ECHO

ECHO’s mission is to put faith into action by serving people in crisis and poverty. ECHO provides a full range of services that restores individual and family self-sufficiency and feelings of self-worth. They provide assistance for those most in need including food, clothing, household items, furniture, and weekend meals for those who are hungry and homeless. St. Peter’s helps with serving these weekend meals. Six times per year, we use the facilities at First Presbyterian Church to heat and serve the meals. Everyone is invited to join us September 6 and November 1. Please contact Margaret Anne Clark willae@embarqmail.com to sign up.

Also ECHO has asked us to be their“Peanut Butter Church”. Each week,ECHO gives out about 75-100 bags of groceries to those in crisis. We provide the peanut butter that goes in those bags. This is a really easy way to help the poor in our area. Just bring a jar of peanut butter eachweek to Sunday service and place it in the basket. During the week,you can drop it off in the red bin at the end of the Sunday School hallway. They prefer the 18 oz. size – BUT all sizes are welcome!

St. Peter's shield - small ECHO Requests

Serve a Meal to the Homeless

One of the Outreach Ministries of St. Peter’s Church is to serve a meal to the homeless in the community. Six times per year, we use the facilities at First Prebysterian Church to heat and serve the meals. An hour and a half commitment brings many blessings to us and to our homeless guests. A great project for a Sunday School class, an Alpha or Acts 2:42 group, or any interested individual or family.

2009 serving dates:

 

  • Sept. 06
  • Nov. 01

Please contact Margaret Anne Clark willae@embarqmail.com 

ECHO Update
Have you ever been curious to know why we bless those jars of peanut butter during the oblations each Sunday? The peanut butter is a donation to ECHO, which includes 75 - 100 jars of peanut butter each week in the food boxes distributed to needy folks in the community. ECHO has been serving Leon County since April of 1981. It is the largest faith based human services agency in town, directly assisting more than 20,400 people each year. ECHO puts faith into action by serving people in crisis and poverty. St. Peter's is the designated "peanut butter church" so please pick up an extra jar for ECHO when you grocery shop.


Creed King serving oranges

                           Mark Pritchett counting the guests                               

Jerry Ford serving food

  Creed and Heidi King with daughters Creed and Lily Sweet

     Mark Prichett and Jerry Ford setting up tables

Mark Pritchett, Mark Priddy, and Jerry Ford


The serving team along with ECHO's Jon Hinkle

Teamwork!

Anna Cay Ford serving dessert

The ECHO Furniture Bank
Free furniture really makes a difference to folks struggling to get on their feet. ECHO Outreach Ministries distributes gently used household items to those in need. All recipients are screened. Beds, tables, chairs, dressers, sofas, lamps, cookware, coffee makers, linens, dishes, microwaves, toasters and fans are all needed. Call 224-3246, ext. 205 for pickup, or take items to ECHO at 702 West Madison Street. Bless you!

Peanut Butter Ministry
serving food graphicDon’t forget the peanut butter; 75 to 100 jars are distributed weekly, and our continued donations are extremely important. Furniture, comforters, microwaves, small appliances Cookware, especially pots and pans, cleaning supplies, can openers, deodorant and backpacks, are needed. Contact ECHO at 224-3246, or drop donations off at their office at 702 West Madison St. St. Peter’s collects food items in the “big red box” in the Sunday School hallway. www.echotally.org