St Mark’s Shelter Ministry
In cooperation with the Capitol Hill Group MInistry St. Mark's offers shelter, meals and fellowship to two families during the months of July and August. The families, our guests, are temporarily homeless and are working with CHGM towards stable housing. Since 1995 this program has been a cornerstone of St. Mark's outreach into the community. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church partners with us in this ministry.
Volunteers provide dinners and eat them with our guests in the dining room at Baxter House. Guests stay in specially prepared Sunday school classrooms (which are not in use during the summer) and use the family style bathroom provided in 2010 through the generosity of the St Mark's congregation. Overnight volunteers sleep in the undercroft Library. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church provides volunteers for each Monday; CHGM staff will supervise the shelter on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Overnight volunteers should be adults or one adult and one high school aged youth.
Schedule / location
Volunteers and dinner arrive at Baxter House at 6 pm. Overnight Guests arrive at 6:30 pm. In the morning volunteers prepare a simple breakfast at Baxter House and guests leave at 7 am.
How to volunteer for this ministry:
Watch for announcements starting in the May and June timeframe. They will apper in the weekly bulletin, on the e-group and on this website.
A volunteer orientation is scheduled for June 24, 2012 at 4PM in Baxter House at 118 3rd St SE.
If you would like to participate in the coodination and planning of this ministry, contact one of the people listed below.
Program Managers/Liaisons:
