St. Georgians make a real difference helping others in their community. They provide financial support and volunteer in a variety of ministries, including those the church supports financially and with the time and talent of its members. The Outreach Ministry also helps St. Georgians connect with and coordinate our ministries among the larger Episcopal Church, the worldwide Anglican Communion, and other Christian denominations.
Food Pantry
One of St. George’s major outreach ministries is our Food Pantry, which provides food to hungry people in Arlington. At lunchtime on Monday through Friday, volunteers provide food, smiles, Bibles, and a place for respite in the chapel. Other volunteers shop for the food, shelve it, and in others ways lend support.
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Arlington Winter Shelter
Each winter night, November through March, a local non-profit organization operates an emergency winter shelter for homeless people in the Courthouse area. Teams of St. George’s volunteers provide assistance at the shelter on Sunday evenings for the five months the shelter is open.
Arlington Interfaith Council
The Arlington Interfaith Council acts as a coordinating body for local private nonprofit social organizations represented by 45 different congregations. St. George’s participates to ensure its outreach ministries are coordinated with those of other churches.
CROP Hunger Walk
Arlington’s CROPWalk is an annual fundraiser for relief of local, national, and world hunger sponsored by the Arlington Interfaith Council. Members and friends of St. George’s walk every year. St. George’s is also an early stopping point on the walk (providing water, cookies, and rest rooms).
Meals on Wheels
Through the local Meals on Wheels organization, St. Georgians deliver prepared meals to Arlington residents who cannot shop or cook for themselves.
Beyond our own church
Two other congregations also use St. George’s facility. One is Iglesia San José, the oldest Episcopal Hispanic mission in our diocese, which began in 1976 as a ministry of St. George’s Church. San José provides Spanish language worship, Christian education, and outreach to the Hispanic community. The other is Amanuel Evangelical Ethiopian Church, which uses our facilities on Sundays and several nights a week to provide worship, Bible study, education, fellowship, and outreach to the Ethiopian community.
Members of our parish serve as delegates to the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia’s Annual Council, which meets each February, and to Region 3 of the Diocese of Virginia (the nine Arlington Episcopal congregations), which meets each month in September through June.
United Thank Offering
Twice a year—in the spring and the fall—the United Thank Offering asks us to deposit coins in blue collection boxes in thanksgiving for all the good things God has given us. Then, members of the Episcopal Church Women use the funds raised by UTO to make grants to mission projects in the community and around the world.
