In recent years Saint Matthew's has opened our doors to the good
people of Bridges, which recently merged with Looking
Upwards, to help them in their on-going mission to serve adults with developmental disabilities.
When we learned that the folks at Bridges/Looking Upwards were in need of a larger space for some of their staff meetings and training events, we invited them to use our parish hall. For the past couple of years, they have been using our parish hall on a regular basis. They have been extremely grateful.
More recently, they asked about using our space for an adaptive yoga class for adults with developmental disabilities. For over
year now, Shri Yoga has provided this weekly yoga class
in our parish h
all for some of the adults served by Looking Upwards.
Alis
on Bologna,
Channel 10 News Anchor and founder of Shri Yoga, writes the f
ollowing:
"For more than a year, Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church in Jamestown has been a home to our Friday Shri Adaptive Yoga class for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities affiliated with the Bridges agency, now Looking Upwards. The donation of space to hold these chair-based classes (weekly!) for men and women has helped to improve the quality of their lives by relieving stress and increasing physical and emotional balance. We are so grateful to Saint Matthew's for this gift, and we feel blessed to have the parish in our community supporting this outreach work."
Partnering with Bridges/Looking Upwards in this way is a particularly meaningful and fruitful expression of loving our neighbors as ourselves. Your pledge to Saint Matthew's helps us to continue these efforts.
You may make your pledge for 2018 using our on-line form by clicking on the following link:
