The Outreach Council oversees ongoing and short-term programs helping where needed locally, nationally, and worldwide. We make financial disbursements to operate the Outreach programs, and we respond to other requests for financial support from a wide variety of organizations. Each year we re-evaluate what we are doing and consider new ideas to give more people an opportunity to participate.
Each month we collect items for local organizations in our community through the Gift of The Month program. Each month’s designated items are listed in the Crossties newsletter and weekly bulletin; parishioners purchase the items and leave them in the “Care Basket.” Organizations that we collect items for include Family Promise, FISH Pantries, Vine Middle School, Knox Street Medicine Outreach, Newborns in Need, and many more!
Each week the cash funds in our offering plate are given to a different organization. This gives us 52 opportunities to help with a wide variety of social services locally, nationally, and internationally. You will find the details of each organization in our weekly emails and bulletins. In 2026, St. ELizabeth's raised over $30,000 in our Sunday Plate Offering!
Other Outreach Ministries at St. Elizabeth's inlude:
For more information on these ministries, please contact the church office!