Local Outreach
CityHeart is a service offered by Christ Church to people in the heart of the city of Dayton. Christ Church opens its doors daily to people in need of food, shelter, transportation, counseling, comfort and referral. We operate in conjunction with both the The Benefit Bank, a service to assist people to access programs and benefits and HelpLink, a United Way referral service. For a more complete description click here. To read the most current CityHeart Moment, click here. To read CityHeart Moments from 2011, click here.
Waffle Shop Grants. Financial support for mission work financed through the proceeds of the Waffle Shop which is held every November.
These grants are disbursed to support a variety of ministries and good works both locally and abroad.
Hunger Ministry. The Hunger Ministry consists of a group of programs to address physical hunger in the community. Every Sunday we collect both food and money to support the food bank at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and our homeless shelter ministry. On the second Saturday and third Thursday of every month, we fix and serve a hot meal for the residents of the Gateway and St. Vincent's Hotel homeless shelters. Learn more about our homeless shelter ministry. In addition to our homeless shelter ministry, we also provide sack lunches -- Monday through Friday -- to people who are hungry. And we refer many to places where they can obtain a hot meal every day.
Twelve-Step Programs. We have 12-step programs at Christ Church Monday through Saturday. Alcoholics Anonymous, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Gay Alcoholics Anonymous, and Al-anon for families and significant others of addicts. Call the Church at 223-2239 for times of meetings.
Benefit Bank. The Benefit Bank helps people discover which public benefits for which they may be eligible including low income tax credits, food stamps, child care, WIC, and other state and federal assistance programs. Applicants should contact the church to make an appointment with a Benefits Bank counselor.
"For Our Troops" As an ongoing project, one of the Christ Church Foyers collects items to send to deployed troops. They work with the Blue Star Mothers, Chapter #3. The Foyer "Packing Parties are held every quarter. If you or your Foyer would like to help pact, please contact the church office. Click here for a list of wants and needs.
Rebuilding Together Dayton is the only organization in the Miami Valley dedicated to rehabbing owner-occupied homes for low-income homeowners at no cost. The Dayton Episcopal Deaner rehabbed houses in both 2010 and 2011. The work is done on one day in April and we have had over 50 people participating and completing over 15 projects at the homeowners houses.
CROP Walk. We join people of faith from throughout the Greater Dayton area in a walk to raise money for and awareness of local and worldwide hunger.