St. Alban's Outreach Programs

St. Alban's is involved in many forms of outreach to the community. We support the Kairos prison ministry, which works to build strong Christian communities in correctional institutions throughout the state. St. Alban's collects donations of personal items such as toiletries to deliver to Sistercare, an organization providing assistance to battered women and their children. Numerous individuals at St. Alban's volunteer time, goods and donations to Lexington Interfaith Community Services (LICS), providing emergency aid to those in crisis. 

Kairos

St. Alban's supports Kairos weekends at the Broad River correctional institutions. We continuously need homemade cookies so please continue to bake cookies and leave them in the freezer in the church kitchen. We are also looking for volunteers to cook breakfast for the inside team on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning during the Kairos weekends. Contact David Moseley to volunteer. 

Habitat for Humanity

St. Alban's is a member of a coalition of Lexington area churches which have joined together to build Habitat for Humanity homes in Lexington county. Most recently, we finished construction on a house in the Town of Lexington in December, 2006. Prior to that, we helped build a house in the Cayce. Photos from that project are here. Some of you may remember the Windy Hill subdivision, which we worked in during the 1998 Blitz Build and on several Saturdays in 1998 and 1999.

Most of our work for housing projects is done on Saturdays. Volunteers are needed to work morning and afternoon shifts. Morning shift runs from 8:30 - 12:30 and afternoon shift runs from 1:00 - 5:00. We typically work on such things as framing and roofing, sheetrock and vinyl and landscaping and "punch lists". You don't have to be skilled to volunteer, just be willing to learn and have fun! Call or email Mark FitzMaurice at 356-0962.

The Habitat office in Columbia is always looking for volunteers to serve on several committees for a one-year term. Each committee consists of volunteers and one member of the CSC Habitat Board of Directors. Orientation sessions will be held for each committee. The meeting times are scheduled at the convenience of the committee members. If anyone is interested in volunteering to serve on a committee, please get in touch with Mark.

Habitat also sells used building material in their Restore and is always looking for donations. For more information on the Restore, click here. To visit the Columbia Habitat chapter website, click here.

Christmas in Lexington County

Christmas in Lexington County is an opportunity for volunteers to assist a homebound elderly person in making repairs and improvements to their home that they otherwise would be unable to afford. We have participated in this project almost every year since it started. The next project is scheduled for April 2007. Contact Mark FitzMaurice to volunteer.

St. Alban's Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 882 403 Park Road Lexington, South Carolina 29071 | 803-359-2444

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