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We are called to be good stewards of God’s blessings, to share Christ’s love through serving our neighbors and those in need. In doing this good work, one cannot help but grow in grace as well. All are invited to serve any outreach ministry offered at All Saints. Please contact David Boyd for more information regarding any of these feeding ministries.
Click here to view the outreach calendar with all upcoming outreach opportunities.
All Saints’ Food Wagon
All Saints’ parishioners donate to the food pantry of St. Michael’s University Church in Isla Vista to help the many students who face food insecurity. Offerings of food items, hygiene products, and needed household goods are collected in a green wagon at services every Sunday and are later taken to the food bank. Contact Pamela Hawes for more information about this ministry opportunity.
Carpinteria Food Distribution
On the fourth Wednesday of each month, All Saints parishioners meet at the Carpinteria Children’s Project (5201 8th Street, Carpinteria) to help distribute free staples and fresh fruit and vegetables to families in need. The food is provided by the FoodBank of Santa Barbara County. All Saints volunteers work with Carpinteria community volunteers to help organize the food on tables and make other preparations from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., then distribute the food from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. This is an excellent opportunity for inter-generational outreach–there is important work for volunteers of all ages, and this activity can count towards school community service hours. Parishioners can do this work of the Lord by signing up after services at the Information Table or just showing up for the distribution. Please contact David Boyd for more information on this ministry opportunity.
Transition House Dinners and Sack Lunches
Since 1985 All Saints volunteers have donated their time, food, and money to provide dinners and sack lunches once a month for the 50 to 65 homeless parents and their children who live at the Transition House emergency shelter. Transition House is a nonprofit organization that offers homeless families free temporary living arrangements with case management in a supportive environment while the families complete individualized programs leading to permanent housing and self-sufficiency. Parishioners meet at the shelter (434 East Ortega Street, Santa Barbara) from 5:00 p.m. to approximately 7:30 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month. During this time they set the dinner tables, cook and prepare food, serve dinner, and assemble sack lunches for children to bring to school/summer programs and parents to bring to work, training, or job hunting. Parishioners can be the Lord’s hands in this outreach ministry by signing up online or after services at the Information Table. Please contact David Boyd for more information on this ministry opportunity.
Lunch Service at the PATH Santa Barbara Homeless Center
On the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays of each month, a team of All Saints volunteers serve lunch from 11 a.m. to noon to residents at the PATH Santa Barbara Homeless Center (816 Cacique Street, Santa Barbara). On the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, a small group of Alpha Resource Center adult day-care clients work with the All Saints volunteers. The food is provided and prepared by the PATH kitchen staff, and volunteers arrive at 10:30 a.m. to set up the serving line and make other preparations to begin meal service at 11 a.m. There are approximately 40 residents for lunch in the summer and 65 in the winter. Additional information is available at the Information Table after service, or by contacting David Boyd for more information on this ministry opportunity.
Victoria Hotel Dinner Delivery
The nonprofit Peoples’ Self-Help Housing owns and manages the Victoria Hotel (24 East Victoria Street, Santa Barbara). The hotel has 28 furnished rooms for short to long-term residency available to those of God’s children who are low- or extremely low-income working, elderly, or partially-disabled single adults. The hotel has a small dining room and kitchen. Residents are provided cold breakfasts and have to go out or prepare their own food for other meals. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, an All Saints volunteer from a team of drivers picks up the hotel night manager and drives to the PATH Santa Barbara Homeless Center. There the manager loads donated hot dinners from the kitchen for hotel residents, and the driver returns the manager and the dinners to the hotel where they are taken to the dining room. There are occasional openings for replacement drivers on the team. Please contact David Boyd for more information on this ministry opportunity.
