Outreach

St. Peter’s Pastoral Care and Outreach Commission offers love and support for Parishioners who are ill, or have other needs. We keep the Prayer List up to date; the Clergy visit in the hospitals and offer home communions; we send cards and make phone calls to stay in touch; and TLC (Tender Loving Care) provides meals and rides for those who need help. TLC also coordinates receptions for baptisms and funerals. If you have any specific needs or need to add someone to the prayer list, please contact the Church Office at (813) 752-5061 or at st.peterspc@verizon.net.

 

In addition, Our Commission supports the Outreach Ministries of St. Peter’s, fulfilling our Mission of “Love God and Share God’s Love with the world.” We have several ongoing Outreach projects throughout the year. 

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  • Local School Projects:
  • Supplies are collected each year for Cork Elementary School
  • A book drive has been started for Springhead Elementary in 2022. 


  • Meals & Essentials Ministries:
  • United Food Bank of Plant City: we collect food weekly and donating hundreds of pounds of food a year.
  • We also participate in the Food Bank’s Empty Bowls fundraiser by offering Brunswick Stew at this annual city-wide event.
  • Friends in the Park: starting in 2021, we began participating in this program, feeding the homeless a meal once a month. Our venue is the Plant City Winters Visitors Center. Throughout the year, we also offer bags of toiletries, various clean clothes and snacks. This is the 4th Wednesday of every month.
  • Laundry Love: starting in 2023, we started this ministry, which is part of a nation-wide project that helps provide assistance paying for patron's laundry and can provide laundry detergent as needed at a local laundromat. This takes place on the 2nd Monday of every month, offering friendship and prayer as well. 


  • Parties & Pups:
  • In 2023, as a way of connecting with our local community, we invited our Church neighbors to a St. Peter’s Block Party. We offered outdoor games, a bounce house, Snow cones, Church tours and Brunswick Stew, hotdogs and cookies made by parishioners.
  • In 2021 we started collecting donations for Pet Rescues at our St. Francis Blessing of the Pets service.

 

  • Holiday Ministries:
  • St. Peter’s has been delivering Thanksgiving Baskets for over 25 years. Last year we gave 25 baskets - 5 each to 5 different Elementary School families in need.
  • For over 15 years, we have made Christmas Baskets for Meals on Wheels, which include toiletries, socks, afghans, notecards, and Christmas items. We have given as many as 50 baskets a year to be delivered to shut-ins with their Meals on Wheels dinners.
  • At Christmas, St. Peter’s parishioners also provide Christmas gifts for 30 children from local elementary schools for the Angel Tree.

 

It takes a lot of willing hands to make our many ministries successful. If you haven’t had an opportunity to join in any of St. Peter’s Outreach Ministries, we invite you to join with us in experiencing God’s love being shared with the world. 

As you can tell, we are a very active Commission of St. Peter’s. If you’d like to join us, we meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at 2pm in the Parish Hall. 

 

We’d love for you to join us in pursuing our mission of “Love God and share God’s love with the world.” 

 

Co-chairs: The Rev. Denise Healy revdzz@gmail.com and

Carolyn Durst carolyn.durst@gmail.com


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  • EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT

    St. Peter’s supports the United Food Bank of Plant City, collecting food weekly and donating hundreds of pounds of food a year.  We also participate in the Food Bank’s Empty Bowls fundraiser by offering Brunswick Stew at this annual city-wide event.

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  • LAUNDRY LOVE

    In May, 2023, in an effort to offer more help to those in need, we started our Laundry Love ministry. This is a nation-wide project that connects people to us and provides free laundry detergent for our clients.   On the 2nd Monday of every month, during the late afternoon and early evening hours, we meet at Olde Henry’s Laundromat on US 92.  We pay for laundry for those who need assistance, offering friendship and prayer as well. 

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  • PET RESCUES

    In 2021 we started collecting donations for Pet Rescues at our St. Francis Blessing of the Pets service.

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  • SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

    Prior to the start of the school year (and throught the year as needed) school supplies are donated by parishoners and given to a local school - Cork Elementary.

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