The Outreach Committee helps the people of Saint Michael’s accomplish the charge from our mission statement by funneling our outreach efforts and by being faithful stewards of outreach funds.
The Outreach Committee Goals
- To seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving as we are loved, and respecting the dignity of all people;
- To encourage all parishioners to participate in outreach opportunities;
- To distribute outreach funds on a local, regional, national and global level.
Meetings
If you would like to become a part of this ministry please contact our outreach ministries.  
We invite you to join other Saint Michael’s parishioners by becoming actively involved in:
If you or your group is actively involved in a charity, you can request funds from the Outreach Committee to support that charity.
Our funds are limited, but we want to increase Saint Michael’s presence in the community by supporting the charities you support. To request funds please contact our outreach ministries.
Spare Change Sundays are used to collect money to support charities not covered by the outreach budget:
- 1st Sunday of the month is Spare Change Sunday. This supports a different charity every month.
- 3rd Sunday of the month is Meat the Need Sunday or Food of the Month Club Sunday. We collect food for God’s Pantry in this day.
- 5th Sunday of the month is Squeaky Clean Sunday. You are encouraged to bring in hotel sized personal care items for the Hope Center.
All "Spare Change" collected on these days go to the designated charity.
Mary Ann Overturf, Project Linus Chapter Chair
Project Linus has over 350 chapters nationwide and has given over 2,000,000 blankets to sick or traumatized children in the USA. Project Linus' Lexington Chapter celebrated its 6th birthday with a Make-A-Blanket-Day at St. Michael's on February 16th, 2007. At that event they created their 8,000th blanket.
Project Linus is a national 100% volunteer organization that gives blankets, for emotional comfort, to children from birth through age 18. In almost 6 years, our chapter has now delivered over 10,000 blankets to children in Central Kentucky.
The Lexington Chapter's first meeting was held February 14, 2002. Project Linus meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at St. Michael's, from 10:00 a.m. until noon. During the meetings we work on blankets, talk, sew on Proect Linus labels, sort and check blankets for pins etc., talk some more, have fun. We then deliver blankets to area agencies/hospitals, etc. Our meetings are very informal and full of wonderful people. Any person wanting to participate in Project Linus is welcome, regardless of religious affieliation... ... Our chapter has delivered 10,000 blankets to children in Central Kentucky. 
Laura Whayne, St. Michael's Project Coordinator
Moveable Feast Lexington prepares and delivers hot, freshly cooked meals, five days a week, to people living with AIDS and HIV-related illnesses as well as individuals who are patients of Hospice of the Bluegrass. Clients can receive nutritional counseling, and menues are modified to address specific nutritional needs. Moveable Feast Lexington serves the Lexington/Fayette County area of Kentucky. Individuals ae served without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, political afiliation or national origin.
St. Michael’s Moveable Feast volunteers deliver meals on the 2nd Thursday and Friday of each month.
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Rob Srodulski, Project Coordinator
Jeanie Hartman, KCC Contact
The Kentucky Council of Churches - The Episcopal Diocese of Lexington is a member of the Kentucky Council of Churches, and through our connection St. Michael's participates in the goals and program of the Council.
More information may be found on the KCC website.
Casey Hinds, Formation Chair
 Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) and Pura Vida Coffee present Bishops Blend: premium dark-roasted coffee from Central America, Ethiopia and Indonesia. Bishops Blend is certified Fair Trade, organic, and shade grown. ERD responds to human suffering around the world; providing emergency assistance after disasters, rebuilding communities, and helping children and families climb out of poverty.
- Fair Trade – Coffee is purchase from small coffee farmers at a fair price, even when world coffee prices drop.
- Organic – The coffee is grown without chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
- Shade grown – The coffee grows beneath a tree canopy which protects the plants from intense heat, and returns vital nutrients to the soil.
We sell Bishops Blend coffees at $10.00 per bag. Proceeds go toward St. Michael's outreach and stewardship projects. Sign-up on the sheet next to the coffee pot in the Parish Hall, or use the form below. Pay when the coffee arrives. 
Barbara Kleine
Kentucky Refugee Ministries is a refugee resettlement agency with offices in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. We are affiliated with two national, church based programs: Church World Service and Episcopal Migration Ministries. Kentucky Refugee Ministries is authorized by the U.S. State Department to assist refugees who have been legally admitted to the United States as victims of warfare or persecution. They have been forced to flee from their home countries because of their ethnicity, politics or religion.
Charlie Shanks, BUILD Coordinator
DART (Direct Action and Research Training) - The purpose of B.U.I.L.D. is to create a self-sustaining, interfaith, interracial, proactive organization, rooted in religious congregations, which is capable of creating system-wide, long-lasting change for low-to-moderate-income communities in Lexington/Fayette County, Kentucky.
The member clergy and congregations of BUILD take seriously the biblical injunction to “do justice” (Micah 6:8). This is what we mean by “direct action”—taking action to hold officials accountable for justice and fairness in our communities—rather than “direct service,” which is what many traditional nonprofits provide. Direct-service organizations deal with helping individuals (mercy); direct-action organizations like BUILD try to get at the root causes of community problems (justice).
Although St. Michael's is not a member of B.U.I.L.D., several of our members support the efforts of B.U.I.L.D.
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Once a month for over 37 years a dedicated group of parishioners from our church has volunteered and provided recreational therapy to disabled military veterans in Lexington's VA hospitals. We play bingo (as you've never seen it played before) for quarters which the vet's use to purchase sodas, snacks or other items from the Canteen. We bring sandwiches, snacks, desserts and drinks to share after the games. While playing Bingo, we provide our ears to listen to their stories and sometimes their frustrations in a caring, nonjudgmental fellowship that provides us all with a little dose of nourishment for the soul. Our games are played on their Mental/Behavioral Health ward. With 6 years of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan we are seeing more and more young vet's on the ward, many of them in their 20's. VA bingo is held the first Thursday of every month between 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM on ward 4South at the Lexington 