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MISSION and OUTREACH |
St. Paul's Partner Congregation
in North Philadelphia
Mediator Lutheran Church
28th & Cambria
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Saint Paul
’s has a long tradition of reaching out beyond our doors.
We support ministries in our community, synod and throughout the
world. In 2005,
Saint Paul
’s contributed $95,373 to these ministries:
Some of the ministries that St. Paul’s supports
financially are:
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Lutheran Charities Appeal –
supports various helping ministries in southeastern Pennsylvania,
including Ken-crest Centers, Artman Lutheran Home, Lutheran Children
and Family Service, Lutheran Settlement House, Manatawny Manor, The
Mary J. Drexel Home, Paul’s Run Retirement Community, Silver
Springs – Martin Luther School, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Lutheran World Relief –
provides needed resources to troubled parts of the world.
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Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
Disaster Relief
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Heifer Project International –
provides animals for developing countries. |
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Program for Feeding the Homeless
at 63rd and Market Streets
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Philadelphia Food Bank
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Interfaith Hospitality Network
– provides temporary housing for homeless people.
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Mediator
Lutheran
Church
at 28th and
Cambria, North Philadelphia
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Missionaries, Sister Ruth Ellen
Rebelein, in Papua New Guinea
and
Sanford
Groff in Keyna
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On Eagle’s Wings – an
ecumenical flight ministry into remote areas of the
Northwest Territories
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Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
in
America
Response
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Globalization team of the
Lutheran Theological Seminary in
Philadelphia
to do ministry at
Saint John’s
Island
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Lutheran Theological Seminary in
Philadelphia
-- $30,000 (over two years) to help endow the H. George Anderson’s
chair for mission and culture
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Synod Commitment – supports
the Lutheran witness in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
in
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In addition to the financial support of the above
ministries,
Saint Paul
’s seeks ways to provide “sweat equity” (hands-on support).
In particular, members prepare food and feed nearly 200 homeless
people once a month; travel to the Northwest Territories with On
Eagle’s Wings to help with Vacation Bible School; members help with
Habitat for Humanity projects; host two Red Cross Blood Drives every
year; purchase gifts for foster children at Christmas; purchase infant
formula for babies in low-income families through “Baby Manna;”
participate in the annual CROP Walk to raise money to help stop hunger;
collect clothes for a host of different organizations; make and provide
meals for homebound elderly (Aid for Friends); and, in cooperation with
our neighboring Episcopal church, provide assistance to homeless
families.
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St.
Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
415 E. Athens Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003
Telephone: (610) 642-3211
Fax: (610) 658-3262 |
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