Delmarva Teen Challenge

In  June 2015, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church adopted “Delmarva Teen  Challenge, HOME OF HOPE” as our major outreach project. Teen Challenge  has for several years operated a facility in Seaford for the  rehabilitation of adult men. They have purchased for renovation and use  as a women’s facility, a former private school property on Rifle Range  Rd—right on our doorstep! To help themselves, Teen Challenge has  recently opened a mega thrift store in Seaford.

As  a parish, we continue our generous donations of good salable items for  the thrift store such as clothing, furniture, appliances, large and  small toys, tools, jewelry, knick knacks and household items, such as  books—and even cars, trucks and campers. Arrangements can be made to  pick up large items. You can bring items to church or call and we will  pick-up. 

Episcopal Church Women (ECW)

St.  Mary’s ECW is very active in various outreach and church related  projects. Currently ECW outreach programs are the Uniform Closet, Adult  Clothes, Camp Arrowhead, Coffee hour, Court Yard Project, Educational  Fund Fire Co., Altar Flowers (Easter & Christmas), Food Pantries,  Group Home, Home of the Brave, Library, Seamen’s Center, Stockley, Teen  Challenge, UTO, and Women’s VA.

In  May 2017, ECW implemented the Free Bag Lunch outreach program once a  month (3rd Saturday of every month). Our volunteers delivers lunch bags  to folks at home who are unable to travel and those that walk-in, have  the option to eat in or bring home. We give thanks to all our women who  support ECW faithfully.

Food Pantry

This  is a collection of food which we give to the following on a rotating  basis: Home of the Brave for Women, Union Methodist Church.  Place non-perishable food or canned goods in the little red wagon  located in the parish hall or at the collection point behind the church.  All donations will be delivered to the local food pantries. Thank you  for your continued generosity.

Group Home

A  group of people visit the Bridgeville Group home once a month. They  usually start with a prayer & have a sing along. We are doing a lot  of crafts. The residents receive a gift bag with snacks & small  gifts if we don’t do a craft. We also bring refreshments for the  residents to enjoy.

Home of the Brave (HOB)

The  Home of the Brave Foundation was established to furnish food,  transitional housing, and counseling to veterans of the Armed Forces of  the USA. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Women (ECW) support the new home  for Women in Milford.

St.  Mary’s congregation donates food and paper products every third month  from our monthly food collection for the needy. The articles are then  delivered to HOB in Milford.

United Thank Offering (UTO)

The  United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for  the mission of the whole church. Through UTO, men, women, and children  nurture the habit of giving daily thanks to God. Envelopes are handed  out twice a year at St. Mary's (March & November) and donations is  mailed to the Episcopal Church UTO coordinator.

VA Project

The  purpose of the Delaware Veterans Home in Milford, Delaware is to  provide outstanding long-term care services to Delaware Veterans that  uphold dignity wile sustaining and improving their quality of life.St.  Mary’s Episcopal Church purpose is to add, in some small measure, to the  care and comfort of those veterans with whom we come in contact. We  have so far held several events, one of them being “Tea” for the ladies.  The women of St. Mary’s provided corsages and hats for each lady, as  well as personal gifts they could use. We plan to do this each year as  the feed-back was very gratifying from the staff and residents.