OUTREACH
We take our Baptismal Covenant very seriously "Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?...Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?..."
Below is a list of some of the programs and groups we are involved with in serving our parish, community & world.
We provide meeting space to a downtown chapter of this important group that fights alcohol abuse and supports those who suffer from alcoholism.
Bridge is the refugee resettlement agency for East Tennessee. Over the last 20 years, we have resettled more than 1,500 families from Bosnia, Burundi, Congo, Kosovo, Iran, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Sudan, Ukraine, Viet Nam and many other countries.
Chattanooga non-profit that provides assistance to those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and their families.
The Chattanooga areas largest mission group that ministers to the Homeless, hungry, and low income families with a food bank, day shelter, soup line, medical services, night shelters, counseling and financial help.
We assist the area food bank with work teams from time to time to sort food items & we also hand out food vouchers to those in need.
Episcopal Metropolitan Ministry
Episcopal Metropolitan Ministry provides the services which make possible the church's direct financial aid to poor and needy persons in the Chattanooga Area. Volunteers are needed for primarily clerical duties. Please contact them directly at 423.624.9650
Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) used to be known as the Presiding Bishop's Fund. ERD is the Episcopal Church USA's outreach organization. ERD is often first on the scene at major disasters around the world, such as the Asian Tsami and Hurricane Katrina, with lifesaving supplies and medical assistance. For more information go to their website at www.er-d.org/.
Food For The Poor (FFP) ministers to spiritually renew impoverished people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1982 as a 501(c)(3)corporation, our goals are to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual conditions of the men, women and children we serve.
St. Paul's has been extremely involved with this nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry throughout the years. Please go to their website for additional information.
Did you know that there are over 12,000 people that are homeless in Chattanooga? Do your part to help by walking with other parishioners in the Grateful Gobbler Walk at Thanksgiving. For more information see www.homelesscoalition.org
Hosanna Community’s mission is to create an environment that fosters independence for adults with disabilities. Hosanna Community sustains a home where adults with disabilities live together, encouraging, and enabling one another to grow in the community and in the world. The goal is for residents to reach their greatest potentials physically, emotionally, socially, intellectually and spiritually.
Chattanooga Room in the Inn is a 90 day residential shelter for homeless women and children. Services provided at Room in the Inn are free of charge and include shelter, three meals a day, access to affordable or free health care, life skills training, parenting classes, assistance with finding affordable housing, and intensive case management services.
Our next door neighbors that provide nursing care, assisted living and apartments to the elderly.
There are dozens of other ways we as a parish family "reach beyond the walls" in our community and world.For information on how you can become involved at St. Paul's please contact us.
