"Souper” Bowl Sunday on January 29  For the Benefit of Seaman’s Church Institute in Philadelphia, along with some other Outreach activities.  We are accepting donations of calendars and clothing for the crews of ships coming into the Philadelphia and New Jersey Ports. 

Father Jim VonDreele, who has been visiting us on this Sunday over the last few years, is not able to be with us on the 29th, but we’ll still have our "Souper” Bowl. And, we’ll see that he gets your donations, calendars and clothing. Fr. Jim will visit on Sunday, February 26.  We look forward to his visit!
 
Operation Shoebox! Operation Christmas Child! In case you’ve not heard - 175 Shoeboxes were delivered to Samaritan’s Purse. We had a great group that pitched in to get them packed up, blessed by our new Rector, and off to the collection center. Then, we gave thanks together at Lapp’s Restaurant  in Quarryville afterward.  A Job well done! Thank you, St. Christopher’s!

 Advent Cards were donated to Outreach by Alyce Templeton and we collected $194 from the sales of the cards during Advent. Thanks, Alyce for the great idea!

Through the kindness and generosity of the community at St. Christopher’s, $18,634 worth of Outreach went out into the world, our community, and our own church family.  To come up with that figure, we estimated the value of some donated items like shoeboxes, the Aid for Friends meals, the gifts for our Adopted Christmas families, and monthly food donations to Neighborhood Services Center. It is difficult to put a price on personal contributions for much of our outreach.  Thank you for your support!