We embrace faith together and are committed to giving back to our community through the many charities that we actively serve.
Community Outreach Activities
Members of St. David’s Episcopal Church volunteer their time to aid a variety of charitable organizations including:
- Habitat for Humanity
- People’s City Mission
- Matt Talbot Kitchen – serving meals to the needy
- Food Pantry
- Lydia’s Sisters – sewing blankets for the People's City Mission
- Project Hummingbird
Dominican Republic – Women’s Health Clinic
- Episcopal Relief and Development
- St. Monica’s Center
- AA Open Meeting/Al-Anon
- St. David's accepts free-will offerings twice annually as a United Thank Offering, a program of the church that makes grants for ministry throughout the U.S. and the world. Offerings are distributed throughout the world for needed projects and ministry.
- Refugee Resettlement’ – St. David’s continues our work with with resettlement and helping the Alhamadani family adjust to life in Lincoln.
- The third Sunday of each month a ministry team visits and leads a worship service at the Homestead Nursing Home in Lincoln.
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Two teams serve alternately - and cook, serve, and provide some of the food for the Matt Tallbot Kitchen. |
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Ministry Opportunities
| We encourage lay persons to actively participate in our worship and liturgy through ministries: |
- Lay persons - are elected and work with the Vestry and minister to oversee the management and ministry of St. David’s, including the development of new ministries to the community and congregation.
- Acolytes, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, and Lectors – actively assist in all aspects of our worship including reading Scripture and assisting the minister.
- The Prayer Chain - offers intercession and prayer for those known and unknown in need of God’s grace and healing.
- The Altar Guild - regularly assists the minister in preparing for worship.
- Men’s and Women’s Groups – meet regularly for fellowship, mission work, and spiritual nurture/study.
- We are collecting personal items for women, and toys for children, to support the transitional program at St. Monica's. St. Monica's is a local ministry assisting women and their families through a variety of difficult situations.
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| Opportunities for youth include: |
- The Diocese of Nebraska hosts summer camp for Seniors and Juniors each year – watch for dates summer, 2010. Contact the church office for more details.
- Youth mission trips are scheduled each summer; contact the church office for details and registration.
- Opportunities for study and discussion of everyday issues and Christian responses in the Rite - 13 study format on Sunday mornings at 9:25 – and in the youth program we share with other Episcopal Churches (see note on Education page.)
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