The Outreach Committee has been identifying ways we can continue to serve the needs of our Outreach Partners as things continue to evolve and change with COVID. One upcoming opportunity is for St. Mary's to provide snack bags for the Goochland Family YMCA After School Program.

The Goochland Family YMCA serves 27 kids in their after school program who are food insecure when they go home. Providing snack bags is a wonderful way to support our neighbors. Click on this link to see the type of snacks we need donated.

Please drop any snack donations in the grocery cart outside St. Mary's Church Offices by Wednesday, February 17. If you have any questions, please email Charmaine Trice.

The generosity of St. Mary's parishioners never ceases to amaze! Thank you to all who volunteered food and delivered it out to CARITAS to feed about 100 men at The Healing Place! 

As one volunteer said, “This lovely woman, who is on the kitchen staff, came out to speak to us afterwards, so very grateful. Told us how much the men miss having churches come in to visit during meals, but ever so thankful to have home cooked meals.”

To support our outreach partners, we've created a beautiful 2021 St. Mary's Church Wall Calendar. Without our typical annual fundraisers, the Outreach Committee is re-imagining how to support St. Mary's Outreach Partners in this coming year. The price of the calendar is completely donation based. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, 100% of the proceeds go toward St. Mary's Outreach Ministries.

Follow this link to the Order Form on St. Mary's website. You will be able to choose to donate by check or by credit card. Once you order, you can come pick up your calendar at St. Mary’s Church Office or please let us know if you need it mailed or delivered to you. If you have any questions, please contact the Church Office via email or call (804) 784-5678.

St. Mary's Outreach Partner in Ecuador, Education Equals Hope, is providing a behind the scenes look at their work as they bring HOPE to those living in desperate and difficult situations. Their new podcast, HopeCast, brings you stories of their mission and work in a way that you have never heard before.

It's a wonderful way to learn more about E=H and hopefully will inspire you to join the next mission team to Ecuador!

You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

St. Mary's Outreach Committee introduces Circles RVA. The non-profit recently reached out about sharing information about their work and volunteer opportunities with the people of St. Mary's.

"Circles RVA empowers individuals and families to permanently move out of poverty and thrive. We create intentional relationships that expand support communities and engage the wider community to reduce or eliminate the systemic barriers that hinder people from rising out of poverty. And Circles RVA provides the social network, financial tools and emotional encouragement that activate economic growth for hard working individuals living with poverty. In this way, Circles is not merely managing life with limited resources. Instead, we are working to truly break the cycle of poverty for Richmond families."

For those who would like to learn more, please visit their website, their volunteer page, or contact Kristin Blalock.