Mission and Outreach
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
A Missionary ParishThrough prayer and His guidance, lay ministers in the Mission and Outreach Commission serve in God’s mission field evangelizing and reaching out to people in the neighborhood surrounding the Parish Church of St. Helena, our state, nation, and on foreign soil, too. The Rt. Rev. Alden Hathaway, our Bishop in Residence, explains that expanding God’s ministry means building the missionary parish.
Mission is the activity of the church aimed at sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. The Mission and Outreach Commission provides opportunities for St. Helena’s parish to minister to the spiritual, physical, and financial needs of our brothers and sisters, both locally and globally, in the name of Jesus Christ. As you will see below, there are many opportunities to serve others. For more information, please contact Vestry Representatives Jane Manos at 521-8488 or John Gray at 524-0255.
Mission Trips to the Dominican Republic
Our companion diocese
VBS/Construction Youth Mission Trip
VBS/Construction Youth Mission Trip
July 5-12, 2010
The annual DR Vacation Bible School/Construction Mission Trip to the parish of Santa Cruz in the community of Santa Fe, Dominican Republic, is July 5-12, 2010. Last year, the St. Helena’s team worked with Fr. Felix Encarnacion and his parishioners at a Vacation Bible School and on a construction mission. On previous trips, the team has painted the church, helped to build a school, painted the school, and helped to build an outdoor basketball court. The biggest project, however, is the building of Christian relationships with Dominicans through each year’s Vacation Bible School. More than 300 kids pour into the classes each year for worship, crafts, games, and snacks. Important gifts to the local Episcopal school each year are scholarships. Without them, few students would attend the Colegio Episcopal “Santa Cruz” and probably not the public schools either, since they are a distance away from the parish. Scholarships are $300 each for the year. For more information, please contact Jane Manos, 521-8488, or Jim Cato, 522-2009. Must be 16 years of age to be a team member.
VBS/Construction Youth Mission Trip Application
Medical/Construction/Prayer Ministry Mission Trip
The annual DR Vacation Bible School/Construction Mission Trip to the parish of Santa Cruz in the community of Santa Fe, Dominican Republic, is July 5-12, 2010. Last year, the St. Helena’s team worked with Fr. Felix Encarnacion and his parishioners at a Vacation Bible School and on a construction mission. On previous trips, the team has painted the church, helped to build a school, painted the school, and helped to build an outdoor basketball court. The biggest project, however, is the building of Christian relationships with Dominicans through each year’s Vacation Bible School. More than 300 kids pour into the classes each year for worship, crafts, games, and snacks. Important gifts to the local Episcopal school each year are scholarships. Without them, few students would attend the Colegio Episcopal “Santa Cruz” and probably not the public schools either, since they are a distance away from the parish. Scholarships are $300 each for the year. For more information, please contact Jane Manos, 521-8488, or Jim Cato, 522-2009. Must be 16 years of age to be a team member. VBS/Construction Youth Mission Trip Application
Medical/Construction/Prayer Ministry Mission Trip
October 9-16, 2010
St. Helena’s gives financial, medical, and spiritual support to missionaries and their work in our sister Diocese of the Dominican Republic. This year, a construction project and prayer ministry will be incorporated along with the medical clinics. Medical personnel, translators, prayer lay ministers, and helping hands are welcome. Must be 16 years old. For more information, contact Abby Morris at 812-3665 or Jane Manos at 521-8488.
Medical/Construction/Prayer Ministry Mission Trip Application
Relief for Haiti
St. Helena’s gives financial, medical, and spiritual support to missionaries and their work in our sister Diocese of the Dominican Republic. This year, a construction project and prayer ministry will be incorporated along with the medical clinics. Medical personnel, translators, prayer lay ministers, and helping hands are welcome. Must be 16 years old. For more information, contact Abby Morris at 812-3665 or Jane Manos at 521-8488.
