Category: Outreach

IHN-Interfaith Hospitality Network

Hosted by St. Michael’s June 17 thru 24 The IHN network provides families in difficult circumstances with a place of safety and protection while they start to regain their lives. Please help make our church into a comfortable and welcoming place for the IHN families to live while they stay in our Education Wing. Volunteers are needed [...]

Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 in Interfaith Hospitality Network, Outreach | Comments Off

St. Michael’s Community Garden

Come garden with us! Some produce is now ripe for the picking and will be used to supplement both the St. Michael’s Food Pantry and the St. James Episcopal Church Neighbor to Neighbor program. To help with the garden, please sign up at the entryway bulletin board or contact Beth Michaels for more information. Feed your [...]

Thursday April 26th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

Capital Area Food Bank-April 28

Forty-eight thousand of our Central Texas neighbors look to the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas as their hunger safety net – 20,000 of them are children. Come join your fellow St. Michael’s parishioners as we volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank Saturday, April 28. We will sort food and enjoy fellowship from 9:00 [...]

Friday April 20th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

Food Pantry is EMPTY – Please help!

A recent food pantry participant had this to say, I haven’t been here in about 4 months. We were doing really well then, “BAM” and here I am again.  I sure am thankful that you are here. The St. Michael’s pantry is the only West Lake area food pantry and depends upon your regular contributions.  [...]

Sunday March 11th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

NetsForLife Project to Help Prevent Malaria

Every minute in sub-Saharan Africa a child dies from Malaria.  Just one life-saving, long lasting insecticide-treated net can save three lives from suffering and death. We are asking each household to donate $12, the cost of one net. Please place your contribution (checks should be made payable to Episcopal Relief & Development with a notation [...]

Sunday March 11th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

St. Michael’s Community Garden

Feed your neighbor, feed your soul. Our St. Michael’s Community Garden is now sporting many vegetable plants—tomato, cucumber, eggplant, peppers, peas, and lettuce, and seeds have been planted for beans, three kinds of squash, and okra.  Please join the Garden Group in praying that our garden prospers and we are able to supplement local food [...]

Sunday March 11th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

IHN coming to WUMC, March 4

Our next IHN week is approaching quickly –  March 4-11, 2012. Three to four families will be hosted at Westlake United Methodist Church (WUMC) with support from us.  We will need St. Michael’s volunteers to act as dinner hosts (to visit and share an evening meal with the IHN families) and to provide meals. To [...]

Wednesday February 8th, 2012 in Interfaith Hospitality Network, Outreach | Comments Off

Needed: Those Who Like to Play in Dirt

St. Michael’s recognizes food as a human right and is expanding how we help those in need of food.  We are establishing an on-site organic garden for the purpose of raising fresh and healthy fruit and vegetables to be donated to local food pantries, including our own, who serve food-insecure families.  All we need to [...]

Thursday January 5th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

Guest Speaker at next Outreach Commission Meeting

-Everyone Invited- The Rev. Linda Shelton, Diocese of Texas Liaison for Refugee Resettlement and Deacon of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas will be speaking to the St. Michael’s Outreach Commission on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. about opportunities for members of St. Michael’s to donate their time and talent to the Episcopal Migration [...]

Thursday January 5th, 2012 in Outreach | Comments Off

The Edge (Youth Group) Updates

Last Call for GIFTS!!! The Youth Group still needs your help!  So far we have collected approximately 60 gifts for our Norman Elementary School Party.  This year the youth group had hoped to collect 80 gifts to give to the Pre K through 2nd graders at the elementary school.  If you are able to support [...]

Thursday December 15th, 2011 in Outreach, Special Events, The Edge, Youth Program | Comments Off

Simple Gifts – Last Day this Sunday!

Stop by the Alternative Gifts table in the entryway after any service Sunday and make your gift selection. Simple Gifts provides a way for us to make donations to worthy projects as gifts to family and friends, a truly meaningful way to celebrate Christmas!  

Thursday December 15th, 2011 in Outreach | Comments Off

Bringing Holiday Cheer to Norman Elementary School

This year, the youth groups at St. Michael’s, St. James, and St. David’s Episcopal Churches are coming together to host a Christmas party for grades K – 2 at Norman Elementary School. We are inviting the members of each church community to join in the festivities by bringing 80 gifts per church. Members of St. [...]

Sunday November 20th, 2011 in Childrens Programs, Outreach, Youth Program | Comments Off

IHN – A Heartfelt Thank You

Last week we hosted the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) at St Michael’s, and it gave us the opportunity to meet two wonderful families who touched the hearts of many of our volunteers with their courage and faith in the face of such adversity (being homeless). As a way of thanking all of you who helped [...]

Tuesday November 15th, 2011 in Interfaith Hospitality Network, Outreach | Comments Off

Halloween Candy Supports Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Wondering how to get all that Halloween candy out of your house? Bring your leftover Halloween candy to St. Michael’s by November 20 and the Youth Group will make sure it gets to Mobile Loaves and Fishes to be used as treats for those being fed from the truck runs. The drop off boxes will [...]

Tuesday November 8th, 2011 in Outreach, The Edge, Youth Program | Comments Off

IHN, Interfaith Hospitality Network, at St. Michael’s

Texas has the fastest growing homeless population in the US.  The most commonly cited causes of homelessness in Austin are unemployment and the inability to pay rent/mortgage. St. Michael’s will be hosting 3-4 IHN families the week of November 6-13.  Many volunteers are needed to help make the week a success.  Help is needed with [...]

Tuesday October 25th, 2011 in Interfaith Hospitality Network, Outreach | Comments Off