About the Outreach Ministry Team

Leaders: Karen Kearney, Sean Bryant, Yvonne Will, Sharon Chasteen, Kay Chambers, Judy Cox, Barbara Tucker, Mary Tucker, and Kathy Brennan

The Participants: the Congregation members and friends

This image shows seven cloth sacks filled with dry goods and room-temperature stable groceries to be donated to the Santa Fe College Saints Food Share program.

From food drives to support the Santa Fe College Saints Food Share program…

This image shows a case of paper towels, a three-pack of hand sanitizer, at least eight blue towels of various sizes, at least three new toilet brush sets, a blue striped bath mat and a white laundry basket

…to helping Family Promise of Gainesville and Gainesville Community Ministry in fulfilling their goals…

This image shows four ladies sitting on a church pew with at least 12 cloth-and-cord hand-made backpacks plus at least four other quilts draped over pew backs.

…to the quilt and school kit ministry…

This image shows ten church members and friends of various ages wearing similar t-shirts that promote the Thrivent brand and at least 50 lunch sacks filled with turkey sandwiches, chips, and cookies to be distributed to workers in the community.

…to community appreciation, this ministry seeks to engage all the members of the congregation in service projects and evangelism activities that align with our mission and guiding principles.

The Outreach Ministry Team activities are

  • Supporting the programs of Gainesville Community Ministry through congregational benevolence and food collection to assist low-income elderly and disabled neighbors and the working poor.
  • Supporting Family Promise of Gainesville through congregational benevolence and occasional supply drives to assist families with children experiencing homelessness as they transition to stable housing.
  • Supporting Saints Food Share through food drives and designated giving to address food insecurity in the Santa Fe College campus community.
  • Sharing hospitality and gratitude with the broader Gainesville community through Operation: Turkey Sandwich by providing lunches to community workers on Thanksgiving Day.
  • Delivering help and hope to neighbors throughout our community who are experiencing homelessness and poverty by providing food and water in our Homeless Care Kits.
  • Supporting children in need in our community through the Christ Child Tree, raising contributions in exchange for ornaments during the Advent season.