Compassion Action Team (St. Helena’s 1712)
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Project Overview
The Compassion Action Team (CAT) was started in response to the significant need for help in our local neighborhoods. The team focuses on home repairs, as well as offering compassionate support, and encouragement with the love of Christ.
Their project is to create a mobile ministry kit to bring resources that are needed while breaking down barriers, ultimately leading to gospel opportunities. We live in a world where it is very difficult for non-believers to come comfortably into sacred places. The least, the last, and the lost are not found within the confines of the 4 church walls. So we the church, the called-out ones, must go to the margins and engage the marginalized.
Project Impact
With these funds and a more collaborative community approach, we will expand the services we offer, focusing on three specific categories: home repair, financial assistance, and well-being support (health and wellness, food and clothing, etc.) We have established a great group of parishioners who serve as volunteers, contractors who do home repairs, deacons and Stephen ministers who pray and talk with residents, as well as health/counseling professionals who are involved and often provide encouragement. We also have strong partnerships with the Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic, Radiance Women's Center, addiction recovery homes, and neighborhood associations that could help with referrals and additional services.