In This Section:
55th Place | Angel
Tree | Balm of Gilead |
Birmingham Hospitality Network | Bridge
Ministries | Disaster
Response Team Episcopal
Place | Firehouse
Shelter | Habitat
for Humanity | Kairos |
St. Martin’s-in-the-Pines | ERD
I The Sawyerville
Work Project | Newcomers
55th Place
55th Place provides
money by selling donated
goods for Episcopal Interfaith Ministry of Grace Church. They
also provide free clothing and household items for the needy
in the Birmingham area. 55th Place needs volunteers in the
thrift store, people to contribute merchandise to be sold,
and help transporting contributed goods.
Angel Tree (angeltree.org)
Angel Tree is part
of Prison Fellowship,
a program which arranges, through prison chaplains, for children
of inmates to receive gifts in their name. We provide Christmas
gifts for about 100 children and their care-takers each Christmas.
The names of the children and their wishes are handed out
in November and our party is in mid-December. We have a Christmas
party complete with Santa, Happy Birthday Jesus cake, and
small gifts for the children. We need help with setting up
the Christmas tree, wrapping presents, and hosting the party
at All Saints’.
Balm of Gilead
The Balm of Gilead
is a ten-bed palliative
care unit at Cooper Green Hospital that was begun by one of
our parishioners, Dr. Amos Bailey. All Saints’ sponsors a
room on the unit and the team members help out by visiting
with patients/family/staff, taking the altar flowers, providing
afghans/toiletries, and any other help that will make the
patient more comfortable as they pass from this life to the
next.
Birmingham Hospitality
Network (birminghamhospitalitynetwork.com)
Birmingham Hospitality
Network is an outreach
ministry offering temporary shelter to homeless families.
There are ten other area churches participating in the program.
Each church takes a turn for a week at a time to help the
families have a safe, Christian environment to call “home”.
Volunteers are needed to pre-pare rooms for the families,
spend the night, provide dinner, and clean up when our guests
go to the next church.
Bridge Ministries
Bridge Ministries is
a 501(c)(3) organization
that provides food,
clothing and financial assistance to fami-lies and individuals
in crisis situations, and refers those with special needs
to other assisting agencies. Bridge Ministries looks to its
supporting churches for the following help: funding; food
for the food bank; used clothing; and volunteers to answer
phones, to sort food
and clothes, and to perform a variety of clerical tasks.
Disaster Response Team
An outreach ministry
of All Saints' Episcopal
Church that will help local Alabama communities respond to
natural disasters with assistance. The Team needs volunteers
willing and able to travel to a disaster site and help in
a variety of capacities.
Episcopal Place (episcopalplace.org)
Episcopal Place has
140 apartments for
low-income elderly
and physically challenged adults. Gifts from area Episcopal
parishes help pay for coordinated pastoral care and supportive
services to enhance residents' ability to live full, independent
lives. Episcopal Place needs volunteers for: recycling pick-up
weekly; front desk receptionists; single event coordinators;
surplus food coordinators; and transportation to doctors and
shopping.
Firehouse Shelter
An overnight shelter
providing food, clothing
and hospitality to
homeless men in the downtown area. The Firehouse Shelter needs:
volunteers to stay overnight; day program and soup kitchen
volunteers; donations of money, men's clothing, and toiletries.
Habitat for Humanity (habitat.org)
Habitat for Humanity
International is a
nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization.
The homeowner families purchase habitat houses. Homeowner
families are chosen according to their need; their ability
to repay the no-profit, no-interest mortgage; and their willingness
to work in partnership with Habitat. All Saint’s works with
other churches during the year to build homes.
Kairos (kairosprisonministry.org)
A ministry directed
toward building Christian
community and providing
Christian training in prisons by conducting 3-day short courses
emphasizing the forming of small share and prayer groups and
follow-up for one year. Kairos needs: volunteers for ecumenical
teams, baked goods on a one-time basis, and Bibles and books
for prisoners to read.
St. Martin’s-in-the-Pines (stmartinsinthepines.org)
St. Martins-in-the-Pines
is a comprehensive
retirement community
whose vision is to
be a caring community
reflecting God's love
through service to the aging. Owned and operated by the Episcopal
Foundation of Jefferson County, St. Martin’s needs readers
to read to the residents, and visitors to talk with the residents.
They also need readers and crucifers to help with Sunday services.
Sawyerville Work Project (www.sawyervilleworkproject.org)
The Sawyerville Work
Project is a project
sponsored by the Youth
Department of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama and the parishes
of the Black Belt. Held each summer, this day camp for economically
disadvantaged children
and youth in Hale County,
Alabama is an outreach event marked by faith in action and
peer ministry. Help is needed with donations of food and drinks
for the staff and campers, swimsuits for campers, and prayer
partners for the staff.
Newcomers Coffee
Once a month a Newcomers'
Coffee is held to
welcome newcomers and to answer any questions they may have
about the parish. Help with refreshments and hosting is
always welcome.
Name Tag Sunday
One
Sunday a month everyone at the morning services is encouraged
to wear a nametag.
This ministry is responsible for distributing the nametags
during the morning.
Connectors
This ministry pairs new members with an established
parish member. The established member assists the new member
in becoming integrated into the life of the parish through
encouraging involvement in parish ministries, Christian formation,
and fellowship activities.
For more information about any of these volunteer activities
please contact the
All Saints’ Church office at 879-8651,
or office@allsaintsbirmingham.org.
