Opportunities to serve in Charlottesville
Outreach at Christ Church
Christ Church Community Lunch
Serving the downtown area for over 30 years, the Christ Church Community Lunch offers a nourishing meal Every Tuesday from 12pm-1pm. Prepared and served by volunteers, we provide a café style lunch to everyone who walks through our doors. A meal is not all we are serving at Christ Church—we are connecting on a personal level to offer hope and encouragement to all of God’s children. A welcoming environment, a warm hello and a good meal communicates the love of Christ in a profound way.
For more information, contact Courtenay courtenay@christchurchcville.org.
Christ Church Garden Guild
The Christ Church Garden Guild maintains three beautiful gardens. Both the Magruder House and Graves Mill Farm, Madison, vegetable gardens and the Downtown Counseling Center flower garden. The produce grown serves our Christ Church Community Lunch and provides for our Thursday produce stand while the Downtown Counseling Center flower garden creates beauty for the clients of the center. Through gardening, we become stewards of God’s creation, cultivating, planting and protecting, while growing in community and friendship.
For more information, contact Courtenay courtenay@christchurchcville.org.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville
Habitat brings people together to build and rebuild homes and communities while catalyzing new pathways to safe, decent, affordable housing. We participate in several build days throughout the year.
For more information please contact Courtenay courtenay@christchurchcville.org
Charlottesville Community Local Mission Week
Local Mission Week happens once a year and we volunteer at The Haven, with Habitat for Humanity, at our Tuesday Community Lunch and within our gardens maintained by the Garden Guild. We have the opportunity to sign-up for only one day, two days, three days or all four!
For more information, contact Courtenay courtenay@christchurchcville.org.
Monthly Community Outreach Drive
Each month we select a community organization to support. Parishioners have opportunities to donate specific items in need for the organization. Organizations we have supported include: Stepping Stone, CVille Sock Love, The Haven, Habitat for Humanity, Abundant Life, The Westhaven Community Clinic, All Blessings Flow and Georgia Friend's House. Please keep your eye on our Sunday bulletins and email newsletter for information regarding the organization of the month.
For more information, contact Courtenay courtenay@christchurchcville.org.
Christ Church Jail Ministry
Since 2016, Christ Church has led weekly Bible studies at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Our Men's Bible study, which has reached its capacity of volunteers, meets on Thursday afternoons. Our Women's Bible study is hoping to return from a hiatus due to Covid sometime in Winter 2024. For more information, contact Sam at sam@christchurchcville.org.
The Haven Shelter
The Haven is a multi-resource day shelter two blocks from Christ Church, at The Haven our Soup Kitchen population receives a broad range of services including housing, medical attention, psychological support and connection to employment.
To learn more or to volunteer please visit the Haven Website.
www.thehaven.org
Georgia’s Friends House
Christ Church partners with Georgia’s Friends House, a therapeutic and structured home to help women suffering from drug addiction and co-occurring mental challenges www.georgiasfriends.org. We hope to do quarterly drives for Georgia’s House
ABUNDANT LIFE
Christ Episcopal Church is currently partnering with Abundant Life Ministries on Fridays to provide space and volunteers for groups of children in learning pods to support their asynchronous learning day. Other activities throughout the day include bible studies, art, and additional learning lessons. If you would be willing to volunteer for a two hour or four hour shift, please contact Melville Krebs at Melville.Krebs@gmail.com or email Outreach Minister Courtenay Evans at courtenay@christchurchcville.org.