Serve Your Community

FOOD MINISTRY

MIDNIGHT RUN

HOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES

WESTHAB

Serve Your Parish

 

WELCOME MINISTRY

ALTAR GUILD

 

Food Ministry

Each month, Christ Church Bronxville holds one food drive benefitting St. James Church, Fordham (held on the first Sunday of each month). Any questions about the St. James collection can be directed to Kevin Cook at kevincook@optonline.net

For more information about the collection, including the shopping list, please visit our Food Drive webpage here.

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Midnight Run

Midnight Run is a volunteer organization dedicated to finding common ground between the housed and the homeless. Throughout the year, Midnight Run volunteers distribute food, clothing, blankets and personal care items to those experiencing homelessness on the streets of New York City. The late-night relief efforts create a forum for trust, sharing, understanding, and affection. That human exchange, rather than the exchange of goods, is the essence of the Midnight Run mission.

Christ Church also offers Breakfast Runs several times a year. Our middle schoolers distribute breakfast and essential items to those experiencing homelessness and hunger.


HOPE Community Services

HOPE (Help Our People Eat) opened its first soup kitchen in 1984, and has since grown to become the largest emergency food pantry and soup kitchen in the region. Although HOPE Community Services was founded to respond to hunger in the community, it quickly became apparent that food was not the only thing their clients were lacking. HOPE expanded its services to meet the needs of its diverse client population, and its services now include clothing, language skills, emotional support, immigration services, and other daily necessities. Christ Church partners with HOPE in many ways, including cooking for and serving in their soup kitchen, volunteering at special events, and organizing the food pantry.

Please contact Bonnie Bogdanoff or Lee Ann Newcomb to learn more!

 


Westhab

Westhab was founded in 1981 by a group of real estate professionals and activist clergy frustrated by the growing affordable housing crisis in Westchester County, NY. An early partnership with the Westchester County Department of Social Services led to the development of a new method of housing the homeless – using public assistance funds to preserve and expand good, low-income housing rather than continuing to pay for expensive and inadequate motel shelter. Westhab initiated community-based youth and employment programs as well as community resource centers, and has expanded to the Bronx. Their real estate development pipeline includes a greater proportion of mixed-income, senior, veterans, and special needs housing. Christ Church has a growing relationship with Westhab, which began over Christmas when we partnered to bring Christmas presents to families in need. Volunteers can distribute cans to clients at their food bank. Westhab will also need volunteers for the Dayspring Community Center in Yonkers.

 
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Welcome Ministry at Christ Church

Each week our Ushers and Greeters joyfully meet the congregation, new and old, as they arrive to church. They help visitors find seats, direct children to Church School, and answer questions. Like many of our members, they are excited to share why Christ Church is a wonderful place to belong.

 

 


Altar Guild at Christ Church

The Altar Guild prepares the church for worship. Members care for, clean and maintain the vestments, altar linens, silver, and books. Meetings to discuss upcoming liturgies and the church calendar are held periodically from September to May. The Vestry purchases wine, wafers, candles, linen and housekeeping supplies, while donations are used for new vestments and altar arrays.