Medical/Construction/Prayer Ministry Mission Trip Application
Relief for Haiti
Pharmacist Abby Morris served on a medical mission trip to the Port-au-Prince area in 2008 and 2009 with a team from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Conway. The commission also has supported CHAP (Christian Haitian America Partnership) that helps fund the Lespwa Timoun Nutrition Program in Haiti. St. Helena's is raising relief funds for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Checks should be made payable to the Parish Church of St. Helena with “Haiti Relief Fund” noted on the memo line. Your donation can be mailed to the church (P.O. Box 1043, Beaufort, SC 29901) or dropped off at the church office. Please keep our Haitian brothers and sisters in your prayers. For more information, contact Abby Morris at 812-3665.
Solar Light for AfricaJuly 6-21, 2010
St. Helena’s supports with prayers, finances, and lay ministers the Solar Light for Africa project. In 2009, St. Helena’s sent five teenage boys and five adults to Uganda in July, a survey and orientation group to Uganda, and a partnership trip to Tanzania. Solar Light for Africa, Ltd., is a nonprofit Christian organization whose mission is to transform lives and empower the people of East Africa by providing light and energy using the natural power of the sun. for more information, visit the website at www.solarlightforafrica.org. For more information, contact the Right Reverend Alden Hathaway at 522-1712, ext. 206.
Friday Nights in Washington Street Park
Second Friday of the month
St. Helena’s is dinner host on the second Friday night of the month from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The Christian fellowship and relationships with our neighbors in the Northwest Quadrant continue to flourish, with great growth in the number of parishioners joining in this ministry. The number of diners has grown from 30 regulars to approximately 50-60, with six other area churches regularly participating throughout the year, including Thanksgiving and Christmas. Many residents have been helped with doctor’s appointments and transportation, and several are attending Bible studies and church services. Every Friday night, a simple meal is offered to all who gather at this small downtown city park at the corner of Washington and Newcastle streets. A family-style gathering under the park’s shelter offers dinner, singing, prayers, and shared Christian fellowship. St. Helena’s needs missionaries with a gift of providing prayer, music, soup, sandwiches, cookies, beverage, paper products, etc. For more information on this local outreach and how you can help, please contact Tamy Cargill at 592-1367 or Abby Morris at 812-3665.
Good Neighbor Medical Clinic
The Good Neighbor Medical Clinic located in the business park behind Sonic on Lady's Island provides primary and preventive health care at no cost to the residents of Beaufort County who have limited income and cannot afford or cannot qualify for health insurance or Medicaid. Its mission is to provide compassionate, skilled medical care to those in need in the name of Jesus Christ. Parishioners from St. Helena's have been instrumental in the establishment of the clinic. If you would like to get involved with this ministry, contact Sheila Deuel at 470-9088.You came into prison and you visited me. (Matthew 25.36)
Kairos (meaning “God’s special time”) is the largest prison ministry in the world, with about 25,000 volunteers serving in 32 U.S. states and 7 foreign countries. Parishioners from St. Helena’s serve on Kairos Prison Ministry teams that go into four prisons–Allendale Correctional Institution, Lieber (men’s maximum security), Ridgeland (men’s medium security), and Camille Griffin Graham (women’s maximum security). Chuck Pollak serves on the S.C. Kairos Board of Directors and the Kairos National Board. Please contact the Rev. Chuck Pollak at (843) 538-6497 if you have any questions or an interest in this ministry.
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Kairos (meaning “God’s special time”) is the largest prison ministry in the world, with about 25,000 volunteers serving in 32 U.S. states and 7 foreign countries. Parishioners from St. Helena’s serve on Kairos Prison Ministry teams that go into four prisons–Allendale Correctional Institution, Lieber (men’s maximum security), Ridgeland (men’s medium security), and Camille Griffin Graham (women’s maximum security). Chuck Pollak serves on the S.C. Kairos Board of Directors and the Kairos National Board. Please contact the Rev. Chuck Pollak at (843) 538-6497 if you have any questions or an interest in this ministry.
