Outreach
A Generous Gift
We recently received an anonymous gift from some parishioners of $10,000 to be used for outreach. $3,000 has been given to our Just For Kids after-school program, $7,000 was divided between the Lehigh County Conference of Churches (to complete our Together We Will capital campaign pledge), Homeless Supportive Services, (which places chronically homeless people in apartments) and Linkage (which does outreach to homeless people on the street). Many thanks to the parishioners who enabled us to extend our outreach efforts.
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Mediator's current outreach projects include:
Adopt-a-Family takes care of Christmas for needy families.
Details here.
African Team Ministries, we hold an annual sale of African
jewelry and crafts to support humanitarian and spiritual projects in Africa.
Details here.
Christmas-at-Sea, sponsored by the Seamen's Church Institute, supplies hand-knitted sweaters to seafarers away from home at Christmas. Details here.
CROP Walk pledges money for famine relief.
Details here.
Daybreak collects personal care items for individuals in
transition from institutional to independent living. Details here.
Disaster Relief is offered through our diocesan Episcopal Relief
and Development fund. Details here.
Easter Baskets Project prepares Easter Baskets for the children at
the Transitional Housing facility of New Bethany Ministries in Bethlehem.
Details here.
Grace Church Food Pantry provides groceries for those in need.
Details here.
Habitat for Humanity builds affordable housing for low-income
families. Details here.
Heifer International buys useful animals for small communities.
Details here.
Just for Kids organizes after-school activities for Raub Middle
School students. Details here.
Kajo Keji Diocese
is our diocesan companion diocese in southern Sudan. Details here.
Lehigh County Conference of Churches Soup Kitchen provides hot
meals for those in need.
Lenten Ingathering collects bed linens and towels for homebound
patients. Details here.
Mediator Car Pool offers rides to those who need assistance to
attend church services or other activities.
Outreach Endowment Fund provides funds to serve the needs of the
poor, the homeless, the hungry, and children and youth, as well as seed money
for parishioners doing outreach projects. Details to request a grant from this fund can be found
here. A monthly report of
projects we have funded can be found here.
School Supplies Collection is our annual offering to children at Raub Middle School and a local elementary school to help under-privileged children with the things they need for school. Details here.
Sudan School Project
supports the Loopo Primary School in Sudan with necessary supplies
for this elementary school. Details here.
Thanksgiving in July collects staple foods for Grace Church Food
Bank. Details here.
See upcoming outreach events here
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Did you know that on the third and fourth Saturdays of each month, Mediator volunteers help at Grace Church Food Bank?
Did you know that members of Mediator have helped on local Habitat for Humanity Builds and Blitz Weeks for many years, providing many hours of labor?
Did you know
that, with the exception of a paid Director, all programming and activities of Just for Kids are done by Mediator volunteers, and volunteers from other churches and the community at large? And that JFK is always in need of adult volunteers?Did you know
that Mediator volunteers serve at the Lehigh County Conference of Churches' Soup Kitchen on the fourth Wednesday of every month?Did you know
that in the past some Mediator volunteers traveled to southern West Virginia to live and work for a week with the Highland Educational Project in an impoverished area in the Appalachian Mountains?Did you know
that all of the above and much more have been part of the mission of the Episcopal Church of the Mediator?We couldn't do it without you.