{"id":270,"date":"2023-11-06T03:03:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T03:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2023-11-06T03:03:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T03:03:54","slug":"in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/?page_id=270","title":{"rendered":"IN THE WORLD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>IN THE WORLD<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Through St. Paul, our members find many ways to serve our neighbors far and near.\u00a0 Much of this work is led by our Social Ministry Committee. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>VISION STATEMENT<\/h3>\n<p>The direction for our committee comes from Christ himself, who has challenged us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, visit the prisoner, and heal the sick. The committee\u2019s purpose is to respond to God\u2019s call to help those with needs in our congregation, in our local community, and in the world. Accordingly, we will inform, guide, and support\u00a0St.\u00a0Paul\u2019s witness and outreach to our world.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the committee will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote awareness, prayer, and action in response to social justice and ministry concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Inform and encourage the congregation to participate in social ministry opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Provide thoughtful and prayerful leadership in the disbursement of available funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Social Ministry Committee receives funding from 2 main sources: private donations and a portion of rents received from the use of our bell tower by cell phone companies.\u00a0 This money is used to support projects at St. Paul and to support partner organizations in their ministries.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the Social Ministry Committee is not only to provide financial support but also to involve the St. Paul Congregation in designated activities and to raise awareness among the congregation of opportunities to get involved, including hosting of adult forums during our Sunday morning education hour.<\/p>\n<p>Hands on activities last year included an ongoing food drive for the Arlington Food Pantry, diaper drive for the Gateway Inn families; trips to the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter to serve meals; assembly of Mid Wife Kits which were shipped to Global Health Ministries to promote safe childbirth around the world; collecting \u201cPennies for Peace\u201d; a BBQ for the Gateway Inn families; volunteering at the New England Seafarers Mission; collection of Christmas Gifts for the LSS Minors living in the parsonage and 2 young women in LSS foster care; and, finally, our first ever Fair Trade Fair where fair trade products were sold.<\/p>\n<p>For examples of the projects we do and support, please see our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221129111905\/https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.orggiving\/partnersandprojects\">Partners and Projects<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_block_module\" href=\"\">ST PAUL BENEVOLENCE FUNDS POLICY<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_1 et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_block_module\" href=\"mailto:socialministry@stpaularlington.org\" target=\"_blank\">EMAIL THE SOCIAL MINISTRY COMMITTEE<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-270","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}