Outreach
“Engaging Parishioners as we serve Christ through Community Partners”
The New Testament clearly tells us that first and foremost we are sent people. Archbishop William Temple once said, the Church is the only institution in the world that exists for the sake of non-members. Our model is Jesus, who himself was the sent One from God. Jesus, in turn, sent the apostles into the world to spread the good news of the kingdom by word and deed. As followers of Jesus, we are inspired to follow his example.
St. Andrew’s Community Center (STACC)
For more than a century St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, located in the heart of Manitou Springs, has stood as as a place of prayer, welcome, and service.
Through prayer, discernment, and careful planning, in 2025 St. Michael’s helped to reimagine the future of this sacred space. While the building will no longer serve as a house of worship, it will live on as the St. Andrew’s Community Center. It will be a place where neighbors gather, lives are strengthened, and hope takes root. Supported unanimously by the Vestry of St. Michael’s, this new vision builds on the faithful history of ministry at St. Andrew’s and expands it in fresh, exciting ways.
Seasonal Donation Drives
Thanksgiving MealS - november 2-16
Christmas Light Festival Canned Food & Toy Collection - december 5 - 20
Lent 40 Days of Giving - february 2026
Back-to-School Backpack & School Supplies - JULY 2026
Gloves, Hats, & scarves - OCTOBER 2026
Be sure to watch the Weekly eNews for information on these drives!
Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities
There are many opportunities throughout the year to volunteer as a community though St. Michael’s or as an individual. Click on an Outreach Partner below to learn more.
Our Outreach Partners
St. Michael’s Outreach Committee meets on the second Monday of the month. You are welcome to join us! Often we have guest speakers from a partner organization. Each January, voting outreach members determine how the money set aside for outreach will be granted for the coming year. We build relationships with partner organizations to see how St. Michael’s can support them with donation drives and giving. In 2023, St. Michael’s allocated nearly 15% of its annual budget to the Diocese of Colorado, to local partners, and initiatives across the country as we responded to natural disasters. Once a year we reflect on our practices to see if and where the needs are greater and how we may be called to shift our efforts.
Click on any of the following Outreach Partners to learn more about its mission and how you can help.
1. Academy School District 20 Family Resource Center
2. Care and Share Food bank for Southern Colorado
3. Family Life Services
4. Hope is Alive
5. Inside Out Youth Services
6. Kairos
7. Laundry Love
8. Mercy's Gate
9. Partners in Housing (PIH) - The Colorado House
10. Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity
11. Salvation Army - Family HopE CENTER
12. Spiritual Journey – pueblo youth prison
13. SPRINGS FOOD PANTRY (more information coming soon)
14. ST. ANDREW’S COMMUNITY CENTER
15. TESSA
16. West Side Cares
Grant Request Preparation
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church is committed to making a difference through its expansive outreach ministries and is recognized as being a servant church in our community. Each January, the Vestry of St Michael’s allocates funds to be disbursed by the Outreach Committee through its Outreach Grant Program.
Applications for the Outreach Grant Program are closed for 2025. The Outreach Committee seeks to support partner organizations that have a minimum of two members of St. Michael’s Church that are actively engaged as liaisons. The organization must have volunteer opportunities that directly or indirectly involve members of St. Michael’s Church; and liaisons should be prepared to organize/facilitate those opportunities for the parish.
The Outreach Committee may also, during the year, disburse funds for special needs that align or respond to immediate needs to non-partner organizations. Requests or needs should be made known to the Outreach Committee Chairperson. All Outreach Grant disbursements are approved by the Rector.
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