We are transformed as we let the light of Christ shine through us and discover a love that is larger, a faith that is richer, and a life that is worthy of the name that has been given us as Christ Church!
In His Name,
The CCA Missions Committee
Melissa Bull, Sr. Warden
Below is a menu of current volunteer opportunities. Please email the appropriate ministry leader to get involved.
Habitat for Humanity
(click here to email ministry leader John Harlan)
The Episcopal Habitat Coalition has agreed to provide funding and labor to build a home this fall at 1224 S 12th Ave in Phoenix. If you are interested in helping out, please email me with your availability. All skill levels welcome; workers must be 16 y/o or older.
CCA work dates:
10/30 - drywall
Start time is 6:30 am at the site.
Honduras Medical Mission Trip
(click here to email ministry leader Patrick Donovan)
The CCA Medical Mission team treats patients, distributes eyeglasses and bibles, and provides prescriptions and water filters for needy congregations in Honduras.
NourishPHX Food and Clothing Bank
(seeking a CCA ministry leader - click here to contact church office)
From the 1980s until present day, NourishPHX, formerly ICM Food and Clothing Bank, has had a rich history in providing services for the working poor in Phoenix. Throughout the year CCA will hold food drives, clothing drives, and holiday drives. You can also volunteer at NourishPHX - click the NourishPHX link above to find out more.
Phoenix Rescue Mission
(click here to email ministry leader Barbie Moody)
The Phoenix Rescue Mission offers a number of Christ-centered programs and services to help men, women, and children escape hunger and homelessness. CCA members frequently serve lunch at the mission; please contact Barbie to reserve your spot. For other volunteer opportunities, click the Phoenix Rescue Mission link above.
South Sudanese Water Filters
(click here to email ministry leader Melissa Bull)
Working with our Diocese, CCA has raised money for countless water filters that are distributed throughout S. Sudan. Our organization has also planned for a Community Center in Malakal, provided medical supplies, and provided aid for food for hundreds of displaced people throughout Juba.
We are looking to provide tuition for (2) elementary students, (2) middle school students, and (2) college students, additional water filters, medicine, food, clothing, and aid for the street children of Juba. We are looking for a grant writer and anyone else that would like to join our team.
DUET - Partners in Health and Aging
(seeking a CCA ministry leader - click here to contact church office)
Thanks to hundreds of volunteers across the Valley, Duet is able to bring help and hope to homebound adults facing challenges related to aging or other health issues. It takes as little as a couple of hours a month to make a true difference in the life of a homebound adult, affectionately referred to as “neighbor.” To find out about volunteer opportunities, please click the DUET link above.
Feed My Starving Children
(seeking a CCA ministry leader - click here to contact church office)
Our process is simple. Donations given by people just like you fund the meal ingredients. Volunteers hand-pack the meals. Meals are donated to FMSC food partners around the world, where kids are fed and lives are saved! Click the Feed My Starving Children link above to find out more about volunteering.
St. Mary’s Food Bank
(seeking a CCA ministry leader - click here to contact church office)
We are proud to stand together with the community, knowing we share the vision that no one should go
without food. Because of friends like you, we distribute 250,000 pounds of food, daily. This food travels throughout most of Arizona and goes to hungry neighbors who might otherwise have to go without.
Our projects include: packing emergency food boxes, on-site food distribution, Kids Café and much more! Click on the St. Mary's Food Bank link above to find a volunteer shift and sign up today! We hope to see you soon!
André House
(click here to contact volunteer coordinator Elizabeth Wunsch)
André House is a ministry to the homeless and poor populations of the Phoenix area. From its modest beginnings in 1984, André House has grown to be a significant provider of basic and transitional services in Phoenix and a leader for social reform in this state. Despite its size, it has not lost the hospitality which is its essence. Throughout the Diocese of Phoenix, André House is recognized as a place where faith and service meet, where generosity is discovered and praised, and where the Body of Christ both serves and is served. Dinner service and sorting clothing and other donations, hold a donation drive for clothing, toiletries, back packs, blankets, and sleeping bags.
Note: Andre House serves the chronic homeless; those that suffer from substance abuse, chronic illness or physical disability, serious mental illness, and developmental disabilities. Many of these
people are not qualified to seek shelter in a homeless facility and are living on the streets full time.
Click here to email Melissa Bull (CCA regular volunteer)
Border Ministry
(click here to email ministry leader Keri Westphal)
(click here to email diocesan ministry leader Rev. David Chavez)
Jesus calls us to live into a "borderlands spirituality" which straddles the frontier between the Kingdom of God made real and the Kingdom yet to come. Cruzando Fronteras (CF) is the vision of Lutherans and Episcopalians, prompted by our bishop's call to explore a new model for ministry following previous work of Episcopal Border Ministry.
Please help us by:
- Praying and taking action with those involved in global mission along the Arizona/Sonora Corridor.
- Advocating for humanitarian treatment of migrants, refugees, detainees, and all who live along the border.
- Promoting comprehensive immigration reform.
- Collaborating with Lutheran, Church of Christ, Anglican communities, and United Church of Christ in Mexico, Latin America, and around the world.
- Developing Latino/Hispanic congregations in the region.
Phoenix Dream Center
(click here to email ministry leader Jackie Richard)
(click here to email the Volunteer Coordinator at Phoenix Dream Center)
The Phoenix Dream Center is a Christ centered nonprofit sanctuary for children and young adult women and men aged 13-30 who have been rescued from human trafficking by local, federal, and international enforcement agencies. The Dream Center’s highly secure haven provides comfort, support, therapy, education, and rehabilitation.
There are many volunteer opportunities. At-home projects include knitting or sewing small toiletry bags, crafting blank greeting cards so that residents can write notes to family members, hand-writing notes of encouragement, inspiration, or scripture to be given to residents by staff, and a virtual note writing program.
On-site volunteer opportunities include helping on Friday afternoons to assist the art program and leading a bible study, among others.
For more information, please contact the ministry leader or the PDC Volunteer Coordinator at the email links above or call Phoenix Dream Center at 602-459-3315.