St. Paul’s
is a mission minded congregation.
Consequently, outreach is important to our parish. We are actively involved in Habitat for
Humanity; ESL (English as a Second Language); 15 Place Homeless Soup
Kitchen; Ecumenical Ministries of Baldwin County; Interfaith Hospitality
Network; Guatemala/Dominican Republic Medical/Dental/Construction missions; ERD
(Episcopal Relief and Development); Alcoholics Anonymous; ALANON; Boy Scouts;
and Wilmer Hall Children’s Home. St. Paul’s has also been active in helping
Episcopal congregations rebuild after their properties was destroyed by
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This has led
to our active and ongoing involvement with the Mississippi Gulf Coast
rebuilding efforts through Camp Coast Care in Long Beach, Mississippi.
Our most
successful outreach activity to date is our Thrift Shop. It generates more than $100,000.00 annually,
most of which is donated back to the community. After expenses, this translates
into almost $75,000.00 a year in contributions to support our various foreign
missions, scholarships for needy students, Wilmer Hall Children’s Home, and the
local community. Besides financial
support, our sixty or so volunteers minister to many of the customers who come
there searching for affordable clothes and appliances.