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opportunities for serving
1 Isaiah 58:7 Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?
- Emmanuel Dining Room provides meals to those in need in Wilmington. Resurrection volunteers prepare and serve a delicious shepherd's pie for the noon-time meal on the 12th of every month. The Resurrection team would love to have additional volunteers! Contact Sue & Andre Dagenais, 302-379-8909 or susan.dagenais@verizon.net, Mike Rzucidlo mikerussel02@gmail.com or 302-690-1571, Judy Ward 610-639-8830, Mike and Linda Duffy 302-530-2104.
- Fair Trade Coffee Tea, and Chocolate sales are held several times a year in the Gathering Space. This provides a route for small farmers in developing countries to sell their coffee, tea, and chocolate at a price that allows them to feed and support their families. Contact Tom & Kate Regan, reganfamily6@verizon.net, 302-738-9989.
- Family Promise prevents and ends homelessness for families with children. Among 4 programs are 2 shelters that keep families together. The rotational hospitality shelter is hosted for 1 week, 4 times, per year by Ebenezer UMC and Resurrection. Up to 4 families are hosted with needs for volunteers to share dinner, visit, drive the van, sleep over and provide supplies. Sign up genius link available certain weeks. Contact Deb Buckels from Resurrection dbuckels@verizon.net 302.239.2275.
- Food Closet Ministry collects non-perishable food to support the Mill Creek Outreach Project located at Community of Christ Church on Milltown Rd. Needs are published in the bulletin and delivered weekly to the food closet.
- Friendship House unites people facing homelessness with loving, supportive communities they can call home. Volunteers can find opportunities to serve a meal at a shelter, sort clothes at the Clothing Bank, or help people find jobs at Empowerment Centers. Contact Kristen Reisor, Friendship House Volunteer coordinator 302-652-8133
Donald Drane at 302-593-9524 or drandh@gmail.com
- Meals On Wheels delivers meals and brings warmth to homebound seniors during the lunch hour, Mondays thru Fridays. It takes two volunteers to support our route of 20 clients per day, one week each month. Resurrection provides five teams, so each team serves one day per month. More volunteers are always welcome, and substitutes can be trained to be an “occasional” volunteer (if one of the “regulars” have a conflict.) Contact Peg Hirsh peghirsh@gmail.com or 302-368-8570
- Prison Ministry offers tutoring to motivated men and women currently incarcerated at Young Correctional Center and Baylor Correctional Institution. More people are always needed! If you can find 2 hours one day a week in your schedule, we always welcome more help, and so do the men and women whom we visit.
Care/Visits for the Sick, Elderly, Lonely and/or Bereaved:
- Shawl Ministry: Knit or crochet a Prayer Shawl and pray for someone in need of God’s compassion, love and comfort in their life. This group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 12:30 p.m.in the Library. Contact Beverly Roberts, bkr92649@aol.com, 302-377-3505
- Visits: Volunteers can visit hospitals, nursing and rehab facilities, or the homes of parishioners temporarily unable to attend Mass, or provide rides to Mass or to doctor appointments. Opportunities also exist for Eucharistic ministers to bring Holy Communion to elderly or ill persons. Contact the Resurrection Parish office at 302-368-0146.
Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities:
- Christmas Giving Tree: Each December Christmas gifts are collected for families referred to us by a social service agency. Contact Cathy Blanchet, cathyablanchet@gmail.com, 302-462-6700 or Betsi Gerber, gerberemg@verizon.net, 302-354-0834
- Grow a Row: In spring and summer, food is grown at a large community garden at Resurrection, and shared with community food closets.
- Thanksgiving Food Baskets: Assist over 50 families by providing food for Thanksgiving dinners for clients of: Friendship House, Christina School District and Family Promise.
Other Opportunities to serve:
- Annual Benefit Concert to Fight Human Trafficking: An annual concert by talented young performers to raise funds to benefit organization that works to prevent human trafficking and rescue and restore victims. Contact Kate Regan, 302-738-9989, reganfamily6@verizon.net
- Dining for Women (DFW): Chapters meet monthly to share dinner and donate money that would have used to dine out to help support women/girls in developing countries. There are 10 chapters in Delaware. We welcome new members and chapters.
Elaine Butterfoss at buttereb@gmail.com
- Jesus House: provides sacred space and programs for those seeking spiritual growth and community. Volunteers are needed for website management and to serve meals at occasional retreats. Contact Jesus House main office at 302-995-6859.
- Lazarus Ministry: Members show support to the family members experiencing the death of a loved one by providing a luncheon after the funeral.
- Lions Club Eye Glasses Collection: A collection box for glasses for the needy is next to the Zingos receipt box. Contact Mark Oliver, suzmarko@verizon.net, 302-737-1660
- Zingos Receipts: Zingos cash register receipts are collected in the Zingo box on the table near the nursery. In exchange for receipts Zingos donates money to support the food closet. Contact Joanne Pohlen joannepohlen@gmail.com or 302-239-5341.
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Sign up Genius links
We are using “Sign Up Genius” but you do not need to register an email address on their site.
We have a binder in the Gathering Space to sign up, this provides an alternate means to become involved.
Sign up for Emmanuel Dining Room
Sign up for Andrew's Place
Sign up for Coffee Counter
Our Sunday mornings are a joyful time.
The coffee and donut ministry has been active for over 40 years. After the Sunday morning Masses, we gather to enjoy one anothers' company and a coffee break. Or tea, or juice, if you prefer. We are always looking for smiling faces to serve following one or more Sunday morning masses.