St. Christopher’s Church

Epiphany Food Drive

St. Peter’s Food Cupboard once again needs your help providing food to the ever increasing number of people living on the edge of hunger, choosing between buying food and medicine, or food and heat.  St. Peter’s Food Cupboard has provided food for local families in need since 1987. They distribute supplemental bags of groceries to around 140 households weekly.

This is the fourth year we will be asking members to bring in food during the Epiphany season.  During this season members may bring in canned goods, cereal, protein rich foods such as canned tuna and peanut butter and place items in the baskets that will be in the back of the church.  They will be carried to the altar during the offertory so they can be blessed and set aside for this ministry with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.  Epiphany is the season in which we remember the Good News was announced to the gentiles (those considered outsiders) and therefore it is most appropriate that we bring the Good News to those beyond our community.

Thank you so much for your generous support!

Annual Meeting

Sunday, January 29, 2012
Following the 10:00 a.m. service
Brunch, discussion and the election of the new Vestry and Diocesan Deanery Members

St. Christopher’s Spaghetti Dinner sponsored by Youth to support Missionaries Abroad
Save the Date!  Friday, February 10^th at 6:30 p.m.

Please join us for an evening of all you can eat pasta, salad, bread and deserts. All proceeds will go to Andra Penning, a former Youth Member of St. Christopher’s Church who is leaving for mission work in Eastern Europe this summer. Bring a friend!

St. Christopher’s Advent Potluck Family Fun Night

What a great night had by all who attended our Advent-Potluck night at St. Christopher’s! The homemade dishes were delectable and good company, was even better. The children decorated sugar cookies and we took time to share our favorite Christmas memories by candlelight. The evening closed with Silent Night, and it was a beautiful way to celebrate the upcoming season. Thank you to all who attended.

Turkey Carving

Once again, St. Christopher’s Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Outreach Ministry was a huge success!  This large Outreach event combined the efforts of more than 50 parishioners, and our bountiful supply of 50 carved turkeys with all the fix’ins allowed the Church of the Advocate to serve over 250 needy people on Thanksgiving Day.

Thank you, thank you everyone!

• -Those who cooked turkeys
• -The turkey carvers
• -Members of the Soup Group and volunteers who packed or cooked many, many large food containers.
• -The parishioners who drove the vans full of food into North Philadelphia.

Thank you, also, to the many persons who made monetary contributions to support this parish-wide Outreach project.  What a wonderful effort that benefited so many!  A special thank you to Skip Irvine for organizing this Outreach activity!

St. Christopher’s Family Fun Day Halloween Party

We had a spook-tacular time at our Halloween Party yesterday. Thank you to all who entered cakes in our contest and for the volunteers who made the day such a success! We made crafts, ran a relay race, went trick or treating, read a spooky story, and finally enjoyed pizza and 8 yummy cakes and punch! What a fun day for all! Happy Halloween!

 

St Christopher’s Family Fun Day at Linvilla Orchards-October 2011

Our Families had a great time at Linvilla, picking apples, eating sweet treats, going through mazes and taking a hayride together. What a fabulous fall day! Thank you Elizabeth and Shawna for the pictures!