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Church Community and Outreach Programs
As a church and as individual members, we see ourselves as participants (not as participating) in Christ's ministry. Participation takes various forms for different members of the congregation. We minister to each other through Fellowship (coffee hour following the service, potluck dinners, parish breakfasts) and pastoral care (prayer list, pastoral visits, prayer group). Please access our Parish
Life page to find out about our regular and special in-house ministry.
We also participate in Christ's Ministry as a group in our various Community Ministry Activities, listed below. For further information about any of our community outreach programs, please call the church office or e-mail us at outreach@christchurchpok.org.
Ministries Centered at Christ Church:
- Alcohol Recovery Advocacy Program: This ministry provides services
that will contribute to the resolution of alcohol/chemical dependency by
bringing together the victim and the resource through education and awareness
programs.
- Christ Church Summer Camp: A six-week summer day camp for inner city
children. The camp provides scholarships for those children in need.
- Climb the Beanstalk: This program strives to help children at a first
grade reading level deepen their relationship with words by creating a
literary mentorship. The program organizes volunteer adults and children
of the Christ Church community in a one-to-one relationship in which reading
and story-telling play a primary and motivating role.
- Episcopal Church at Vassar College:
ECVC serves as the Church's ministry at Vassar College. The Reverend
Suzanne Guthrie acts as chaplain to Vassar Episcopal students.
- Iglesia La Virgen de Guadalupe
- Larry B. Timm Fund: A volunteer organization which provides emergency
and ongoing financial assistance to people living with HIV infection and to
people afflicted with AIDS.
Ministries Housed at Christ Church:
Community Ministries Supported by Christ Church:
- Dutchess Interfaith Council: Currently with 95 members, the DIC
explores ways for the various faiths to join together for worship and
fellowship.
- Service at Vassar-Warner Home: third Sunday of every month
- Hudson River Housing
- Dutchess County Coalition for the Homeless: DCCH's mission is to
provide warm shelter, hot meals, clean clothes, and a place to shower for 12
people nightly, and provides counseling and assistance in finding housing and
jobs in the community. Every month, on the fourth Tuesday, volunteers
from Christ Church serve at the shelter.
- Rural and Migrant Ministry
- Episcopal Relief and Development Fund
- Trinity Neighborhood Association: This organization aims to enhance
the quality of life in the immediate local area by facilitating discussions
with politicians and the police, by establishing a community garden, by
sponsoring neighborhood cleanups and other improvement projects, and by
holding social events.
- KAIROS (for women in prison)
- Click here to read about our Christmas
gift-giving ministry.
Individual Ministries Validated by Christ Church:
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