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Providing Thanksgiving dinner for the community is a favorite tradition at St. Helena’s. Dinners are served to our guests from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. and are also packed up for delivery to shut-ins. Cooked turkeys and other traditional homemade Thanksgiving foods are donated by many parishioners. Parishioners cook, set tables, serve, and clean up, in a wonderful spirit of Christian love and sharing. Due to the hard work of more of more than 100 lay ministers, the 2009 Community Thanksgiving Dinner was bigger and better than ever before with more than 1,300 meals served to those who walked through the door and 650 meals were delivered. Join us for this happy occasion of service to the community. We need volunteers to help. Volunteers are needed to buy and cook a turkey, casseroles, vegetables, desserts; deliver meals; cook in the kitchen; carve turkeys; serve; make table arrangements. Monetary donations are welcome. For more information, please contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220.
The Angel Tree
Just before Christmas each year, gifts are purchased, wrapped, and delivered by parishioners to members of our community in need of help during the holiday. If you would like to participate in this warm holiday tradition, take a name from the tree (that is in the Parish Hall during Advent) and purchase a gift for that person. Place your wrapped package under the tree, and St. Helena’s lay ministers will deliver the gift. For more information, contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220.
Providing Thanksgiving dinner for the community is a favorite tradition at St. Helena’s. Dinners are served to our guests from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. and are also packed up for delivery to shut-ins. Cooked turkeys and other traditional homemade Thanksgiving foods are donated by many parishioners. Parishioners cook, set tables, serve, and clean up, in a wonderful spirit of Christian love and sharing. Due to the hard work of more of more than 100 lay ministers, the 2009 Community Thanksgiving Dinner was bigger and better than ever before with more than 1,300 meals served to those who walked through the door and 650 meals were delivered. Join us for this happy occasion of service to the community. We need volunteers to help. Volunteers are needed to buy and cook a turkey, casseroles, vegetables, desserts; deliver meals; cook in the kitchen; carve turkeys; serve; make table arrangements. Monetary donations are welcome. For more information, please contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220.
The Angel Tree
Just before Christmas each year, gifts are purchased, wrapped, and delivered by parishioners to members of our community in need of help during the holiday. If you would like to participate in this warm holiday tradition, take a name from the tree (that is in the Parish Hall during Advent) and purchase a gift for that person. Place your wrapped package under the tree, and St. Helena’s lay ministers will deliver the gift. For more information, contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220.
HELP Mobile Meals
Dietetically-correct meals, prepared by Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are delivered to the infirm and housebound in our community. Funding for this ministry is provided by various churches, the United Way, and individuals. We are always looking for drivers. It takes about one hour once a week to make this vitally-important, personally-rewarding contribution. For more information, contact Jim Cato at 522-2009.
HELP Sunday
Parishioners are invited to bring canned or packaged, nonperishable food items to the church on the first Sunday of the month—HELP Sunday. Place them in the HELP wheelbarrow, parked outside the main entrance to the church. Those who forget to bring food may leave a monetary donation in the cash box. The proceeds are distributed within our community by HELP of Beaufort. For more information, contact Jim Goettle at 838-4858.
Beaufort Women’s Center
The Beaufort Women's Center is a nonprofit, faith-based, community organization that provides pregnancy support services and education to promote and preserve life for families in Beaufort and the surrounding area. The center continues to receive funding assistance through the Mission and Outreach Commission. Several parishioners provide counseling and guidance at the center. All services are free and confidential. For more information, contact Donna McLean at 525-0300.
Mockingbird Ministries
Mockingbird Ministries provides resources for ministry for those who seek to share the Gospel in their neighborhoods. They have an effective outreach to young professionals in New York City and put on two conferences each year. They have published several books from theological works to a devotional and Sunday school curriculum. Last year, St. Helena’s provided financial support to Mockingbird, attended a conference, and hosted a member of the Mockingbird staff to help initiate a conversation about local mission here in Beaufort. Mockingbird is a ministry that seeks to connect the historic truths of the Gospel with the realities of everyday life in as down-to-earth a way possible. Its name was inspired by the mockingbird’s peculiar gift for mimicking the cries of other birds. In a similar way, the ministry seeks to repeat the message of God’s Word of grace and forgiveness–with the understanding that none of us ever moves beyond our need to hear the Gospel. For more information, go to their website at www.mockingbirdnyc.com, or contact the Rev. Andrew Pearson at 522-1712, ext. 228.
