St. Paul's collected offerings to help people in Haiti for three weeks in January. Our support is through World Vision, a trusted organization we have supported in the past that has the network and resources to get support where it is needed quickly. There were already 370 World Vision staff in Haiti when the earthquake hit. Offerings were sent immediately each week as they were collected.
Week One Collection: $1851.88
Week Two Collection: $782.00
Week Three Collection: $331.00
Total Haiti Relief: $2964.88
World Vision is rushing emergency supplies to thousands of people left homeless by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday. It is reported that up to 3 million people have been affected and current estimates indicate as many as 100,000 are feared to be dead or injured. Your help is needed now!
"We would be very concerned about a quake of this magnitude anywhere in the world, but it is especially devastating in Haiti, where people are acutely vulnerable because of poor infrastructure and extreme poverty," said Edward Brown, World Vision’s relief director.
World Vision has worked in Haiti for 30 years and has some 370 staff members on the ground. World Vision is distributing emergency survival kits — including food, water, blankets and tents — to provide immediate aid to affected children and families. We are also providing emergency health services to the injured.
We are so grateful for the faithful support of people like you. Your prayers, and your support, are crucial right now. It is only because of friends like you that we can meet the urgent needs of Haiti's earthquake survivors.
The people who live in Haiti already have suffered so much from poverty, disease and unrest. Please pray for children and their families who have been affected by this disaster, and for World Vision's staff as they provide emergency relief in the days and weeks ahead, and over the coming years as they rebuild. Pray that God will bring hope out of despair as He builds a new Haiti from the rubble.
Thank you, and God bless you for your faithful support in times of need.
Rich Stearns President, World Vision U.S.
The Souperbowl of Caring!
Souper Bowl Sunday was February 7th!
We collected cans and other non-perishable food items, as well as special offerings all for Jeffco Action throughout February.
“Lord even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us to be mindful of those who don’t even have a bowl of soup to eat.”
Nineteen years ago, a Super Bowl Sunday prayer inspired a group of young people to do something more than celebrate a football game. They created the Souper Bowl of Caring, a youth-led grassroots movement that is now an international event.
This year, our youth will once again join young people in churches all across the country to collect money for those who are hungry and hurting.
Participation in the Souper Bowl of Caring helps tens of thousands of youth put God’s love into action. Being part of something that reaches around the world makes every young person feel the power of God’s love.
Here at St. Paul's, we collect food items as well as a standard collection on Souper Bowl Sunday. Everything we collect goes to the Jeffco Action Center.
Feed the Children America
Imagine paying your bills after working as hard as you can and still having no money left over to buy food for your family. Imagine going to bed with terrible stomach pain because you didn't have anything to eat all day. Imagine being afraid you might die because your family has no food.
For families and children across America, they don't have to imagine what this would be like because they are living it every single day. No one in the United States should have to go hungry.
St. Paul's supports "Feed the Children America." We had a collection for this mission in January and June of 2009 and another the end of December 2009 and the first two weeks in January, 2010.
Christmas Families
Christmas 2009 was the sixth year for our Giving Tree.
Through a few local elementary schools, we received the names of families in need of help. These families were not only in financial need, but needed food as well. This year the people of St. Paul's were able to provide over 50 gifts of toys and clothes for more than 30 people from seven families. St. Paul's also provided $50 in King Soopers Gift Certificates for each of those families.
The people of St. Paul’s are amazingly generous and have truly giving hearts. Thank you for giving Christmas to seven families who may have had nothing without you!
Women of Empowerment
The Women's Fellowship's supports the "Women's Empowerment Program", a program designed to help women who have recently been released from prison get back on their feet again. Each December the Women's Fellowship collects items and creates gift bags full of personal items, from soap to shampoo, lotion to toothpaste, and even socks, gloves, and scarves!
Jeffco Action Center
St. Paul's has a constant ministry to support the Jeffco action Center with food. There are baskets in the back of the church to collect donations every week. Additionally, we collect extra food and financial donations at special times, or times of great need. The men's and women's fellowship took a tour of the Jeffco Action Center so that all would understand the scope of the need and the amazing reach of the Action Center.
Special Thanksgiving Collection
We have a special Thanksgiving collection each year with concludes with "Turkey Sunday!" The kids of the church passed around the turkey pans this year and collected $1485! That is 247 turkeys!
