St. Mark's Church
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Saint Markans are a socially aware and committed bunch. A recent survey showed that over 90% of us voted in the last presidential election. Members include people who at some time in their lives have been union negotiators, school board members, scout leaders, volunteers in the St Louis city schools and much else. So it should not be surprising that we are engaged in the life of the larger community in a variety of ways.
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St Mark's participates in the St Louis Hills Ecumenical Alliance which offers ecumenical worship several times a year and provides a forum for religious leaders to reflect on local issues.
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We take part annually in the Episcopal Habitat for Humanity Build, (www.ehfhp.org/)working alongside other Episcopalians and the home owners family to create adequate housing for working people.
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We serve meals as part of the feeding program at Trinity Episcopal Church in the Central West End, taking our turn in a rota which includes a number of other Episcopal congregations.
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We reach out the residents of the St Louis City Juvenile Detention Center through the ministry of Episcopal City Mission (www.ecitymission.org), visiting with them twice a year for the monthly birthday parties and supporting the work of the ECM chaplains.
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We partner with parishioners from St Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church to bring some joy to the lives of resident of the Loving Care Home, mostly mentally ill adults or seniors in medical assistance, many of them far from home, by holding occasional parties and collecting small gifts like toiletries and stationary.
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We try to support the Scruggs School, (www.slps.org/school/elementary_2.htm) where one of our parishioners is a teacher. We gather supplies and clothing for her students (and for other needs identified by the school) for this elementary school which welcomes students from many backgrounds, including recent immigrants to the St. Louis area.
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We worked this winter with Faith Beyond Walls (www.faithbeyondwalls.org) to rehab apartments for people who were displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
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phone: 314-832-3588
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