The Annunciation Homeless Ministry
CURRENT AND UPCOMING HOMELESS MINISTRY PROJECTS
Our 6th Annual Project Home Book Drive is Underway and Runs through May 31st.
One of several social enterprise programs at Project HOME, this initiative provides opportunities for employment, income, and community engagement, and serves as a stepping stone toward recovery from homelessness.
All book donations may be placed in the Homeless Ministry Bin on the Mezzanine level, next to our Resource Center.
Agape Bags Project Update
As many of you know, the MDF Executive Committee decided that this year's 2nd annual Music and Dance Festival service project would involve participants filling AGAPE bags. Our Annunciation Homeless Ministry donated 1,000 bags to be filled. Throughout Lent and Holy Week, the Homeless Ministry distributed almost 500 bags filled at MDF to the homeless in Center City and Kensington. It was a blessing to take what the MDF participants had done and help those in need, including those in desperate need. As we do every Lent, our Catechism students filled another 100 bags for distribution by our parishioners. Finally, as hosts of the annual DVYC Bible Bowl, our HOPE/JOY youth, along with their guests, filled an additional 100 AGAPE bags.
Thank you to everyone for their contributions of time, talent, and treasure to help those in need!
MISSION
As a ministry of people helping people, our mission is to aid the homeless in our community and across Philadelphia.
We provide food and clothing to those in need who visit the church during the week; we feed college students experiencing food insecurity; we collect and distribute clothing, dry goods, and books to local shelters; and we offer backpacks to local youth in need.
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