There is an urgent need for gently used men's winter coats.  Please drop off in the outreach area. 

The next Mustard Seed meal will be March 20, 2020

Elderly residents in our nearby rest home, they are wondering if I might have sweaters or sweatshirts to share with them.
The guests at the Mustard Seed are also beginning to ask for sweatshirts, long sleeved shirts and blankets.
Current Outreach needs include 
 Deodorant  Back Packs  Gently used sweatshirts  Shirts with long sleeves  Light blankets  Sleeping bags  Hygiene products  Light jackets  sweaters Non-perishable food, toilet paper
As always, non-perishable food items are always needed, especially breakfast cereal.
Items can be left in the Outreach Area - inside the parking lot side door.

Current needs: Peanut Butter, Cereal and Pasta Sauce

You are invited to join the new St. George Parish “Food Donation Team.” Together we hope to increase our nonperishable food donations for the hungry. If you are open to receiving a weekly email with information from Dave Jarry on local sales of items that are needed in our local food pantries then consider yourself part of the team!
For more detailed information or to share your own thoughts and to join the team, just email Dave at DavewithFDT@gmail.com.
All non-perishable food items are welcome! 

There was only one spare coat at the Mustard Seed remaining and the donated sweatpants have been tremendously appreciated.  More warm items are welcomed!

Our Sunday Morning Coffee Shop is in need of adult men and women volunteers every Sunday morning.  

Please click to read a note from Annie Doyle highlighting our talents and treasures.

There are so many ways to serve.  Please
join us!

Share your unique talent - baking, teaching, sewing, mending, gardening, welcoming newcomers, simple carpentry , landscaping, washing and ironing, computer skills, knitting, and crocheting are a few of the skills needed. The possibilities are endless. Just call with an idea!
 
Donate items such as food, clothing, used linens or towels, toiletries, baked goods, stationery, pens and pencils, disposable razors, school supplies, cleaning products or paper products. There is a great need for all of these items and more! Holiday Food Drives, Winter collections of coats, hats, gloves and scarves and “Giving Tree Gifts” at Christmas are a few of the ways we work together to donate items to those in need.
 
Volunteer to serve or host. Assistance is needed serving bereaved families at post-funeral receptions, 150+ guests at the Mustard Seed, and families with children at the Interfaith Family Shelter. Our Pastor would like to get to know the friends and neighbors in our parish. We invite you to consider hosting a gathering of “neighbors” in your home. At times our parishioners are in need of a meal or a dessert during times of illness or injury.
 
Serving is our privilege.
Volunteer opportunities may take only a few minutes or a few hours. Let’s work together to match your skills, talents and gifts with needs in our community and neighborhoods. 

For more detailed information and the most current and pressing needs contact Annie Doyle – Parish Outreach Coordinator
508-853-0183 Ext. 11

Click on this CROWDRISE link to add your support!  

Family Health Center of Worcester's Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Program (HOAP) provides high quality health care for adults experiencing chronic homelessness in Worcester at 162 Chandler Street.  HOAP is partnering with the Mustard Seed on Piedmont Street in Worcester to convert a basement closet into a clinic.  This clinical exam room will allow our doctors and nurses to follow hard-to-reach patients in the community and engage them in health care.  

We need to raise $10,000 to pay for a gut renovation of the space to include clean walls, new ceiling and lighting, flooring, cabinets, exam table, doors, and locks.

Help us care for our most vulnerable community members.  Help us turn this basement closet into a clinic!

HERE ARE SOME THINGS ALL PARISHIONERS CAN DO IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE OUR PARISH VISION A REALITY!

 WELCOME ALL

• Come to Mass a little early and introduce yourself to the head usher.
• Offer to greet parishioners coming to Mass or to assist with the Offertory Collection.
• Consider sitting in a different place at Mass. Reach out and introduce yourself to a pew mate. Learn the name of someone you don’t know.
• Come down to the Coffee Shop after a Sunday Mass. Introduce yourself to a stranger.    Invite someone to sit with you. Pay for the coffee of the person behind you.
• Introduce yourself to a Coffee Shop volunteer. Offer to join a Coffee Shop Team                    or to just help out as needed.
• Invite a neighbor, friend, or family member to join you at Mass some Sunday.

BUILD CONNECTIONS TO CHRIST AND ONE ANOTHER

• Intentionally pray for the needs in the Mary Chapel Basket.  
• Read the daily Scripture each morning.
• Join a Parish Faith Sharing Group or the Prayer Shawl Ministry.
• Volunteer to teach or assist with a Religious Education class.
• Join the Parish Choir.
• Volunteer to read at the Children’s Liturgy of the Word.
• Attend a Marriage Encounter Weekend.
• Consider receiving a Sacrament you might have missed.

• Reach out to a friend and share the story of your faith.
• Say “yes” the next time someone asks for your help.
• Read something new about the Catholic Faith.
• Prayerfully ask yourself, “What is God calling me to?” Listen and respond to the answer.
• Donate to the “Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry” every month, pray passionately for the poor and suffering, make dessert for the next Mustard Seed Meal, volunteer for the next service week at the Interfaith Hospitality Network, visit the Adoration Chapel and listen for God’s call.
• Call Annie Doyle at our parish office today to have a conversation about how to grow as a disciple within the community of St. George.