Serving Others
Justice Partners
Compassion Week
Safe Parking (Lots of Love)
St. Tim’s is proud to partner with Move Mountain View (MMV) to provide four overnight parking spaces from our campus parking lot for local community members who reside in their vehicles. MMV is a local community service organization that vets our safe parking guests and provides them with case management, helping them to move towards housing. They also provide security to monitor our lot overnight for the safety of our parking guests and campus. Part of our mission statement calls us to “share the love of God…in word and deed, striving to make a difference in the world.” Using the gift of our campus to help neighbors in need is part of how we embody this call to action.
Little Free Pantry
St. Tim’s is proud to host a Little Free Pantry, located on Grant Road, near the north driveway entrance. It is run by neighbors who feel called to help other neighbors.
The LFP is intended to help with immediate and local needs of necessary items. It is for the community, by the community; anyone can donate items and anyone can take items. Stop by anytime. The pantry is always open.
How can you help?
Monitor the pantry: Please sign up for one week to monitor the Little Free Pantry for cleanliness and dispose of any perishable or unsafe donations. This is vital to maintaining a helpful and safe resource for our neighbors. Stop by during the week as your schedule allows. Any visit is better than no visits! It is not necessary to stock the pantry yourself during your monitoring week, but you may add donations if you wish. Thank you for being a blessing to the community! Please use this form to volunteer.
Donations: Donations of non-perishable groceries and personal hygiene products are always welcome. See examples here. Please ensure donated items have not expired or been damaged. Canned items that are “easy open” with pull-top lids are helpful for those who may not have access to a can opener.
Where did Little Free Pantries come from?
It is not an organization or a nonprofit. The Little Free Pantry (LFP) movement was started in Arkansas several years ago by a woman named Jessica McClard, who built a wooden box on a post containing food, hygiene products, and paper items and it was accessible to everyone all the time, no questions asked. Several months later, the LFP movement had spread throughout the country and across the globe.
Questions? Email Chrissy Ulrey at christineulrey@gmail.com.
CIC Chaplaincy (Prison Ministry)
Correctional Institutions Chaplaincy (CIC) Ministries shares hope and offers spiritual care to all incarcerated people of every faith in Santa Clara County jails. We believe that every person has inherent dignity and worth and incarceration does not define one’s identity or potential. God’s love working through God’s caring people makes transformation and healing possible. CIC Chaplains provide worship services, one on one counseling, Bible studies, writing and art groups, and much more. St. Timothy’s currently has four volunteers going into the jails every week.
For more information please go to CIC Ministries and/or contact Anne Wilde at anneaerobic@aol.com.
Santa Maria Urban Ministry
SMUM provides the local community with a safe, welcoming place for basic services that meet short-term needs, and educational and targeted services to support permanent transformation. Through comprehensive programs, compassionate outreach, and transformative partnerships, this organization serves everyone who shows up.
Throughout the year, St. Tim’s collects clothing, shoes, canned foods, school supplies, or whatever else is needed to serve the community, which are brought to SMUM for distribution.
An outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, Santa Maria has featured a food and clothing pantry for over 30 years. SMUM is located near downtown San Jose at:
778 S. Almaden Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: 408-292-3314
