LOCAL OUTREACH

MOMENT FOR MISSION: COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Our Moment for Mission this month is Community Renewal, a faith-based nonprofit organization and one of our mission partners. Community Renewal partners with churches, other nonprofits, para-churches, and government to help under resourced people in the Tucson community. Community Renewal has doubled its intakes of clients in need of assistance with rent, utilities, food, gas, car repairs, etc. Calls for assistance have increased so much that they have created a waiting list for those who call once all of their appointments are filled. Their process entails two appointments. For the first appointment, they do an assessment where they ask the clients questions about their family, education, job history, spiritual background, if they have any. They also inquire about what financial debt the clients may have; what strengths they see in themselves, and what goals they may have. This helps Community Renewal define the resources clients may or may not have, and how they can help them move toward any goals they would like to achieve. Community Renewal gets to know the clients on a personal level and provides counseling as well as financial assistance. In the second appointment, CR helps the clients with budgeting to empower them to rise up out of their situation and hopefully get them to a point where they can thrive in their lives. For more information, check out community-renewal.com.

Thank you for your partnership with Community Renewal!

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Outreach To Our Homeless Friends

We are still visiting Casa Maria Soup Kitchen to help the clients who are homeless with their needs. We are collecting men’s belts, gently used t-shirts, (no pants), hats, new socks, washcloths, and gently used tennis shoes. We are also collecting recycled bags to make mats for those who are homeless. Please make sure that the bags have no food, etc. in them. Please drop all donations in the Mission/Outreach bin in the Gathering Place. Thank you so much for your continued kindness!

St. Andrew’s has a very active Mission Committee which supports 42 different Mission Partners around Tucson and internationally. The Mission Committee is in need of a few new members for next year. Duties include attending meetings once per month and being in touch with 2-3 partner organizations. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or would like to nominate someone to join, please email Danielle Oxnam at dmoxnam@gmail.com

Youth Ministry

This summer was full of fun events at SAPC Youth. We held Pool Parties, Water Baseball, and Youth Groups on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Our Summer Interns were Sedona Robinson, a recent graduate of IRHS, and Richard Leggarra, a recent graduate from Flowing Wells. Together we planned Youth Groups and learned the ins and out of Youth Ministry all while they volunteered their Wednesday nights to lead Middle Schoolers and their peers, ending the summer sharing their testimonies of how God has moved in their lives thus far.

We participated in our Middle School Mission Days this summer, worked with TIHAN on Monday, and on Thursday, we went to Tucson Community Food Bank and helped sort pallets of canned food to be distributed in their warehouse.

We were lucky enough to once again attend Forest Home this summer. We took 60 Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers to camp with us along with nine volunteer leaders. God moved in incredible ways, building strong connections between our students and leaders. We were able to dive into deep and meaningful conversations about faith removed from distractions of everyday life while enjoying all the fun that Forest Home has to offer.

We had an incredible summer at SAPC Youth and we are so excited to jump into the fall with our students.

For more info about Youth Ministry, contact Tim at tchristian@sapctucson.org.