Outreach Ministries

Local Outreach | Outreach Committee | Ways to get involved

Local Outreach Efforts

St. Stephen's is invested, in terms of leadership of, volunteer activity in, and financial assistance to, in a number of agencies that provide a variety of services in the metropolitan Richmond area. Principal in our commitment is to the East End of Richmond and its children and elderly, as seen in our involvement in Fairfield Court Elementary School and the Peter-Paul Development Center. For information, call Thomas Parrish or Deb Lawrence.

Opportunities to get involved

Numerous opportunities for you to be directly involved in our efforts in the East End are available. For a listing, visit the main Outreach page.

"Fruit Loops" is a ministry through which St. Stephen's parishioners deliver fresh fruit to elderly residents of one of Richmond's federally-subsidized housing communities. Volunteers meet every Monday morning at 8:30 in Fellowship Hall to bag the fruit, then set out together to deliver it.

In the past year, St. Stephen's has also supported:
First Book of Greater Richmond
Memorial Child Guidance Clinic (Childsavers)
Stop Child Abuse Now
The Sacred Heart Center
St. Andrew's School
Friends Association

We share a deep concern for the homeless and those who struggle for independent living, as served by:
Gateway Homes (for the mentally ill)
Freedom House
Home Again
Grace Place.
Westminster Canterbury Foundation (scholarship assistance for residents of this church-based continuing care facility)
Central Virginia Food Bank
Chaplain Service of the Churches of Virginia (prison chaplaincy)
CrossOver Ministry (medical care)