Outreach Opportunities
An Invitation from the OUTREACH MINISTRY
"To RESPOND as God's instruments of justice and mercy in the world."
The Ministry of Outreach works in various ways in our own community and in the world. We encourage and enable members of the congregation to witness to their faith, within the church, locally, and globally.
The Global & Community page details current ways to become involved.
The Volunteer Opportunities page outlines ways to become involved in the life of the church.
You are invited and encouraged to become an active partner in Shandon's Outreach Ministry. To volunteer or to learn more about any of these outreach opportunities, please contact the Chair of the Committee:
Education Team Committees:
- Hand MS Project
- Scouting Programs at Shandon
- Campus Ministries
Housing Team Committee
- Habitat
- Emergency Shelter
- Transitional Housing
Hunger Team Committees:
- CROP
- Bread for the World
- Harvest Hope Food Bank
- Meals On Wheels
- Soup Kitchens
Team Leader: Bob Williams, 782-4238, bobwill@gwm.sc.edu
Missions Team Committees:
- Global Missions
- Peacemaking
- Refugee Resettlement
- Migrant Ministry
- National/Local Missions
- Cooperative Ministry
Health Team Committees:
- AIDS Care Team
- Health Services to Community
- Columbia Pastoral Counseling Center
Team Leader: Jennifer Reid, 777-8003, jennifersreid@msn.com
Members contribute their time and money to support a variety of community service programs, such as:
- Cooperative Ministry
- Habitat for Humanity
- Salvation Army
- Women's Shelter
- Children's Garden
- Oliver Gospel Mission
- Sistercare
- CROP Walk
- Meals on Wheels
- Harvest Hope Food Bank
- Washington Street Soup Kitchen
- SC Christian Action Council
- Ten Thousand Villages
Community Outreach also includes support for Shandon's Child Development Center. The Global Missions Committee makes missions relevant and accessible to the congregation. Shandon is in partnership with churches in Nicaragua, Sudan, Peru, Hungary and Mexico. Shandonites travel to these places and "do" mission in person. Others support that work with prayers, donations of items, and gifts of money.
