Community Food Pantry
St. David's Food Pantry is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. Prepared boxes are available containing non-perishable food items (such as pasta, cans of soup, beans, fruit, vegetables, stock, sauces, bags of rice/lentils/beans, etc.) which were packed by Lighthouse of Michigan. In addition, we have a varying selection of fresh produce and baked items, dependent on donations organized by Food Rescue US, and other local stores that make frequent donations.
Donations of cash are always welcome. Checks may be written to St. David’s and designated for the “Food Pantry,” OR you can go to the Donate page and click the DONATE NOW button and make your designated donation electronically.
"Open Hands Food Pantry"
is another food pantry in our area. It is supported by St. John's Episcopal Church, Royal Oak.
Click
here to check out their ministry and hours of operation.
Sleeping Mats for the Homeless
Most Wednesdays, volunteers from the parish and the community, gather in the fellowship hall to recycle plastic grocery bags into Plarn (plastic yarn). The Plarn is then crocheted or woven into sleeping mats which are distributed through the Motor City Mitten Mission.
For more information on Motor City Mitten Mission, click here.
Detroit Rescue Mission
Join us on the second Wednesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. as we travel to downtown Detroit (150 Stimson Street) to be with our homeless brothers at the Detroit Rescue Mission. We need your help setting up and participating in this service, which usually draws between 50 and 80 men.
Haiti Outreach Mission (HOM)
This outreach program is dedicated to helping the people of Mirebalais, Haiti - a mountain town approximately 50 miles from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The program was begun in 1998.
St. David's, along with other (mostly local) Catholic and Episcopal churches, provides health care, education, and other services with our two partner churches in Mirebalais - St. Louis Catholic and St. Pierre Episcopal.
Our mission team is made up of doctors, dentists, nurses, and lay people from the member churches, as well as doctors and medical students from Port-au-Prince. We used to visit Mirebalais, normally, once each year. However, we have been unable to conduct our medical/dental mission trips due to the political unrest in Haiti.
We have an annual fundraising event in October with a silent auction, 50/50 drawing, dinner, and a comedy show.
Click here for our Haiti Outreach Mission page.
Crossroads of Michigan
Three times per year, parishioners donate a Sunday afternoon to feed the hungry in downtown Detroit (2424 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48208).
Volunteers meet at Crossroads at 10 am on Sunday to help prepare and serve lunch. Sign-up is available in the Atrium at the Ministry Hub. If you have questions, please contact Carolyn Gamble.
Click here for Crossroads' information on their website.
A.A. /Al-Anon Groups
These groups meet several times a week at St. David's:
Mon: 7am, AA First Things First
Tue: 6:30pm, AA Back to Basics (First Tuesday Monthly)*
Tue: 8:30pm, AA /AI-Anon Meeting
Wed: 7am, AA First Things First
Thu: 12 Noon, AA Southfield Noon-timers
Fri: 7am, AA First Things First
Sat: 8:30pm, AA / AI Anon Meeting
The meetings are open to all in the parish and the community at large who need their services.
*Back to Basics is by sign-up; please contact the organizers.
St. David's is pleased with our long relationship with these fine organizations.
For more information, contact: AA of Greater Detroit (Ferndale); 248-541-6565
Other Outreach Missions
· Disarmory.org - Help us dispose of unwanted firearms.
· End Gun Violence Michigan - Help us lobby for gun safety