Kid's Cafe
Mission and Outreach supports this ministry of hospitality, witness, and teaching to youngsters who participate in the after-school programs in the Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Services program. For more information, please contact Kathy and Curt Henry at 838-1304.
York Place
Parishioners continue to generously provide “white gifts” for York Place, an alternative Episcopal center in York, S.C., for youth who are temporarily separated from their families. St. Helena’s also supports York Place financially. For more information, please contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220.
YMCA
St. Helena’s supports this organization in returning the Christian teaching component to its name by supplying funds and lay ministers for Bible study. For more information, please contact Cathy Dinkins at 524-8034 or Tim Edwards at 522-1712, ext. 218.
Young Life
Financial support and lay ministers provided for high school and middle school ministry brings un-churched kids into a relationship with Christ. For more information, contact Bob Cullen at 525-0304.
Sudan Sunrise
St. Helena's provides financial support to programs led by the Rev. Tom Pritchard to facilitate efforts of Southern Sudanese Christians in education, health, church planting, forgiveness, and reconciliation in this war-torn country. For more information, contact Beverly Peutz at 379-7277.
Dietetically-correct meals, prepared by Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are delivered to the infirm and housebound in our community. Funding for this ministry is provided by various churches, the United Way, and individuals. We are always looking for drivers. It takes about one hour once a week to make this vitally-important, personally-rewarding contribution. For more information, contact Jim Cato at 522-2009.
HELP Sunday
Parishioners are invited to bring canned or packaged, nonperishable food items to the church on the first Sunday of the month—HELP Sunday. Place them in the HELP wheelbarrow, parked outside the main entrance to the church. Those who forget to bring food may leave a monetary donation in the cash box. The proceeds are distributed within our community by HELP of Beaufort. For more information, contact Jim Goettle at 838-4858.
Beaufort Women’s Center
The Beaufort Women's Center is a nonprofit, faith-based, community organization that provides pregnancy support services and education to promote and preserve life for families in Beaufort and the surrounding area. The center continues to receive funding assistance through the Mission and Outreach Commission. Several parishioners provide counseling and guidance at the center. All services are free and confidential. For more information, contact Donna McLean at 525-0300.
Mockingbird Ministries
Mockingbird Ministries provides resources for ministry for those who seek to share the Gospel in their neighborhoods. They have an effective outreach to young professionals in New York City and put on two conferences each year. They have published several books from theological works to a devotional and Sunday school curriculum. Last year, St. Helena’s provided financial support to Mockingbird, attended a conference, and hosted a member of the Mockingbird staff to help initiate a conversation about local mission here in Beaufort. Mockingbird is a ministry that seeks to connect the historic truths of the Gospel with the realities of everyday life in as down-to-earth a way possible. Its name was inspired by the mockingbird’s peculiar gift for mimicking the cries of other birds. In a similar way, the ministry seeks to repeat the message of God’s Word of grace and forgiveness–with the understanding that none of us ever moves beyond our need to hear the Gospel. For more information, go to their website at www.mockingbirdnyc.com, or contact the Rev. Andrew Pearson at 522-1712, ext. 228.
Kid's Cafe
Mission and Outreach supports this ministry of hospitality, witness, and teaching to youngsters who participate in the after-school programs in the Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Services program. For more information, please contact Kathy and Curt Henry at 838-1304.
York Place
Parishioners continue to generously provide “white gifts” for York Place, an alternative Episcopal center in York, S.C., for youth who are temporarily separated from their families. St. Helena’s also supports York Place financially. For more information, please contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220.
YMCA
St. Helena’s supports this organization in returning the Christian teaching component to its name by supplying funds and lay ministers for Bible study. For more information, please contact Cathy Dinkins at 524-8034 or Tim Edwards at 522-1712, ext. 218.
Young Life
Financial support and lay ministers provided for high school and middle school ministry brings un-churched kids into a relationship with Christ. For more information, contact Bob Cullen at 525-0304.
Sudan Sunrise
St. Helena's provides financial support to programs led by the Rev. Tom Pritchard to facilitate efforts of Southern Sudanese Christians in education, health, church planting, forgiveness, and reconciliation in this war-torn country. For more information, contact Beverly Peutz at 379-7277.