St. Matthew's has a rich history of reaching out to the wider community.
This includes:
Hiatus House: This is a vital resource for families experiencing domestic violence (http://www.hiatushouse.com). We support this work through donated items such as clothing, toys, and toiletries.
Marlborough School Breakfast Program: We help to prepare a hot breakfast of grilled cheese sandwiches, fresh fruit and chocolate milk for the students. Every week, our team also provides freshly baked muffins. Warm socks, hats and mitts are also taken to the school for distribution to those children with wet or cold feet and hands.
Southwest Detention Centre Ministry: We collect items such as toiletries, decks of cards, jig-saw puzzles, greeting cards, puzzle books and soft-cover books with self-help topics and adventure stories. For the last few years we have prepared and donated backpacks to the inmates being released to the street, many of them becoming homeless; they include basic items for hygiene, towel, face cloth, underwear and socks. Beginning in January 2017, some of our folks and volunteers from other churches, have been giving sewing classes regularly, to the women inmates.
Food for the Hungry: Every week more and more canned goods and items to be distributed to the needy and hungry by various food banks in the city are added to the collection basket in the church, delivered by volunteers to: the Downtown Mission, Windsor Homes Coalition, Welcome Centre for homeless women, and Street Help for the homeless, to support their ministry.
Council of the North: On each Sunday in the season of Advent, we gather after our time of worship for a time of fellowship in the parish hall, featuring a variety of delicious soups. A free will donation is accepted, with funds designated to strengthen the ministry that takes place in the Council of the North. For more information, please visit Council of the North.
Alongside Hope (formerly PWRDF): On each Sunday in Lenten season, we gather after our time of worship for a time of fellowship in the parish hall, featuring a variety of delicious soups. A free will donation is accepted, directed to help Alongside Hope programs. For more information, please visit: Home | Alongside Hope.
This includes:
Hiatus House: This is a vital resource for families experiencing domestic violence (http://www.hiatushouse.com). We support this work through donated items such as clothing, toys, and toiletries.
Marlborough School Breakfast Program: We help to prepare a hot breakfast of grilled cheese sandwiches, fresh fruit and chocolate milk for the students. Every week, our team also provides freshly baked muffins. Warm socks, hats and mitts are also taken to the school for distribution to those children with wet or cold feet and hands.
Southwest Detention Centre Ministry: We collect items such as toiletries, decks of cards, jig-saw puzzles, greeting cards, puzzle books and soft-cover books with self-help topics and adventure stories. For the last few years we have prepared and donated backpacks to the inmates being released to the street, many of them becoming homeless; they include basic items for hygiene, towel, face cloth, underwear and socks. Beginning in January 2017, some of our folks and volunteers from other churches, have been giving sewing classes regularly, to the women inmates.
Food for the Hungry: Every week more and more canned goods and items to be distributed to the needy and hungry by various food banks in the city are added to the collection basket in the church, delivered by volunteers to: the Downtown Mission, Windsor Homes Coalition, Welcome Centre for homeless women, and Street Help for the homeless, to support their ministry.
Council of the North: On each Sunday in the season of Advent, we gather after our time of worship for a time of fellowship in the parish hall, featuring a variety of delicious soups. A free will donation is accepted, with funds designated to strengthen the ministry that takes place in the Council of the North. For more information, please visit Council of the North.
Alongside Hope (formerly PWRDF): On each Sunday in Lenten season, we gather after our time of worship for a time of fellowship in the parish hall, featuring a variety of delicious soups. A free will donation is accepted, directed to help Alongside Hope programs. For more information, please visit: Home | Alongside Hope.