Tag: Outreach

Backpack Blessings 2023

Once again we are collecting NEW school supplies for children living at the Village at Cataumet, a transitional housing shelter. Please see the list of suggested items and bring your donations to church by Sunday, August 20. On Sunday, August 27 we will pack and deliver the filled backpacks to be distributed as needed to the children at the Village at Cataumet.

Thank you for donating time, supplies, and money to help these kids start the school year off on the right foot!!! Please see Kh. Alyssa for details.

We are also collecting (new, clean) 13-gallon trash barrels and small bathroom waste baskets to donate to the Village of Cataumet. Most of us have several trash baskets in our homes that we only think about when we lament having to empty them. For families living at the Village at Cataumet, having a trash receptacle in their room is a luxury. The trash barrels we donate will be much appreciated by the families and be able to be taken with them when they move into their own homes.

The collection will continue through August 27, when they will be delivered with backpacks.

Donations for A Baby Center, Hyannis, and ZOE House, OH

Throughout the months of June and July 2023, we will be collecting NEW or VERY GENTLY USED children’s books (appropriate for newborns through age 4) to donate to A Baby Center in Hyannis. Please consider donating Orthodox Christian children’s books and help plant seeds of faith in our community! Please see Kh. Alyssa with any questions.

Also, from now until July 9, 2023, we will be collecting new or gently used and clean items that will be delivered by some of our youth to ZOE House in Ohio. Please see Kh. Alyssa with any questions. Items being collected include:

  • Baby clothes (up to 2T)
  • Diapers (sizes newborn to 6)
  • Blankets
  • Maternity clothes

Easter Meals 2023

Thanks to a great effort by our amazing outreach team, led by Kh Alyssa.

An Easter ham and a $25 grocery store card are being donated to 30 families through Faith Family Kitchen in Hyannis. The need is great but God is greater!

Monetary donations are still being accepted. God bless you and keep you strong as we make our final approach to the Resurrection! Blessed upcoming Holy Week!!!

FISH FEAST – Saturday, March 25, 2023

Our annual Fish Feast for Life will be held on Saturday, March 25 after the Orthros & Liturgy for the Feast of the Annunciation.
• $25 adults 13+
• $10 children 6-12
• children 5 and under free
All proceeds will help ZOE House continue their life-saving work. ZOE House, located in Parma, OH, is a ministry of ZOE for Life!, a pan-Orthodox outreach that supports women in crisis pregnancies. Visit www.zoeforlifeonline.org for more information.
For reservations, please contact Kh. Alyssa.
If you are unable to attend the Fish Feast, ZOE House still needs your support! Please send your donation to: St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, 62 Main Street, Cotuit, MA 02635
Please make checks out to St. Michael with ZOE House in the memo.

Download Fish Feast flayer

Cancer Care Bags 2023 – THANK YOU!

Thirty care bags were assembled and donated to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and fifteen nurse appreciation bags were assembled and donated to nurses at the cancer center at Cape Cod Hospital. The care bags included a handmade card (made by the children at the St. Nicholas Homeschool Community), a prayer book, a hat, warm socks, a box of tea, unscented lotion, a puzzle book, ginger chews, peppermints, a high protein snack, a pack of pens, a pack of tissues, and a t-shirt. The nurse appreciation bags included a handmade thank you card (made by the children at the St. Nicholas Homeschool Community), a prayer book, a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card, lotion, snacks, pens, tissues, chocolate, compression socks, and a t-shirt. Thank you to everyone who donated items and who helped assemble the bags. A special thank you to the Chatelains for delivering the bags to Cape Cod Hospital!

Cancer Care Bags 2023

Please check out this SignUpGenius link and sign up to bring items to fill care bags for cancer patients and appreciation bags for nurses. We will be assembling the bags on Sunday, February 19. Please see Kh. Alyssa with any questions.

Family Night is Resuming – February 11, 2023

Mark your calendars for the second Saturday of each month! Starting on Saturday, February 11, we will meet at 3:30 for a time of fellowship and board game playing before praying Vespers at 5:00. After Vespers we will enjoy a meal together. Everyone in our Saint Michael family is welcome, and you are encouraged to invite a friend! Bring your favorite board game! If you have any questions, please speak to Kh. Alyssa.

Scarfs Tying & Care Bag Distribution 2023

Thanks to a few friends of St. Michael, we were able to hang over fifty handmade (and a few more store-bought) scarves, hats, and mittens along Main Street in downtown Hyannis. In addition to the knit items, we distributed twenty-five “care bags”, which were filled with items such as socks, personal care items, snacks, and a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card. The care bags had been assembled on Friday by St. Michael’s homeschool meet-up group, and a crew of nineteen were gifted a balmy day on Sunday, February 5 to spread warmth to those stuck out in the cold. Thank you to all who made this project possible!

“On the coldest of days in the midst of winter, I walked out of our office on Main Street in Hyannis and found this lovely, handknit scarf – patiently waiting for the right person to come claim it, wrap up, and be that much warmer. This was placed by St Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church. What a gesture of love, understanding and hope.”
– Edye Nesmith, Executive Director, Cape Cod Council of Churches

Christmas Meals 2022

Now that Thanksgiving meals have been delivered, it is time to start working on our Christmas meal delivery! We will be donating hams, a grocery store gift card, and a tin of (HOMEMADE!) cookies to families in need this Christmas. Please consider making a monetary donation to help cover the cost of the hams and the grocery store gift cards. Also, we need about 250 DOZEN cookies to fill the cookie tins. That might sound like a lot, but each year we have managed to fill the tins to overflowing. Please bring all cookie donations to church by Sunday, December 18. We will be packaging the cookies during coffee hour.

Thank you, in advance, for helping to bring the Light of Christ to struggling families this Christmas!

Thanksgiving Meals 2022

Thank you to everyone who gave time, talent, and treasure to make possible our donation of 50 Thanksgiving meals! This year might have been a record for the number of parishioners who helped purchase, deliver, and pack the meals. Many hands are truly made for light work! Thank you for sharing your blessings with 50 families who will now have the opportunity to enjoy a bountiful meal on Thanksgiving.