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Outreach

The Outreach Committee provides St. John's with an organized and effective outreach channel for helping disadvantaged people to help themselves.

What do we do?
As a vital part of St. John’s mission of outreach, the Outreach Committee . . .

Supports local, national, and international organizations that help people to help themselves.

Volunteers skills and donations for local efforts to prevent homelessness, provide affordable housing, shelter the needy, and feed the hungry. We work with Habitat for Humanity, Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiative (HIHI), Community Food Council, and other effective local organizations.

Advises the vestry on additional charitable giving that is part of St. John’s annual budget.

Raises funds to make good things happen. Recent giving has included:

  • Family Service League and Youth and Family Counseling Service: for early childhood programs in Huntington Station and Oyster Bay. Trained workers visit at-risk families weekly, helping parents develop strong supportive relations with their children.
  • Trinity Episcopal Church Counseling and Training Center, New Orleans: for counseling and care for children and families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
  • Episcopal Relief & Development, Africa: working through local Anglican parishes to help the rural poor of Malawi grow the food they need, in a practical, sustainable way.
  • St. Matthias School, Haiti: partnering with Ecole St. Matthias in Deslandes, Haiti to ensure that the next several generations of young people grow-up educated and well-fed.

How can you help?
The outreach opportunities at St. John’s are diverse and rewarding. You can offer help with a specific event or program...

  • Work with the Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiative (HIHI), which shelters the homeless: prepare or serve meals, or chaperone in the evening.
  • Pick up a special St. John's Blue Bag and bring non-perishable food and personal care items to the St. John’s food basket on Sunday, which is then given to the Community Food Council. Click here for a helpful Blue Bag Ministry Shopping List.
  • Support our donated baked goods program by picking up baked goods at the Fiorello Bakery in Huntington contributing a good will offering for them on Sundays, or taking the remainder to the Community Food Council or to the Congregational Church.
  • Work with our annual fund-raising events: Stone Soup Luncheon, Bridge Luncheon.
  • Help at St. John’s with occasional food and clothing donation drives.
  • Mentor in local after-school programs at the Tri Community Youth Agency or at the Family Service League.
  • Take supplies to the Family Service League’s after-school program for children at the Manor Field Service Center.

To participate in any part of the committee’s work or to find out about the about the latest volunteer opportunities, contact Laura Swiggett.


Giving to St. John's Outreach Efforts
Checks may be made payable to St. John's Church with Outreach in the memo line and mailed to:

St. John's Church Outreach
PO Box 266
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

For more information, please contact the Financial Administrator at 516-692-6748.


​Outreach Year-in-Review

​Outreach Year-in-Review

2020 was not the year any of us expected. The coronavirus pandemic, in a matter of months, threw off a wake of economic hardship and poverty with local and global impacts. Here on Long Island, low income families have become sick at dispropo...
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​Supporting our Neighbors in Need this Christmas

​Supporting our Neighbors in Need this Christmas

This holiday season will be very different for most of us. However, thousands of children and their families will not be celebrating at all. They are struggling financially and facing extreme poverty due to the many challenges associated with Cov...
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Outreach “Blue Bag Sunday” Collections Resume

Outreach “Blue Bag Sunday” Collections Resume

1st Sunday of the month Beginning Sunday, December 6 Thank you to the many parishioners who have faithfully supported our weekly food collections throughout the summer and fall. The responsiveness of the St. John’s congregation has been ...
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Outreach Winter Clothing Drive - Coats and Blankets Needed!

Outreach Winter Clothing Drive - Coats and Blankets Needed!

Sunday, October 25 Drop-off at St. John's parking lot, 8:30 - 9:30 am St. John’s is holding a winter clothing drive this Sunday, October 25. Our donations will be distributed through the Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center in Wyandanch. Coa...
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Outreach Forum this Sunday

Outreach Forum this Sunday

One together: One in service. Sunday, October 18 at 11 am Zoom As we all discern how we follow the example of Jesus in our lives, acts of mercy are the most common and visible way in which many of us show our discipleship. Acts of mercy ...
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The Harvest is Ongoing

The Harvest is Ongoing

Things are chugging along in the garden. Maeve is showing off the Bok Choi! Here's what's coming up: 1. The harvest is ongoing! We are well past 200 pounds of produce brought in this year. The tomatoes and green beans are still going strong and...
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St. John's Food Drives are Making a Difference

St. John's Food Drives are Making a Difference

Sundays from 8:45 - 9:45 am Bring donations to St. John's Parking Lot Although the Covid-19 infection rate has lessened in our area, the economic hardship and food insufficiency it has caused have not. The steady number of families seeking ...
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New Day and Time for Weekly Food Drive

New Day and Time for Weekly Food Drive

Sundays, 8:45-9:45 am Church Parking Lot Our weekly food drives continue to serve the great need in our community - we are so grateful for the faithful and sustained response of our parishioners! Please continue to remember your neighbors whe...
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Garden Visitors!

Garden Visitors!

This was a busy week in the garden for critters! On Tuesday during our work period we were visited by Canada Geese, a muskrat and a very bold groundhog. We are feeling good about our recent re-fortifications though, and hope the groundhog will st...
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​Summer Reading Brings Joy to Young Neighbors In Need

​Summer Reading Brings Joy to Young Neighbors In Need

“Encouraging an underserved child to read is really priceless”, says Pilar Moya, Executive Director of local not-for-profit Housing Help, Inc. St John’s Outreach has been partnering with Housing Help on several initiatives this...
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Sermons

  • Jan 24 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
    Don't tell me things can't change!
  • Jan 3 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
    Sermon for the 2nd Sunday After Christmas
  • Dec 27 | The Rev. Mary Beth Mills-Curran
    Sermon for the First Sunday After Christmas
  • Dec 25 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
    Christmas Day
  • Dec 13 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
    Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Advent

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1670 Route 25A
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
(516) 692-6368

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SUNDAY SERVICES

  • 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
  • 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer
  • 10:00 a.m. Youth Formation & Worship, Nursery Care

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St. John's Episcopal Church
1670 Route 25A
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

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St. John's Episcopal Church was the first religious institution to be established in Cold Spring Harbor. The first Episcopalian services were held in the little 18th century school house just above the site of the present church. The very first Vestry minutes, written in fine script on September 4, 1831, lists the founders who pledged $2,000 to build a new church.

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