collects donations of canned and non-perishable foods to go the the food pantry at Mt Zion United Methodist Church on a monthly basis. This service helps those in the community that may not otherwise be able to feed their families. The need is so great in our county, so keep on giving those jars, cans and boxes of non-perishable items!!! Let's reach out to those who need it most.
The Sandwich Program is 40 prepared lunches to the soup kitchen at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Leonardtown. The soup kitchen operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays; and is open to anyone who walks in the door. The bagged lunches supplement the soup meals, or may be taken home. Each lunch consists of a sandwich, fruit or vegetable, snack or dessert. While it doesn't seem like much, each effort adds up, and helps feed those who need it most. Thank you for all your donations !!!! We would like to thank those that have participated in this ministry. The 2009 sign up list has been posted on the bulletin board at the church entrance. For more information please contact Marge at the church office.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: This was our first year participating in this particular ministry. We collected 48 shoe boxes filled with toys, school supplies, basic hygience items, etc. Thanks to those that helped make this outreach project a success! These gifts will go to children in dire circumstances in different countries around the world. In some cases it is the child's first Christmas present ever. For more information contact Marge in our office. Another source of information is http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/Pack_A_Shoe_Box/ where you can find more information about packing the shoe box and appropriate and inappropriate gift items. Samaritans Purse collect gift filled shoe boxes year round. We are happy to share our blessing with others, and feel blessed to touch anyone who receives.
Christmas in April:
Yearly we contribute to these worthy community service projects. Please see http://www.christmasinaprilsmc.org/ for further information on this charitable organisation.
Angels Watch and Three Oaks Shelter: The cash offering on the first and third Sunday of the month goes to Angels Watch Womens Shelter and Three Oaks Center. Please see www.threeoakscenter.org/nothelpless.htmland www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/find/services/index.php?id=151 for more information on these organisations and their community involvement.