Reaching Out
"Church Street Eats" Feeding Ministry
We provide desserts and gather at Christ Church Cathedral to serve lunch to Hartford's hungry on a bi-monthly schedule. We also collect new and gently used outerwear, scarves, gloves, blankets as well as new underwear, socks and personal care items for people who are experiencing homelessness or living in the margins.
Mass on the Grass
We support a regional "church without walls" in New Britain. There is an outdoor service in the upper courtyard of the Friendship Center every Saturday at 2 pm for people experiencing homelessness and their friends followed by lunch prepared by parishioners in our kitchen. More information is at massonthegrass.weebly.com
Seamen’s Institute
We provide handmade knit hats, scarves and socks as well as personal care items to mariners. The Seamen’s Church Institute, affiliated with the Episcopal Church, “cares for the personal, professional, and spiritual needs of mariners around the world. Founded in 1834, it is the largest, most comprehensive mariners’ service agency in North America.”
Berlin Social Services
We provide food baskets at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We adopt local children and provide gifts for Christmas. Additionally, monthly donations are made the Berlin Food Pantry.
Souper Bowl of Caring
We join area churches in collecting canned and boxed soups and monetary donations for the Berlin Food Pantry during the weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday.
Friendship Service Center of New Britain
We supply uniforms for students attending schools in the New Britain School District. Host and Easter Egg Hunt and a Christmas Party for the children. Beginning this year, we stocked the "after school pantry" with snacks and juice. This fall we helped to furnish fourteen newly built transitional housing units in New Britain. This past summer we began weaving plastic sleeping mats from recycled plastic bags for the homeless of New Britain.
Spanish American Cultural Club
We are home to the Spanish American Cultural Club whose mission is to encourage the traditional customs of the Spanish heritage.
Girl Scouts
We offer our parish hall for meetings in order to support the Scouts in fostering positive self-esteem, cooperation, moral values, creativity and community service in young women.
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR TITHE OF 10% FROM FUNDRAISING IS GIVEN TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
We provide desserts and gather at Christ Church Cathedral to serve lunch to Hartford's hungry on a bi-monthly schedule. We also collect new and gently used outerwear, scarves, gloves, blankets as well as new underwear, socks and personal care items for people who are experiencing homelessness or living in the margins.
Mass on the Grass
We support a regional "church without walls" in New Britain. There is an outdoor service in the upper courtyard of the Friendship Center every Saturday at 2 pm for people experiencing homelessness and their friends followed by lunch prepared by parishioners in our kitchen. More information is at massonthegrass.weebly.com
Seamen’s Institute
We provide handmade knit hats, scarves and socks as well as personal care items to mariners. The Seamen’s Church Institute, affiliated with the Episcopal Church, “cares for the personal, professional, and spiritual needs of mariners around the world. Founded in 1834, it is the largest, most comprehensive mariners’ service agency in North America.”
Berlin Social Services
We provide food baskets at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We adopt local children and provide gifts for Christmas. Additionally, monthly donations are made the Berlin Food Pantry.
Souper Bowl of Caring
We join area churches in collecting canned and boxed soups and monetary donations for the Berlin Food Pantry during the weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday.
Friendship Service Center of New Britain
We supply uniforms for students attending schools in the New Britain School District. Host and Easter Egg Hunt and a Christmas Party for the children. Beginning this year, we stocked the "after school pantry" with snacks and juice. This fall we helped to furnish fourteen newly built transitional housing units in New Britain. This past summer we began weaving plastic sleeping mats from recycled plastic bags for the homeless of New Britain.
Spanish American Cultural Club
We are home to the Spanish American Cultural Club whose mission is to encourage the traditional customs of the Spanish heritage.
Girl Scouts
We offer our parish hall for meetings in order to support the Scouts in fostering positive self-esteem, cooperation, moral values, creativity and community service in young women.
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR TITHE OF 10% FROM FUNDRAISING IS GIVEN TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 68 Main Street, East Berlin, CT 06023 ~ 860-828-3735 ~ stgabrielseb@gmail.com
