Missions
CARITAS – St. Mark’s houses the homeless through CARITAS for one week each spring/summer and fall. We usually house families (men, women and children) in the spring/summer and adult men in the fall. We provide breakfast, a bag lunch, and dinner each day, overnight housing, and help with laundry for the week.
Mentoring – St. Mark’s joins with Evergreen Elementary to work with at-risk children.
Stop Hunger Now – We participate with Stop Hunger Now to fund and prepare meals for distribution around the world.
Christmas Mother – The United Methodist Women coordinate participate in Chesterfield’s Christmas Mother program each year. We support approximately 5 or 6 families, providing Christmas gifts and Christmas dinner.
Turkey bags – We work with Chesterfield Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry (CCHASM) to provide Thanksgiving dinners for families in need.
Art for Humanity – We join with our Pre-school each year as they collect linens, clothes, etc. for relief in Honduras. We are also sending two mission teams to Honduras this summer to support the school Art for Humanity has begun there.
CARITAS furniture bank – St. Mark’s works with CARITAS to collect household goods for their furniture bank. Various groups within the church also work at the warehouse on occasions to distribute free goods to families and individuals who are exiting homeless shelters and crisis-intervention programs.
Blood drives – The UMW coordinate several blood drives a year at the church.
CrossOver Ministries – We are planning four first medical mission days (all on Saturdays) in Richmond this year. On each of these days, we will staff a CrossOver clinic for a morning, providing medical care to folks unable to afford it.
Used Ink Cartridges - Collecting ink cartidges for Mended Little Hearts, an organization in Central Virginia helping children with heart conditions.
Children’s Books - Collecting new and gently used books for all age children for Chesterfield Country to be given to children who do not have books to read at home.
Bread of Heaven Ministry: We request donations for food pantries housed at Sherbourne United Methodist Church and Holy Comforter Episcopal Church. Depending on the requests from the food banks, we request specific items (soups/pasta/peanut butter and jelly/canned meats) each month.
Angelfood Ministries- Is a ministry created to provide quality food at an affordable price to anyone and everyone.
Coupons: Collecting coupons to help Military families.
Contact: If you are interested in more information about any of these ministries, contact Jane Davis through the church office 379-1655 and she will put you in touch with the current coordinator.
