Outreach
OUTREACH TO RESPOND TO HUMAN NEED BY LOVING SERVICE
St. Jude’s is wholeheartedly committed to this third mark of mission. The proceeds from the Nearly New Shop, pancake suppers and the generous donations of parishioners support all the various ways that St. Jude’s reaches out to the local community and the world with the love of Christ. The parish supports ongoing outreach activities from year to year, and responds to requests for emergency needs such as the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund’s (PWRDF) call for cyclone relief in Africa https://pwrdf.org/ and the Urban Haven project need for emergency beds in London. Parishioners contribute a variety of social causes in the city that are profiled in the Ministry of the Month calendar
ST. PAUL’S SOCIAL SERVICE FOOD BANK SUNDAYS
St. Paul’s Social Service Food Bank is a volunteer food donation program administered through Social Services at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral. On the 2nd Sunday of each month year round, parishioners bring their offerings of food, diapers, personal care items and others as suggested by the coordinator at St Paul’s. Parish volunteers deliver the items to the cathedral and provide a tally of the donations to give feedback and thanks to parishioners. At Christmas, parishioners provide cash and gift cards to support the Christmas Share program at the cathedral.
Contact: Laura and Doug Fairbairn
HOSPITALITY MEAL PROGRAMS
http://www.informationlondon.ca/31/meal_calendar_food_bank_list
St. Jude’s parishioners are directly involved with 2 local hospitality meal programs.
St. Jude’s Breakfast program:
- The first, third and fifth Saturday morning of each month, between 9 and 10:30 am, guests come into our All Saints Hall through the Adelaide East door and receive a nourishing breakfast.
- Depending on availability, guests are also provided with toiletries, gently used clothing and footwear that have been donated by parishioners and friends.
- This program was started at St. Alban the Martyr and we are proud to carry on their tradition of caring for the community.
St. John the Evangelist Dinner program:
- Every Saturday evening a hot meal is provided for the community at St. John the Evangelist Church on St. James Street.
- St. Jude’s has some volunteers who work with this program along with other church teams and Scouts and Western University.
NEARLY NEW SHOP
Our clothing shop in the lower level of the church has been open since 1995. All proceeds go to Outreach projects in the community and elsewhere. Donations of clean, like-new clothing and foot wear are welcome and then sold at very reasonable prices for men and women in sizes from small to 3X and for children of all ages. The shop is staffed by volunteers.
Items we don’t use are distributed at no cost to people in need. Some clothing is sent up north to people in need in Kenora. Shipping to the north is paid for by the ACW.
Open year round. Closed during Holy Week and between Christmas and New Year’s.
Open Tuesdays from 10am to noon and Saturdays from 9am to noon.
The West entrance is from the large parking lot. Wheelchair accessibility is available from the Adelaide Street entrance with prior arrangement or ringing the doorbell.
NORTH EAST BASIC NEEDS GROUP
St. Jude’s is an active participant in this community group that works and advocates to ensure that basic needs such as food, housing and security are available to everyone. This group not only provides programming but encourages local government and businesses to get involved in the work of ensuring that basic needs are being met.
Current initiatives supported by St. Jude’s include:
The London Food Coalition https://www.londonfoodcoalition.com/meet-the-team that collects perfectly good food from local businesses that would otherwise be put in the garbage and redirecting it to be used in various programs around the city aimed at feeding the hungry.
The summer snack program for children attending day camps.
providing space for LUSO programming for new comers and others in need in the north east commuities.