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Mission and outreach into the community and the world are hallmarks of St. Andrew's.
The Community Outreach Ministry oversees a diverse program of assisting people in the community and beyond who need human or financial help, made possible by parishioners' contributions. Specific programs include cash and food donations to local food pantries; funding summer day care; scholarships for college and grade-school tuition; monetary help to individuals and families struggling to pay rent, utilities, or medical bills; a holiday meal program; and the provision of holiday gift cards to a local grocery store.
For those interested in helping with outreach efforts, there are many ways to become involved:
- Prepare and serve food monthly at My Brother's Table in Lynn
- Prepare food and/or serve twice a month at Lifebridge in Salem
- Contribute food to the Marblehead Food Pantry (St. Andrew's is responsible for stocking the shelves during the month of March, but contributions are welcome any time)
- Help prepare Thanksgiving baskets of donated food for local disadvantaged families
- Prepare soups and casseroles for those in need inside and outside the parish
- Participate in the Family-to-Family program by helping our "adopted" families
- Participate in the prison ministry, which supports an inmate at MCI/Framingham through a program known as College Beyond Bars.
- Help review applications for, and select recipients of, the Erik Isbrandsten September 11 Memorial Scholarship, which honors a parishioner's son who lost his life in the World Trade Center
- Join other parishioners who participate in the Essex County Community Organization (ECCO), a community-organizing project supported by churches throughout Boston's North Shore
St. Andrew's Cooperative Nursery School, located in the church, is a truly cooperative venture where parents volunteer time and talent in order to play an integral part in their children's early education. The goal is to establish a cooperative and socially, economically, and racially integrated nursery school that provides preschool children with the experience of living and learning with others of varied backgrounds. For more information about the nursery school, call 781-631-5543.
135 Lafayette Street / Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945
781-631-4951 / Fax: 781-639-7937 / officestandrews@verizon.net
Comments or suggestions:
webmaster@standrewsmhd.org.
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