Some Questions & Answers to Help Us Gain a Common Understanding of Our Faith Community’s Response to COVID-19 Safety Considerations When can we re-gather? We all miss being present with and for each other! Re-gathering depends on each locality. Guidelines…
DOER volunteers can support the CARITAS mission of providing shelter and effective, permanent solutions to individuals and families dealing with the crisis of homelessness and/or addiction in the Metro Richmond area. Here are some ways to support this ministry: Donate…
Giving back and helping those in need! During the initial months of COVID, the Diocese of Va., and many members of St. James's, joined forces to get much-appreciated food to the hungry in our community. Working together, we delivered over…
Thank you for Making Mensch Masks to Help Save Lives We are excited to share that we have exceeded our goal, delivering 1,410 face masks to The Market at 25th, serving as the distribution center. In early June, St. James’s…
LAST CALL Please help us complete the housewarming shower for our new CARITAS Center two-bedroom apartment. We have only a few items left to be provided so that our apartment can be fully decorated and ready to welcome its new…
Summer Service Projects for Children, Youth, & Families St. James’s children, youth, and families are invited and encouraged to put their faith into action this August by sourcing food to feed people who are struggling with hunger during these challenging…
Please drop off donations at THP, 700 Dinwiddie Avenue. A security guard is at the front desk 24/7. Just wave to him and let him know you are leaving a donation and he will come outside to collect it.
Pack and Deliver Food for UGK! We hope you have heard the news! St. James’s has become a partner in the UGK Community First, a non-profit organization that provides healthy, wholesome meals to those in need, particularly in food-insecure areas. …
Ashley Soukup, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, was back and hosted an online forum. She attended Wake Forest and La Salle. For the first time as a therapist, she is finding herself in the same situation as everyone else.…
While our hospital ministry team is unable to be present with patients and staff at this time, DOERS can help provide greatly needed masks for hospital staff who do not work directly with patients. The hospital requires 100% cotton masks.…
Weezie Beckley - Thank you for sending those wonderful pictures. Could you share with me more information about SaveRVARestaurants? Diahann Whittington - Director of Saint James’s Children Center - We were connected through Toby Desch, whose friend Brock Saunders was trying…
As mentioned on the May 3 eChimes Here you can find a PDF for you to print and use also available at https://doers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Letter-Template-Butterfly-.pdf
So many faithful DOERS are asking for ways to help during this pandemic. CARITAS staff have located a “permanent” location for its women guests (R Street Salvation Army Center) throughout the pandemic and hopefully until the opening of the new…
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy has recently released a statement announcing the need for face masks in our shelters; #MaskUp Richmond’s most vulnerable! Please see instructions for creating masks and guidelines for tracking and distributing them to our…