Outreach Committee
The outreach committee is responsible for our outreach ministries, their creation, oversight, evaluation and promotion. This committee works hard to advocate our continued presence in the reconciling work of the church in our community and the world.
Lisa Daily, Chair
404.325.0043
Decatur Cooperative Ministry
The Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM) is a consortium of more than thirty churches that sponsors a variety of ministries of service, worship, and education. Volunteers serve as trainers, baby-sitters, and teachers to help the homeless get back on their feet. For more information, please contact Sue E. Holec, Volunteer and Donations Coordinator at DCM, at 404-377-5365 (option 6 ) or sue@decaturcooperativeministry.org
Decatur Emergency Assistance Ministry
DEAM provides short-term assistance to families in Decatur, both financial for emergency expenses (e.g. rent, utilities, and prescriptions) and food. Epiphany supports DEAM with a monthly monetary donation. Semi-annually, parishioners bring canned goods to Epiphany for DEAM’s pantry. Epiphany members also volunteer in the DEAM office and pantry located at Holy Trinity in Decatur.
Kathie Ryan, 404.377.2467
Emmaus House
Emmaus House is a mission of the Diocese of Atlanta located in Peoplestown, a low-income neighborhood just south of Turner Field. Since 2005, Epiphany has participated in Emmaus House’s Christmas Ministries by providing gifts to children in need. If you are interested in volunteering,
Jeanette Hanson, 404.982.9134
Roberta Long, 404.378.2069
Episcopal Church Women
Every month the ECW makes sandwiches for the Muriel Lokey Center at Emmaus House. The sandwiches are given to people in the neighborhood who come to the center for assistance.
Audrey Banfield, 770.465.7301
Episcopal Relief and Development
Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is the worldwide agency of the Episcopal Church that provides emergency assistance in times of disaster, rebuilds devastated communities, and offers long-term program development solutions to fight poverty. Epiphany holds periodic fundraisers for ERD in response to emergency appeals.
Doug Runnion, 404.324.8825
Hagar’s House
Hagar’s House is a transitional shelter for women and children run by Decatur Cooperative Ministries, located on Church Street in downtown Decatur. For many years, Epiphanites have served meals to the 20-30 clients of Hagar House each night for one week, four times a year (January, May, August and November). Each meal is usually hosted by two families/individuals from Epiphany. Roberta Long, Erin Braden, Cindy Bell, and Ted and Lissa Jackson are Hagar’s House coordinators at Epiphany. If you would like to prepare and serve a meal, signup sheets are posted in the crossing hall prior to each of Epiphany’s four weeks. There are other volunteer opportunities at the shelter as well if this ministry interests you.
Cindy Bell, 404.549.3363
Habitat for Humanity
Epiphany has participated in several building projects with Habitat for Humanity, often in partnership with the interfaith agency Faith and the City. Our next build is planned for 2011. At least 30 volunteers from Epiphany will be needed, so watch for announcements of dates and sign up to help.
Brian Gross, 404.556.7564
Haiti Mission Trips
In the past, parishioners have embarked on mission trips to Belize, Honduras, and to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. These trips have been supported financially from the parish’s community outreach budget and by parishioners and participants. In November 2010 a group of Epiphanites will travel to Les Cayes, Haiti, to establish partnerships with people in that country. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 76% of Haitians live on less than $2 a day, and 67% of those live on less than $1 a day. One out of every three deaths in Haiti is a child, deaths due to preventable diseases such as malnutrition, diarrhea, and acute respiratory infections.
Ann Fowler, 404.627.0626
Haiti Task Force
In 2010 Epiphany formed a partnership with the Business and Technical Institute (BTI) in Les Cayes, Haiti. BTI, which opened in the fall 2005, is the first community college established in Haiti. BTI provides associate degree-level education and training in business management and computer technology, with the principal purpose to seed small business development in Les Cayes and support economic development in the region. BTI serves 350 students and has an annual operating budget of $250,000. BTI is operated under the auspices of the Episcopal diocese of Haiti.
Epiphany is providing money to purchase a vehicle for BTI, support student scholarships and operating expenses. Epiphanites are providing their time and talent to develop a master plan for the BTI campus, conduct a feasibility study for a nursing program and conduct seminars and business plan reviews during our annual partnership visit in December 2010.
Lisa Daily, 404.325.0043
Wallace Bryan-McGrath, 404.373.0800
Holy Comforter
Holy Comforter is an Episcopal parish located in southeast Atlanta. Approximately 60% of its congregation lives with mental illness. For several years Jerry Kinnane and Bill Graves have taught in their woodturning program. Kathleen Rinehart helps in the Holy Comforter kitchen. Volunteers are needed in this diverse community for art and gardening programs on Tuesdays and Thursdays, worship and a community supper on Wednesday evenings, and Holy Eucharist on Sundays. Several volunteer opportunities exist: driving the van, helping in the office, cooking meals, sitting and talking to the people of Holy Comforter, and much, much more.
Charlotte Piper, 404.373.5035
Peachtree Pine Shelter Ministry
For many years, Epiphanites have prepared and served a meal on the third Friday evening of each month for the men and women at the homeless shelter located at the corner of Peachtree and Pine streets in midtown Atlanta. This shelter, run by the Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, houses as many as 500 men (and several dozen women). In addition to our hot meals, we provide stationery and stamps, and assistance for Peachtree-Pine clients who wish to write their families. Volunteer tasks include shopping, maintaining the inventory of food and supplies in the Peachtree Pine food pantry at Epiphany, cooking the meal, reheating the meal, loading up the food and supplies for delivery, serving the shelter meal, preparing a volunteer meal and cleaning up the kitchen at Epiphany. Signup sheets are posted in the crossing hall each month.
Dot Romo, 404.299.7965
Refugee Assistance
Epiphany has supported families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and has welcomed refugee families from Bosnia, the Sudan, Burma, and most recently Haiti. Volunteers are needed to offer friendship, tutoring, and transportation.
Kathy Walmsley, 404.441.9216
Regional Commission on Homelessness
The Regional Commission on Homelessness is an agency whose mission is to end chronic homelessness in Atlanta. The Regional Commission on Homelessness is part of United Way of Metro Atlanta. You can help the homeless achieve self-sufficiency by donating gently used items to furnish their apartments. Items are needed that anyone who’s newly “setting up housekeeping” would need. These include pots and pans, lamps, TV’s, plates, utensils, vacuums, microwaves, linens, pillows, trash cans, as well as furniture items such as mattresses/box springs, tables, sofas, dressers, and chairs.
Paige Howell, 404.645.9090
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