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This summer VBS is going to be MONUMENTAL!  Adult volunteers are needed to help teach our youngest parishioners about Jesus.  To register and for more information please CLICK HERE.

Tallahassee currently has 151 Afghans - individuals and 51 families.  They helped our military in their country, now we have an opportunity to help them. The International Rescue Committee is busy housing them, getting appropriate paperwork, seeking jobs and supporting them for the first six months.

The IRC is seeking community volunteers for welcoming the refugees in other ways, such as transportation to appointments and trips to the grocery store. The most recent desire is to supply each family unit with one computer so they can connect with their families back home, with the IRC, with English classes online for those who can’t attend in person, bikes for transportation. Beyond these physical needs is the opportunity to get to know people from another culture, to have tea in their home, to see the surprise on their faces when they walk into a Target for the first time, to take them to a pharmacy and help them talk to a pharmacist when their children are sick. You do not have to speak their language. They are learning ours and are at different levels of proficiency. You will be impressed at their efforts. Smiles, gestures and translation apps are always helpful.

If you are interested in how you can help these brothers and sisters of ours adjust to their new lives here in Tallahasssee, please contact Michelle Naiman at naimanfl@aol.com

The Kearney Center in Tallahassee will provide anyone who is hungry a nutritious meal 3 times a day, 365 days a year. Every day, we are serving over 750 meals to those experiencing homelessness and our neighbors.

Meals Offered:

Monday-Sunday

Breakfast – 7:30am to 8:30am
Lunch – 11:30am to 12:30pm
Dinner – 7:00pm to 8:00pm

There are several ways volunteers can help us feed others:

• Help prepare a meal in our kitchen working alongside our Food Service Managers and other volunteers*
• Serve food from our serving line
• Work in the dining room refilling drinks, clearing plates, wiping tables, and keeping the facility clean
• Anyone interested in volunteering in the kitchen can send an email to support@cesc.org.

*Volunteers must be 16 years of age to work in kitchen.