Turkey Trolley used in previous years to collect actual turkeys on "Bring a Turkey to Church" week. In recent years, the donations have far "outgrown" the trolley!
Jeffco Action has a huge distribution of school supplies for children in need each August. St. Paul's collects both school supplies and an offering in July to support this mission. In 2009 we collected hundreds of school supplies as well as $794.
Additionally, the Jeffco Action Center is our selected charity to receive our Souper Bowl offering.
Coats for Colorado
St. Paul's has supported the Coats for Colorado campaign for six consecutive year. This year the people of St. Paul's supported this effort in two way; both by bringing in coats and by financially donating as well. We collected more than 50 coats, and $400 to buy more! That's a lot of Coloradoans who will be warmer this winter.
Thank you one and all!
Tennyson Center for Children
"Dress a Child for School"
St. Paul's supports the Tennyson Center for Children in several ways, including participating in the "Dress a Child for School" Program every fall. It costs $165 to provide clothes and school supplies for each child. This year the congregation collected $1061 for the children, which helped more than 6 children! In addition, the Women's Fellowship donated $330 to prepare two more children for school.
Warm Hearts ~ Warm Babies
"Welcome to Warm Hearts ~ Warm Babies. We are a group of kind-hearted volunteers that help to make life easier for Colorado's tiniest citizens. We sew, knit, crochet, and quilt for premature infants and babies in need. We donate to hospitals, crisis pregnancy centers, shelters, law enforcement agencies, foster care, WIC offices, and individuals across much of the state of Colorado. All of our gifts are donated free of charge and 100% of what we receive in donations goes to help the babies."
Women’s Fellowship supports "Warm Hearts - Warm Babies" with donations of baby clothes and other items, both purchased and hand made. Everyone in the church is invited to help in this effort.
Family and Senior Homeless Initiative
(part of Mayor Hickenlooper's "Road Home" project)
FSHI is a Denver area program to help the homeless get off the street by providing help for housing along with a group of mentors to help the family adjust.
Did you know - 60% of the homeless are people in families with children: The most commonly reported reasons for homelessness in Denver are loss of a job (28%), housing costs (23%) and the breakup of a family (20%).
The Solution: One congregation. One family. Each church can help by sponsoring a homeless family or senior. It cost $1200 to sponsor a family and get them into housing and off the street.
Here at St. Paul’s we will commit to providing $1200 to help one family get off the streets and into housing each year. It is nice to note that 83% of the families and seniors that have been helped with this program have maintained their housing a year later.
Compassion Fund
Our church has an outreach fund to help our members who may on occasion be faced with an emergency. Our mission committee has become more involved with the outreach of our church and has been working on many projects. The Compassion Fund is unique in that it will be reserved for church family needs.
In the book of Acts and also in James the Bible speaks of taking care of the church family. We want to be that example set by the early church by adding this outreach.
Please do not hesitate to let Pastor Kim know if an emergency arises. This is a ministry that we want to use and share. This is a discreet fund distributed with utmost confidentiality. If you would like to give to this fund, place your offering in the collection plate and mark it "Compassion Fund".
Previous Missions
Hurricane Katrina
Thank You St. Paul’s!
Our special collections in September 2005 for the Red Cross and the victims of hurricane Katrina brought in more than $2200! What a generous donation for our small, but mighty congregation! We also donated 10% of the proceeds from our Fall Festival, $106, which went to the hurricane victims through the Salvation Army.
The people of St. Paul’s have opened their hearts and their wallets for our fellow Americans who are in desperate need. THANK YOU!
Tsunami Relief
On Sunday, January 30th, 2004 we received a special offering for Tsunami relief efforts, through World Vision. This included half of the general fund offering plus funds designated to the relief.
We collected over $2200.00 for Tsunami Relief!
What an amazing group of giving people we have at St. Paul's.
Thank you thank you for your tremendous generosity!
Bonfils Blood Drive
St. Paul's held several blood drives for the Bonfils Blood Center. Bonfils needs to collect 4,200 units of blood every week to meet Colorado’s needs and to maintain a state of blood supply readiness to support any unforeseen events. Donating blood is an important way to help our community and the people who need this vital resource.
