Family Promise (formerly IHN) is a partnership of congregations within a community helping families who are facing homelessness. This organization mobilizes community resources and helps families regain their housing, their independence and their dignity. On several occasions throughout the year, St. David’s hosts families for a week at a time where we provide dinner, compassionate companionship, and safe, secure overnight accommodations.

There are 6 volunteer opportunities each week: dinner preparation, evening host, overnight host, set-up, clean-up, and laundry. We need to fill 53 volunteer spots for each host week. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please sign up for a training session using the volunteer link below, or contact Cindy McCallum.

If you have already had training, please remember the Evening Hosts and Overnight Hosts must have the required security clearances.

• PA Criminal Background Check: https://epatch.pa.gov/home
• PA Child Abuse Clearance: https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home
• Safe Church Training: https://www.praesidiumacademy.com/learn/ Login is your email address and temporary password is Welcome1!

Clearances must be on file at St. David’s Church (contact Roe DeRitis with questions.).

Please click here to sign up for a training session or to assist for an upcoming Host week.

Thank you for continuing to support FPML; this is a much-needed organization in our community and does such great work supporting homeless families.

Episcopal Community Services challenges systemic poverty across the Diocese of Pennsylvania by reducing barriers to opportunities and empowering independence, wellness, and stability. St. David’s supports ECS through outreach donations, individual service on the Board of ECS, and in programs sponsored by ECS.

Volunteer Drivers Needed: Tuesdays and\or Wednesdays | 4-5 p.m.

Do you like the smell of bread? Even if you don’t, we could still use your help. A handful of parishioners from St. David’s visit LeBus in King of Prussia at closing to pack up all the unsold bread and deliver it to shelters and organizations supporting those in need. We are looking for more people to join in on the fun. If you have any interest in being part of the team, please contact Stacey Rohrbeck for details.

Ugandan girls without sanitary supplies often stay home from school during their periods, missing up to two months of education and opportunity each year. Project Ensonga makes and distributes sustainable feminine hygiene kits for students in Uganda. Designed by Days for Girls International, the kits are washable and last up to three years. After kits were distributed in other Ugandan schools, absentee rates dropped from 36% to 8%. A few times per month, the Project Ensonga ministry gets together to help sew and assemble these kits.

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Throughout the year, St. David’s hosts the Red Cross in holding a blood drive at our Church. The Red Cross is accepting both blood donations and Power Red donations every hour. Power Red donation collects the red cells but returns most of the plasma and platelets to the donor.

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Located in downtown West Chester, Safe Harbor is a homeless shelter for men and women in crisis. Safe Harbor’s mission encompasses food, shelter, and individualized action plans to help people rebuild life skills, reestablish self-esteem and overcome issues that prevent them from leading independent productive lives.

St. David’s has partnered with Safe Harbor to prepare and deliver 30 bagged lunches to shelter residents and other needy community members once a month. We also provide a prepared dinner for shelter residents monthly. Everything is delivered to Safe Harbor on the first Friday of each month. Volunteers may sign up to help on a SignUp Genius, sent out about a week and half beforehand to give volunteers time to prepare and/or purchase food. Volunteers can drop off donations at the church (we have a labeled shelf in the refrigerator for perishables and the back pantry for everything else).

St. Gabriel’s is an Episcopal parish in Philadelphia that we partner with on their many outreach ministries. Specifically, there is a feeding program on Saturdays that provides food, clothing, and other supplies for the local community. Please contact Leslie Lewis if you are interested in serving.

Each year during the holidays, the St. David’s community collects items to be brought to St. Gabriel’s. The church than distributes these much-needed items to the homeless in the city. Items collected include Blessing Bags during Thanksgiving, and mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves during Christmas time.

The Rev. W. Frank Allen (Board Chair) gives the 2022 Co-Founders Cup to Dominic with Dave Kasievich, Head of School, at right

St. David’s has been involved in supporting St. James School since 2010 in various ways. We have provided seed money for two classroom projects, used our Hammer & Nails Men’s Fellowship for renovations and remodeling projects, supported many Day-of-Service projects, and involved numerous parishioners in vital ministries including one-on-one tutoring, library and literacy support, mentoring, administrative support, and more!

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St. David’s is one of several churches that provide meals and volunteers for the Cecil and Grace Bean Soup Kitchen that operates out of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Norristown. Six to ten parishioners and/or staff make their way to St. John’s on the first, fourth, and fifth Wednesdays of each month, with casseroles and soups made by St. David’s parishioners, to feed between 80 and 150 of our hungry brothers and sisters. Check out the recipes found at the link below. St. David’s Youth also serve breakfast on the first Sunday of each month.

Beef & Vegetable Soup

Hot Chicken Pasta Casserole

Our parishoners provide canned goods and other non-perishables to the food pantry, including: canned tuna, pasta and spaghetti sauce, soups, and peanut butter and jelly. We also can accept toiletries and baby diapers and wipes.

Veggies in the Vestibule
Bring extra produce of any kind from your garden to St. David’s by 8 a.m. on Mondays to be delivered to St. Mary’s Ardmore Food Pantry.

You may also serve at St. Mary’s any Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. For more information contact the Rev. Thomas Szczerba.

Located on the church’s main floor adjacent to the reception desk, The Gift Shop features gifts crafted by artisans from all over the world as well as fashionable vendors. There are also greeting cards, books, Bibles and a variety of religious items to support your spiritual life. The Art Gallery features paintings, photography, and pottery art by local artists, also for sale. Not only is the shop & gallery a wonderful resource for all of your gift-buying needs, it is a significant resource for funding the church’s international outreach programs in Cuba, Guatemala, and Uganda.

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St. David’s Outreach Commission assists programs seeking to make God’s love known to all of God’s children through our St. David’s Cares Grant Program. We specifically seek to help organizations that involve St. David’s parishioners in hands-on ministries.

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