Advocacy for Social Justice
It's the Simple Things...
The message of the Hebrew prophets was two-fold: to denounce injustice in the world and to announce a new way of being in the world. Our faith witnesses the realities in which people are living and listens to their cries. The work of outreach means reaching out to those in our local community and elsewhere who are suffering from hunger or sickness as well as those facing injustice; we seek to be Christ’s body.
Putting Our Faith into Action
Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
No feet but yours, no hands but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ is to look out on a hurting world.
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good.
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless all now.
—St. Teresa of Avila
The parishioners of St. John's find joy and fulfillment in sharing our gifts, talents and resources with those in need around us. As individuals in the community of our church, our mission statement reminds us to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly, for "service to others". Micah, 6:8. Our shared spiritual mission calls us to find beneficial ways to live our faith through action for positive change.
This action includes work to
- Feed and shelter the unhoused
- Respond to Emergencies locally and in the greater world
- Advocate for justice
- Visit the sick and those in prison
- Assist parishioners and neighbors in need
The outreach committee works to provide leadership, continuity and discernment to outreach work done under the banner St. John’s in acts done both individually and as a parish family.