“So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life--your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life--and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.” -- Romans 12:1

SCHOOL TOOLS  We are being given the opportunity to help God's children succed in school again this year!  The St. Paul Area Council of Churches will be collecting school tools to benefit the following places:

• American Indian Magnet School
• Emma's Place: Emma Norton Services
• Frogtown Family Center: Lifetrack Resources
• Frogtown's Leap Forward for Children
• Project Home Family Shelter
• Project SPIRIT
• St. Paul Public Schools Title I Program for Homeless
• Families and Children
• Wilder Family Support Services

We will collect items in the back of our church from July 31 through August 21.  Items will be delivered on August 23.

Donation ideas include: pencils, erasable pens, pens, markers, folders, school boxes, trapper keepers, erasers, highlighters, pencil sharpeners, colored pencils, calculators, protractors, compasses, rulers, glue sticks or bottles, loose-leaf paper, scissors, facial tissue, 3-ring binders, backpacks, pocket dictionaries, crayons, white-out or correction tape, and spiral notebooks (wide-ruled).

PROJECT HOME  Project Home provides shelter for homeless families when the Ramsey County Shelter is full.  St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in St. Anthony Park is the host site for August.  Volunteers are needed for August 19-22.  Two shifts are available - 5 to 8 p.m.; or 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.  During the evening shift volunteers assist parents in providing activities for children or youth and put out a light snack.  Overnight volunteers visit with guests before 9:00 p.m. lights out, have their own room, and be sure everyone is ready to go at 7:00 a.m.  Contact Mary McKay or the church office to sign up for a day and time to serve.

Project Home provides the following services:

• Transportation to and from the shelter site.
• Beds, bedding and laundry service.
• Basic hygiene supplies and other items such as clothing, diapers and feminine products.
• Volunteer Training.
• On-call Project HOME staff who are accessible by phone throughout the evening and night in the event of emergencies.

Ways We Serve

Alternative Giving

Caring Ministries

Crop Walk

Mustard Seed Project

Project Home

Simpson Shelter

United Methodist Women