St John’s is a small church with a large sense of outreach to the community.
■ Blessings in a Bag. Parishioners leaving church fill brown lunch bags specially decorated by the church youth with various non-perishable food items. The bags are put in their cars and passed out to the homeless when they encounter them in their daily life.
■ Maundy Thursday Foot Washing. This is a diocesan event in Ocean Beach, ministering to the homeless in conjunction with the Interfaith Community.
■ Wounded Warriors. This is a monthly outreach program. Our ministry delivers healthful snacks to the wounded and injured at the wounded warrior center at Camp Pendleton.
■ Fallbrook Food Pantry. St. John’s makes weekly food collections for the needful.
■ Back to School Backpack Project. St. John’s outfits over 300 children with backpacks complete with school supplies each school year.
■ Senior Outreach. In November we prepare and serve a Thanksgiving dinner to seniors in their club house at the complex.
■ Christmas Outreach. In December we hold the “Peggy Johnson Christmas Adopt-a-Family” project. Each year we adopt children from needy families here in Fallbrook to make their Christmas wishes come true, gifting clothes and toys and other gifts, including a gift certificate for a Christmas dinner turkey or ham.
If you feel that you would like to support outreach activities such as these please come to St John’s and help with these wonderful service opportunities.
Sincerely,
Michael McCormick, Outreach Chair, mikemosaic@aol.com
■ Blessings in a Bag. Parishioners leaving church fill brown lunch bags specially decorated by the church youth with various non-perishable food items. The bags are put in their cars and passed out to the homeless when they encounter them in their daily life.
■ Maundy Thursday Foot Washing. This is a diocesan event in Ocean Beach, ministering to the homeless in conjunction with the Interfaith Community.
■ Wounded Warriors. This is a monthly outreach program. Our ministry delivers healthful snacks to the wounded and injured at the wounded warrior center at Camp Pendleton.
■ Fallbrook Food Pantry. St. John’s makes weekly food collections for the needful.
■ Back to School Backpack Project. St. John’s outfits over 300 children with backpacks complete with school supplies each school year.
■ Senior Outreach. In November we prepare and serve a Thanksgiving dinner to seniors in their club house at the complex.
■ Christmas Outreach. In December we hold the “Peggy Johnson Christmas Adopt-a-Family” project. Each year we adopt children from needy families here in Fallbrook to make their Christmas wishes come true, gifting clothes and toys and other gifts, including a gift certificate for a Christmas dinner turkey or ham.
If you feel that you would like to support outreach activities such as these please come to St John’s and help with these wonderful service opportunities.
Sincerely,
Michael McCormick, Outreach Chair, mikemosaic@aol.com