Servant Ministry is attentive to the needs of the Outer Banks Community and the larger community, communicating those needs to the congregation and providing the volunteer and financial resources needed to meet those needs to the best of our ability.
Summary of 2024 Achievements and Activities:
The Servant Ministry Committee received generous funding in 2024 from the following
sources: Servant Ministry Budget Fund (pledges), Fundraising (Holly Days & After Dark
at All Saints) & Outreach Fund (individual donations & 50% of Easter & Christmas loose plate offering). The Servant Ministry Committee determined distributions in the amount
of $62,283 to the following Service Agencies:
Beach Food Pantry $5,500
Children & Youth Partnership $4,500
Community Care Clinic of Dare $4,500
Food For Thought $4,500.
Interfaith Community Outreach $4,500
Outer Banks Relief Foundation $4,50
Room In The Inn $4,500
Outer Banks Pride $650
RITI food purchases $183
Feeding the Lifeguards consumables $215
Episcopal Relief and Development – Gaza Humanitarian Relief $2,000
Episcopal Relief & Development – Ukraine Humanitarian Relief $2,000
Crossroads $1,000
Hotline Crisis Center $1,000
Dare Challenge building expansion $2,000
Outer Banks Peace Garden Project $1,000
Father’s Tabernacle Church Manns Harbor - Children Christmas Shop - $2,000.
Outer Banks Dementia Friendly Coalition $1,500
Dare Arts $200
GEM $1,000
TASS teachers – Christmas gifts $500
Episcopal Farmworker Ministry, Newton Grove $3,500
Diocese of Western Carolina – hurricane disaster relief $11,035
Total Distributed - $62,283
In addition to financial support, the Committee coordinated providing volunteers for Food For Thought, The Beach Food Pantry, Ruthie’s Kitchen, Room In The Inn, Angel Gifts, Feeding the Lifeguards, ICO, Hotline, Latino Resource Coalition and Father’s Tabernacle Christmas Kid’s Shopping. The total volunteer hours devoted to these, and other charitable organizations was approximately 900 hours! These volunteer hours included: Ruthie’s Kitchen- served meals three times, winter, spring and fall, averaging 80+ meals per volunteer day; Beach Food Pantry – 26 parishioners (some volunteering multiple times) logged 144 hours and served 270 clients and All Saints contributed 428 pounds of food (additional volunteer activity provided on separate handout); hosting & providing meals for Room In The Inn 1 week ; providing booth @ Outer Banks Pridefest at Roanoke Festival Park (only Church supporting OBX Pride) and All Saints Holly Days; 10 volunteers helped children shop for presents for their families at the Father’s Tabernacle Church in Manns Harbor; fed Duck , Southern Shores & Kitty Hawk lifeguards 3 times, fed 16-38 guards over the 3 months and provided Christmas gifts for 12 children as part of the Angel Gifts project. Additionally, many All-Saints parishioners served on boards of service organizations throughout the Outer Banks community!! All Saints continues to be everywhere in the Outer Banks Community!