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Building a Compassionate Community at Home

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Building a Compassionate Community at Home – Using the basics of Conscious Discipline (CD), Wendy Cannon and Danielle Davis will explore Dr. Becky Bailey’s theory of classroom management and how it can be applied to parenting.  The key to this method is being aware, or conscious, of why children (and adults) react the way they do in certain situations.  Understanding the “why” helps teachers and parents better respond and help model appropriate behavior.  The workshop will meet Sundays, May 15 and 22 at 10 a.m. in Faulkner Hall.  Attendance at both sessions is helpful, but not mandatory.

During the first week, we will discuss how the brain responds to situations and techniques to get into proper “brain space” to deal with these situations in a calm, rational manner.  We will reflect on our “hot buttons” and the various types of guidance systems we may have grown up with and focus on responsibility guidance.

In the second session, we will explore the key skills of discipline (as in practice, not punishment!).  We will also discuss ways to help build a compassionate community at home where everyone can contribute and belong.

Volunteer Opportunities at The Table

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We have a number of needs and opportunities with The Table at St. George’s right now. For information, contact outreach@stgeorgesepiscopal.net.

  • Meet the farm truck on Sunday afternoons – They generally arrive at the George St. entrance of St. George’s around 3 p.m. — specific arrival depends on I-95 traffic.  We need some muscle to move 50-pound crates, plus light work of checking in what we receive.
  • VA’s Health Insurance Programs for Children & Pregnant Women – There is a free workshop on Thursday, May 12, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Fick Conference Center – Carl D. Silver Health Center Bldg.  Learn how to sign people up for these programs.  Great addition to our SNAP signups.
  • SNAP – There are still classes in May at the Food Bank for anyone interested in learning how to sign up people for SNAP.  The Food Bank is willing to come to St. George’s to do a training session, so let us know if you are interested.
  • Summer Feeding Programs with the Food Bank – They are looking for people for a feeding site at Spotswood Elementary.  Training sessions for food prep, site support/monitor at the Food Bank.  Contact us if you are interested.

 

Community Give 2016

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St. George’s has several ministries/ministry partners that are participating in this year’s Community Give. Learn more about them below.

The Table at St. George’s

tablestarthereThe Table at St. George’s is our weekly market-style food pantry focused on distributing fresh fruits and vegetables to those living with food insecurity and health conditions. The Table feeds the whole person. Each week, shoppers can select their choice of food from the market-style food pantry packed with fresh produce. Everyone is encouraged to contribute and participate in The Table. Children can select from a supply of gently used books. Nutritional information and cooking classes are offered to share healthy-living tips. At The Table, a community comes together to support one another. Donations to The Table’s Community Give will help support the operations budget and fund these continuing programs.

St. George’s Episcopal Preschool

preschool-playThe preschool is a play-based environment where children bloom and thrive.  Donations to the preschool on Community Give help fund scholarships for families who may need some financial help to send their child to a quality preschool program. This special mission helps us reach students who might otherwise head into Kindergarten with no prior school experience, and helps them gain the extra boost to help them get their academic career off to a great start

Micah Ecumenical Ministries

micah-singleimageMicah, one of our ministry partners, is a Christ-centered community supporting people experiencing homelessness and identifying pathways to permanent housing. Every $20 in donations to Micah helps provide services to a homeless person each day. Ending homelessness means working toward a crisis response system where it is rare, brief and non-recurrent for people living on the street or in shelters.  The agency has track record of spearheading community efforts that have resulted in a 58% decrease in chronic homelessness in the last five years. In 2015, Micah was part of the community effort that helped Virginia become the first state in the country to achieve a functional end to veteran homelessness. 

Stop Hunger Now Meals Have Shipped

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The meals from our “Souper Bowl of Caring” event on Feb. 7, 2016 were shipped in a container totaling 282,312 meals from a  Richmond, Va.  Stop Hunger Now warehouse to Highlands Friends of Haiti, whose school lunch feeding program reaches more than 2,500 needy school children at the LaPleiade School and 7 other rural schools in the area of Cange, Haiti

Founded in 1995 in connection with Zanmi Lasante (Partners in Health), La Pleiade has been faithfully serving to better the lives of children in rural Haiti, along with the network of other rural schools. This feeding program furthers the goals of the schools as these meals have both a short and long term effect on the community, schools, and on both the students and their families. When students are hungry, grades suffer. With meals, health improves, grades improve, and school attendance improves. A hot meal at school is often the only food these students will receive.

Visit www.stophungernow.org for more information about how you can support Stop Hunger Now and continue your involvement in the fight against hunger. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stophungernow for updates, videos and photos from the field.

Thank you for volunteering with Stop Hunger Now. We truly appreciate your dedication and commitment to the vision of a world without hunger.