Do you want to positively affect more people’s lives?
When you volunteer, it strengthens our church community and provides you with spiritual and personal growth as well as a network of friends in faith. Nothing gets done by one person alone, so we band together to make the changes we want to see in the world. Volunteering your time, skills, and resources is one of the most powerful ways to make a difference, to help others, and to do God’s work.
The Outreach Committee seeks to serve Christ by connecting the passions and resources of our parishioners with those in need. We are excited to invite the members of Christ Church Greenwich and the greater Greenwich community to join us in this rewarding work. All are welcome!
For more details and information on how to volunteer with us, please reach out to Tom Riles, Thomas.Riles@nyulangone.org.
In The News: Christ Church Emergency Packathon packed 35,000 meals to ship to Ukraine
Christ Church Greenwich hosted an Emergency Packathon with 250 volunteers who gathered in the Parish Hall to pack 35,000 meals for Ukrainian refugees on the border of Poland. A Packathon is a volunteer group food packing event. People came from the tri-state area to help with this effort. During a two-and-a-half-hour shift, teams of volunteers assembled four complete nutritious ingredients: a carbohydrate, dehydrated vegetables, vitamin powder and a bean protein. Volunteers weigh the packages, sealed them and boxed them for distribution. This is a simple, organized, and cost-effective way to feed children and families who have fled their homes.
Many parishioners at Christ Church Greenwich had been asking how they can help. “People are watching, listening and reading about the atrocities of Russian troops invading Ukraine,” the Rev. Marek Zabriskie said. “We are watching civilians being bombed as they try to leave their nation. People are trapped in their cities and towns and our hearts are deeply grieved. I urge everyone to pray every single day for the innocent people who are in harms way. We can also respond in hands-on ways by getting supplies to the refugees. These are important gestures so that together, we can help in every way that we can.
Christ Church Outreach Partners
Domus builds loving relationships with young people facing adversity, empowering them to pursue their path to self-sufficiency. Christ Church parishioners have served as guest speakers for Domus’ Work & Learn Program to provide opportunities for youth to learn about different jobs and career paths, and as resume-writing and job-interviewing mentors. Christ Church also initiated a cooking program for at-risk youth to discover how to use kitchen tools and equipment and to make nutritious meals, which aids in building self-sufficiency.
Midnight Run coordinates over 1,000 relief missions per year, in which volunteers from churches, synagogues, schools, and other civic groups distribute food, clothing, blankets, and personal care items to the homeless poor 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 simply the exchange of goods, is the essence of the Midnight Run mission. During the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers have been assembling personal care items: soap, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, and lip balm.
Greenwich Head Start PreSchool prepares three and four year-old students to enter kindergarten, with a particular focus on family involvement. We recently donated hats and mittens for use during the winter months, as well as dozens of books for students to read aloud with their families during remote learning.
Leveraging Christ Church Greenwich’s fabulous kitchen, volunteers bake bread, cookies and other comfort foods to deliver to homebound parishioners on special occasions, and to welcome new members to the parish.
Located in Norwalk, Liberation Programs’ Families in Recovery Program (FIRP) is the only in-patient treatment program for pregnant and parenting women in Fairfield County. Volunteer opportunities include organizing craft projects, resume editing, and job interview practice.
