St. James Episcopal Church
9 Williams Street
Clinton NY
tel: (315) 853-5359
e-mail: office@stjamesclinton.org
St. James office hours:
Tues-Fri, 9am - 1pm.
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OUTREACH NEWS - YEAR END 2009
The total outreach expenditures for 2009 were $11,125.00. We recently made donations to the Rescue Mission of Utica, the ABC program, The Salvation Army, the Red Cross of Utica and Rome and purchased a hot-water tank for a local family that had nowhere else to turn. I will post the full Outreach budget in the Parish Hall for anyone to see.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Christmas Stars program through Country Pantry and those who gave to the United Thank Offering campaign. I know many parishioners also make end of the year donations to their favorite charities. If you are looking for a unique way to honor someone you love, I have gift cards for donations to the Diocesan Medical Mission. Give me a call, or see me after church in the Parish Hall. We have been blessed in so many ways, it is wonderful to be able to give to those who have not been so fortunate.
If you have suggestions for our outreach efforts, please see any member of the outreach group.
Karen Anderson, Chairman
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ABOUT OUR MINISTRY
The Outreach Ministry is dedicated to mission projects around the world. The goal of the committee is to divide the budgeted amount in three areas; international, national and local. Depending on catastrophic needs, we usually follow this formula throughout the year. The committee also works to educate the congregation about mission needs, and where the church or the individual can make a difference. It is common for us to do matching funds or support indiviuals or groups in their (ministry) projects.
Every October, the Outrech Committee holds a Chicken & Biscuit Dinner with a mini-Bazaar and Bake Sale to support a particular mission project. The list to the right are some of the projects and organizations that the St. James Outreach Ministry has supported.
We continue to look for new projects and are happy to hear from members of the parish and the community.
"One" Campaign
and the MDGs
One of St. James ministry is learning about and contributing to the "The One Campaign" and the Millennium Development Goals. In 2000, leaders from the US and 190 other nations came together to develop a plan to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015. The 8 MDGs were created to help guide this work along. We are nearly half way to the goal date and yet many people have never even heard of the MDGs. They are:
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To Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
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Achieve Universal Primary Education for Children
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Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
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Reduce Child Mortality
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Improve Maternal Health
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Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
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Ensure Environmental Sustainability
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Create a Global Partnership for Development
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If you are interested in discussing how St. James reaches out to the local, national and global community, please sit down with anyone on the outreach leadership group. What suggestions do you have for St. James being the people and place that all Clintonians think of when they think of a welcoming, community serving, and neighbor loving Church? Please share your ideas with any of us.
Click here for current and ongoing projects:
Country Pantry; Bare Necessities (toiletries)
World Church; hygiene kits
Our International Outreach
Our National Outreach
Our Local Outreach
Some of our other activities
- Cookie outreach - - care package to our youth in boarding schools, away at colleges and overseas
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Saturday Worship Service - 5:15 PM
Sunday Worship Service - 9:30 AM
Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, on Jan 12, 2010 and Chile suffered a 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 28th. St. James outreach has sent more than $1200 in Haiti relief funds. At the Parish pancake brunch on Feb 14th, we collected another $800 which will be send shortly. To donate, send checks to the church office, made out to ER-D or to St. James with Haiti on the memo line. If you prefer, contribute directly to ERD OR through
To donate material goods; go to Agape Flights. Agape Flights is flying often and able to land in Port au Prince. The supplies are reaching the medical clinics, orphanages, schools, and churches.
Click for updates on our Episcopal Brothers and Sisters; Episcopal Life on-line, The Sisters of St Margaret and the response of Province II; both Haiti and the Diocese of Central New York are part of Province II. A Prayer for Haiti...
Fair trade coffee St. James Church uses fair trade coffee. We see this as one step we can take in helping to alleviate poverty in the world by helping these farmers provide financially for their families.
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