Our Outreach Ministry provides a wide array of help to those in need locally and globally. Serving our “Neighbors” gives us joy as we fulfill our God-given purpose. And working together helps our parish family to bond.
Each year St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church gathers with community partners to host a meal packaging event through Rise Against Hunger. This nonprofit organization provides nutrition and resources for the world’s most vulnerable populations, from Africa to Malaysia to the Caribbean.
Crossroads of Michigan seeks to foster positive change by building relationships with the community and by providing access to resources to individuals facing instability or vulnerability. Twice a year, our parishioners partner with Crossroads of Michigan by volunteering to serve meals at the downtown location.
This wonderful group of ladies gather to knit, crochet, and quilt. They make many loving items, from prayer shawls, quilts, lap blankets, pillowcases, and baby hats.
At select times of the year, our youth and parish leaders will solicit donations for the assembly of blessing bags. The blessing bags are then distributed to the parish and given to those in need.
The event is to collect baby products that are distributed to Haven, the Catholic Community Response Team (CCRT), and Baby Basics of Troy.
Hope Shelter provides a "low-barrier" Emergency Shelter as well as a Recuperative Care Shelter. St. Stephens parishioners serve meals at the shelter throughout the year.
Members of the parish volunteer time to support patients and their families in hospice.
Food is provided throughout the year. Before Thanksgiving, parishioners donate grocery bags full of requested items.
Wishlist Parishioners donate items for their Holiday Gift Shop.
We donate board games and gift cards to needy families.
Parishioners collect the items for Covenant House and the Catholic Community Response Team (CCRT).
We also collect small toiletries items, tab tops, eyeglasses, cell phones, and canceled postage stamps for various charities and organizations. We also collect and return cans and bottles as a fundraiser.
St. Stephens is sponsoring a service project for Troy High School students and our own youth to assemble filter kits which provide clean drinking water to people in third world countries.
St. Stephen’s is the location of the very first “Little Food Pantry” (LFP) in the City of Troy. Our Little Free Pantry (LFP) contains food, personal care and paper items accessible to everyone 24 hours each day. No questions asked.
“Give what you can. Take what you need”
