Service in the Community
Braille Center Work - Tuesdays at 9 am, and again following lunch and the exercise class, 1-3 pm, if there are enough volunteers. St. John’s has been assigned production of the books of Daniel and Ezekiel; each Tuesday a team of congregational members will gather in the Fellowship Hall to work on this. Braille materials produced here will be a blessing to blind people around the world. The co-leaders will be glad to explain the process to you.
Coordinators: Jane Jones and Marge Roberts.
Carpenter's Shelter - Provides a meal one Sunday every other month for the homeless in Alexandria. Coordinator: Liz DeMik.
Children of Chernobyl - Note: Program is on hold for 2009. Since 1999, St. John's has hosted from 4 to 10 children for six weeks each summer. The program gives Belarussian youth a healthy respite from the nuclear fallout which resulted from the explosion of the Lenin Nuclear Power Plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986. The childrens' immune systems are strengthened through clean air, water, and food. Dental work is provided pro bono by local dentists, and clothing and over-the-counter medicines are sent home at the end of the summer. Coordinator: Barbara Wright.
Katrina/New Orleans work crew/ Emergency Response Team - Annual trips to help rebuilding efforts in the New Orleans area.
Koinonia - Monthly critical needs, food, clothing, and other aid to the less fortunate in the Franconia area, in support of our local social service agency, Koinonia. See the collection box in the narthex.
Coordinator: Liz DeMik.
Food baskets and other basic necessities for Koinonia clients at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Coordinator: Debbie Haugan.
Meals on Wheels - Delivery of hot meals to shutins the fiirst Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of the month. Coordinator: Donna Campbell.