Opportunities to Serve Those Who are Homeless—March 2025

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Serving Easter Meals to Those Who are Homeless

Sunday, April 20—Volunteers are needed to help prepare or serve an Easter dinner meal for about 150 residents following our Street Sanctuary Easter Service at Peter and Paul Community, 3225 N. Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63107. There are many ways to help and if many people do just a little, then many residents will worship our Resurrected Lord and Savior, who otherwise would not have an invitation and feel welcomed.

Your gift and your being there to serve, listen, and love, would be such a blessing to those who have so little.

For more information, contact Barry Garber.

Service Opportunities
(1) Pick up a tin beginning Sunday, March 23. Drop off prepared food items Wellspring on Good Friday, April 18
(2) Shopping week prior to Easter (2-4 people)
(3) Volunteers needed to receive food items before Good Friday Service at Wellspring  (2-4 people)
(4) Volunteers needed to prep food at Wellspring on Easter morning  (up to 10 people)
(5) Volunteers needed to serve at the shelter on Easter morning  (up to 14 people)

Barry Garber will bring tins with directions for food to hand out on March 23, March 30, April 6, and April 13 (if there are any left).

Easter Celebration Schedules
10:45 Coffee and Snacks
11:00 Worship Service
Noon Easter Fellowship Meal (everyone is welcome)

Winter Safe Haven

During winter, many families with children in the St. Louis region face the brutal cold without shelter. Winter Safe Haven assists families with children by providing warmth, dignity, and safety when overnight temperatures become life-threatening. The program offers:

Donations are needed to run this program. You can easily donate a tax-deductible gift using this Go Fund Me link. Please consider sharing or posting this link so others can generously give and make an impact.

InExcelsis Need for Drivers

Attendance has grown at Saturday’s Community Fellowship at One Family Church near the Botanical Gardens. InExcelsis needs drivers to shuttle guests from Peter & Paul Shelter and Tiny Homes, Saturdays 8am to 9:30 and noon to 1:30pm. Contact Barry Garber if you can help or for more information.

Other Opportunities to Serve

• InExcelsis, our ministry partner, has a need for volunteers on Saturdays and Sundays. Contact Barry Garber at 314-249-1429, or barrygarber72@gmail.com, if interested to learn more about opportunities on how to help.

• Visit Street Sanctuary, Sundays at 11am, at Peter and Paul Community Campus (formerly Little Sisters of the Poor), 3225 N Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63107. Discussion leaders needed. Call/text Barry at 314.249.1429.

• Join with One Family Church Saturdays, 9-11am, at 4265 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110. Volunteers needed to greet and serve those who are unhoused.

• Support our on-going ministry to those experiencing homelessness. Give to Wellspring Family Church Wings of Hope Michael D. Oppenheim Fund.

• Throughout the year, there is a need to donate personal care items: deodorant, liquid body soap, shampoo, razors, feminine hygiene products, new socks, packaged underwear for men in L, XL, and XXL, bras / sports bras (medium to oversized), wash cloths, small hand towels. Items can be left at the church, in the NE foyer next to the Youth Room. Or, drop off items at One Family Church on any Saturday between 9-12, located at 4265 Shaw Blvd, St Louis. These items are needed all year.

• During the winter months, there is a need to donate the following: winter hats, winter jackets, insulated gloves, heavy wool socks, boots and/or thermal underwear in L, XL, and XXL. Also blankets (gently used or new), flashlights, sleeping bags. Items can be left at the church, in the NE foyer next to the Youth Room. Or, drop off items at One Family Church on any Saturday between 9-12, located at 4265 Shaw Blvd, St Louis. These items are needed all winter.

• Subscribe to the inExcelsis weekly e-news. inExcelsis is our ministry partner to serve those who are unhoused. Visit inexcelsislove.org.

Prayer Focus
Pray for Sev as he transitions to a new job and for InExcelsis leadership and direction as a board is being formed. Kim lost all of her belongings and identification papers in a recent house fire and is now at Peter and Paul. Her faith in Jesus is contagious to other residents and volunteers alike. Floyd and Michelle from Tiny Homes are experiencing marital issues as they deal with dependency struggles.

Once a month, Saturday, 9am-1pm. Our next gatherings will be: March 8, April 26, May 17, and June 21.

Join the Women of Wellspring—the young and young at heart—in fun an fellowship while serving the unhoused and refugees in St. Louis.

Sewing know-how is not required, there are plenty of projects for all skills. We love having girls come with their moms, learning to sew and serve. Coffee and light snacks provided. Invite a friend and see you there!

Men, you may also serve by setting up tables and chairs each month.

Please email Christy Hageman or Kathy Oppelt, if you can help set up or have SOS questions.