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Saint Paul's Episcopal Church of Lewiston
Outreach
Protecting the protectors
St. Paul’s has a lively ministry with members of
the local law enforcement community through the
chaplaincy of the Rector, who serves the
Lewiston Police Department, the
Buffalo Police Department, and maintains
an on-line chaplaincy through various police
websites. This is not just the Rector’s ministry,
however; St. Paul’s is involved yearly with
three special police-oriented events:
The Niagara County Police Week Interfaith Memorial Service. This service honors area law
enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty over the years. Members of many law enforcement
agencies gather each year for this moving tribute to fallen officers, and to give support to their survivors.
(National Police Week is always the week in which May 15th falls.)
September 11th Community Service of Remembrance.
St. Paul’s joins with the Lewiston #1Fire Hall and the Lewiston Police Department to offer this time of
solemn remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001.
September 29th is the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, patron saint of police officers. St. Paul’s
offers a special worship service that day, honoring law enforcement officers and asking God’s
protection for them and for their families. This is followed by a fellowship meal.
St. Paul’s also participates in occasional
fund-raisers to benefit fallen or injured
police officers.
When the Lewiston Police Department obtained a new
K-9 officer, Radar, we held a service asking God’s
blessing on, and protection for, Radar and his handler,
Officer Scott Stafford, pictured at the right.
Each week at our Sunday services, we remember
officers who have died in the line of duty in the previous
week www.odpm.org ; their stories are kept in a book
of remembrance in the back of the church, by a sculpture
of St. Michael that was designed by member
Shawn Slother.
To learn more about the sculpture and the
designer please visit
http://www.sculpture-portraits.com/page8.html.
the local law enforcement community through the
chaplaincy of the Rector, who serves the
Lewiston Police Department, the
Buffalo Police Department, and maintains
an on-line chaplaincy through various police
websites. This is not just the Rector’s ministry,
however; St. Paul’s is involved yearly with
three special police-oriented events:
The Niagara County Police Week Interfaith Memorial Service. This service honors area law
enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty over the years. Members of many law enforcement
agencies gather each year for this moving tribute to fallen officers, and to give support to their survivors.
(National Police Week is always the week in which May 15th falls.)
September 11th Community Service of Remembrance.
St. Paul’s joins with the Lewiston #1Fire Hall and the Lewiston Police Department to offer this time of
solemn remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001.
September 29th is the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, patron saint of police officers. St. Paul’s
offers a special worship service that day, honoring law enforcement officers and asking God’s
protection for them and for their families. This is followed by a fellowship meal.
St. Paul’s also participates in occasional
fund-raisers to benefit fallen or injured
police officers.
When the Lewiston Police Department obtained a new
K-9 officer, Radar, we held a service asking God’s
blessing on, and protection for, Radar and his handler,
Officer Scott Stafford, pictured at the right.
Each week at our Sunday services, we remember
officers who have died in the line of duty in the previous
week www.odpm.org ; their stories are kept in a book
of remembrance in the back of the church, by a sculpture
of St. Michael that was designed by member
Shawn Slother.
To learn more about the sculpture and the
designer please visit
http://www.sculpture-portraits.com/page8.html.
Mission to the Gulf Coast
| Camp Coast Care Volunteers laying floor tile |
Camp Coast Care is a joint effort between the Episcopal and Lutheran Dioceses of
Mississippi. They initially provided food, clothing and shelter to Hurricane Katrina
survivors and victims; later they provided mobile medical clinics. Now they are
focusing their efforts on rehabilitating and rebuilding homes damaged by the
hurricane. Since their inception in September 2005, they have completed work on
more than 365 homes and have housed over 11,000 volunteers that have assisted
in that effort.
Mississippi. They initially provided food, clothing and shelter to Hurricane Katrina
survivors and victims; later they provided mobile medical clinics. Now they are
focusing their efforts on rehabilitating and rebuilding homes damaged by the
hurricane. Since their inception in September 2005, they have completed work on
more than 365 homes and have housed over 11,000 volunteers that have assisted
in that effort.
St. Paul’s organized two week-long visits to Camp Coast Care in November 2007,
involving six members from St. Paul’s, one from Christ Church, Lockport, and six
from St. Mark’s, North Tonawanda. We worked on several different homes, doing
everything from setting posts and pouring concrete to tiling and finishing work!
Volunteers are assigned jobs according to their skill level, working under
professional guidance and instruction. They are housed and fed at the Camp,
which is located in Long Beach, Mississippi. A good part of our fund-raising last
year and this year has been devoted to making this happen—paying the travel
costs and food and lodging for our volunteers.
involving six members from St. Paul’s, one from Christ Church, Lockport, and six
from St. Mark’s, North Tonawanda. We worked on several different homes, doing
everything from setting posts and pouring concrete to tiling and finishing work!
Volunteers are assigned jobs according to their skill level, working under
professional guidance and instruction. They are housed and fed at the Camp,
which is located in Long Beach, Mississippi. A good part of our fund-raising last
year and this year has been devoted to making this happen—paying the travel
costs and food and lodging for our volunteers.
We have recently returned from our 2009 trip and looking forward to next year. We
welcome others to join us!
For more information about Camp Coast Care, please visit:
www.campcoastcare.com
welcome others to join us!
For more information about Camp Coast Care, please visit:
www.campcoastcare.com
Camp Coast Care
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| St. Michaels Service for Law Enforcement You are Welcome to Join us on September 29, at 7:00pm as we honor our Law Enforcement and gather with them for a dinner after the service |
| Community Remembrance Service Each year we gather at 8:30am on September 11 Beginning at the Fire Hall of Lewiston #1 Collection of Community and St. Pauls Remembrance Services http://static.cnhi.zope.n et/flashpromo/niagara gazette/media/slidesh ows/080911_911_Trib ute/index.html |
| Signs of Katrina's destruction still abound, years after the storm hit. |