Pastoral Ministry & Parish Outreach

INTRODUCTION
   The rivers of Pastoral Ministry and Parish Outreach flow in many different directions at St. Albert the Great. Here, one finds parishioners' hands extended in friendship, service, and justice to any and all who may be in need of help --- both parishioners and non-parishioners.
   The following list of pastoral ministries is not exhaustive, but it provides a good indication of the varied directions our programs take.


PASTORAL MINISTRIES
     Funeral Lunch Ministry
     Home Cooked Meals
     Luke House
     Parish Outreach Committee
     Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry & The Red Barn
     Sunshine Supper
     Twinning Program
     Willows Nursing Home, Oakwood East, and Meadowmere
 

Funeral Lunch Ministry
   Volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve food. Also, we need
volunteers we can call upon to donate desserts, salads or casseroles as needed.
If you are willing to work - help please call Eileen Grimm 837-3541.

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Home Cooked Meals
   This group is responsible for preparing home-cooked meals for parishioners who are in need because of illness, the birth of a baby, or other family emergency. If cooking is not for you, but you would like to help deliver meals, we can use your help also. If interested, please contact Diane Karsten at 837-9742.

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Luke House
   Luke House is about sharing, hospitality, and community building. Every fourth Tuesday of the month, members of St. Albert's provide and serve a meal to the needy at Luke House, 310 South Ingersoll, Madison. The meal consists of chopped turkey and gravy over baking powder biscuits, peas and carrots, applesauce, milk, bread, and cupcakes. If you are interested in providing one of the meal items, simply sign up on the bulletin board in the Narthex (near the stairs).
   We share what we have so others can eat. We offer hospitality when we serve the family-style meal. We build community by sitting at table and eating with the Luke House guests. Time commitment is from 5:00 pm to approximately 7 pm. The parish contact person is Micky Wherley at 837-2032.

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Parish Outreach Committee
   Aspects of this ministry include visiting the sick, homebound, and hospitalized,
respite care, infant Christmas gifts, "The Giving Tree" program, transportation
assistance, Pregnancy Help Line, Mother’s/Father’s Day Flowers, "Respect Life"
activities, Central WI Center Grocery Receipts, Prayer Circle, special requests,
blood donors, Koats for Kids, and Twinning.

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Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry & The Red Barn
   These two important ministries reach out to the truly needy in the community.  The parish takes up a food collection on the fourth weekend of every month and donates funds each year from its outreach funding.  If you have any questions in regard to these ministries, please contact Dalene Thompson at the parish on Thursdays or Fridays at 837-3798

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Sunshine Supper
   Sunshine Supper is a community outreach program that offers a hot meal to people and families that would otherwise go without. The meal is served every Monday evening from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the Sun Prairie United Methodist Church, 702 North Street. St. Albert’s parish provides and serves the meal four times a year. The meal currently consists of sloppy joes, pasta salad, green beans, fruit, cookies and milk.  We welcome you to help in any way you are able. Volunteers are needed to donate food and to help serve and share in the meal. Please look for the signup sheets on the bulletin board in the Narthex. The time commitment is from 4:30 until approximately 7pm. The parish coordinator is Andrea Behrens at 318-1333 or behrensr5@hotmail.com You may also contact Linda Sheridan in the parish office at 837-3798 x36 or at lindas@saintalberts.org

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Twinning Program
   The Twinning Committee is involved in a variety of activities to raise money for support of the needy in the Caribbean. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at St. Albert's. New members add a fresh perspective and excitement to the Twinning mission and are always welcome.
   Money raised by the Twinning Committee continues to support the poor in Thomazeau, Haiti, by helping with Thomazeau Housing Construction. This project will provide for the construction of 50 single-unit homes in the Thomazeau neighborhood of Port Janvier.  The houses will be constructed of concrete with galvanized sheet roofs and will be built on land owned by the recipients.  Because of the size of most Haitian families, two units are usually joined to form one double-unit home.  Other simultaneous projects will increase the number of homes to be built in the area and provide for community development.  St. Albert's parish is also helping in Jamaica with Our Lady of Hope Orphanage of the Mandeville Diocese.  Please consider joining the Twinning Committee. If you have questions or would like to become more involved call Barb Justl at 837-7767.

"If one member suffers, all members suffer,
and if one is honored, all members rejoice.”1 Corinthian 12:26

Great Ways To Help
     By direct donation
          Just make your check payable to "St. Albert Twinning Program"
          and place it in the collection basket at church.
     Cinnamon roll sales after weekend Masses
     Soup supper
     Cookie and nut sales (click HERE for nut sale order form)
     Quilt Show luncheon

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Willows Nursing Home, Oakwood East, and Meadowmere
   The staff of St. Albert’s provides a liturgical service at 10:30 AM every third Wednesday for the residents of the Willow’s Nursing Home. Services are also provided at Oakwood East and Meadowmere once each month.

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2420 St. Albert Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Phone 608-837-3798   Fax 608-837-8576

For additions / deletions / changes to this website, e-mail paul@saintalberts.org