Outreach

Crop Walk

In October each year, St. John's joins with other faith communities to raise awareness and funding for combating world hunger in the CROP walk.

CROP stands for "Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty".  Why walking?  Hungry people in developing countries typically walk as much as six miles a day to find food, water, and fuel.  We walk in solidarity with their struggle for existence.  Neighbors from different faiths, cultures, and ages walk together to take a stand against hunger in our world and to raise awareness about it.  Some 2000 communities nationwide participate each year. Walkers ask parishioners and communities to pledge a certain amount of money to them to complete the walk.  These funds are in turn donated to National and International agencies and efforts working to alleviate hunger. If you are interested in walking with St. John’s team, please speak to our CROP Walk coordinator, Gail Carpenter, or contact church@stjohns-ames.org.

Good Neighbor Community Assistance

Go to https://gnea.org/ for more information about Good Neighbor.  St. John’s contributes annual financial support to Good Neighbor.

Matthew 25 House

Please go to Matthew 25's website for further information and quarterly newsletters:  http://matthew25house.org/

This house is a home for those transitioning from prison to the workplace. St. John's congregation is one of the faith communities in Ames that supports this community in every way it can.

The Bridge Home

Go to https://www.thebridgehome.org/ for more information about the homeless shelter/transitional housing organization in Ames. St. John’s is one of the founding members of the shelter and continues to offer financial support to the shelter and has a parishioner serving on the board.