{"id":266,"date":"2024-11-06T20:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmattsblm.org\/wp2\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2025-11-22T17:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:22:14","slug":"outreach-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmattsblm.org\/wp2\/outreach-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><em><strong>\u201cSo then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Galatians 6:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mission Statement:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Our mission is to serve God, one another, and the community with the love of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Opportunities to Serve:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Please check the church newsletter for our current monthly projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Further opportunities to serve the local community can be found through the following links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<a href=\"https:\/\/bnfia.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bnfia.org\/\">Faith in Action<\/a> (drivers &amp; office help)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<a href=\"https:\/\/hshministries.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hshministries.org\/\">Home Sweet Home<\/a> (coffee bar &amp; kitchen help)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<a href=\"https:\/\/midwestfoodbank.org\/locations\/bloomington-il\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/midwestfoodbank.org\/locations\/bloomington-il\">Midwest Food Bank<\/a> (volunteers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<a href=\"https:\/\/mccainc.org\/countering-domestic-violence\/services\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mccainc.org\/countering-domestic-violence\/services\">Neville House<\/a> (donations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<a href=\"https:\/\/www.district87.org\/o\/oes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.district87.org\/o\/oes\">Oakland School<\/a> (readers from August &#8211; October)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<a href=\"https:\/\/centralusa.salvationarmy.org\/bloomington\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/centralusa.salvationarmy.org\/bloomington\/\">Salvation Army<\/a> (volunteers &amp; donations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you are interested in making a monetary&nbsp;donation to the Outreach Committee, make checks payable to St. Matthew&#8217;s Episcopal Church with Outreach Committee on the memo line. Cash should be labeled for the Outreach Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Finally, we would like to welcome those attending St. Matthews (especially, some of our newer attenders and members) to consider joining our<em><strong>&nbsp;Outreach Committee<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSo then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.\u201d&nbsp;\u2013 Galatians 6:10 Mission Statement:&nbsp; Our mission is to serve God, one another, and the community with the love of Christ. Opportunities to Serve: Please check the church newsletter for our current &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmattsblm.org\/wp2\/outreach-committee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Outreach Committee&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Outreach Committee - St Matthew&#039;s Episcopal Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stmattsblm.org\/wp2\/outreach-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Outreach Committee - St Matthew&#039;s Episcopal Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cSo then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.\u201d&nbsp;\u2013 Galatians 6:10 Mission Statement:&nbsp; Our mission is to serve God, one another, and the community with the love of Christ. 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