Church of the Redeemer provides numerous opportunities for parishioners to participate in outreach ministries in a "hands-on" manner. Below you will find details for, and links to, more information on these enriching programs.

African Children's Mission

The African Children’s Mission at Redeemer funds community-based projects organized by local leaders to benefit infants and children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi.  We partner with the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) which not only works with us to identify worthy projects but also provides oversight of the funding to ensure that funds are indeed applied effectively and efficiently. 

Blankenburg School

Four years ago members of Redeemer reopened the Library at Blankenburg School in partnership with WEPAC, West Philadelphia Alliance for Children. The Library now offers an art program in addition to loaning books and reading aloud to the little ones. The Library collection has been significantly improved by the gift of hundreds of new and recycled books given by members of Redeemer through the Bazaar. We also have a member of the parish assisting the Middle School science program and have provided programs for assemblies and the gift of new books to Kindergarteners and 1st graders through the Reading is Fundamental Program. Plans are also underway for the creation of a playground which we are undertaking with partners in the West Philadelphia neighborhood. Blankenburg is located at 4600 W. Girard Ave. and serves children in Head Start through 8th Grade. Reading tutors are always needed as are new members of the Library team and supporters of the playground effort. 
Parish contact: Carol Chew 

Christmas Baskets

Provides Christmas dinner for local and Philadelphia inner-city families in need, as identified by Eldernet.  Parishioners fill approximately 200 baskets with non-perishable goods and the Redeemer supplies turkey or ham, and fresh fruit and vegetables.  Volunteer needs: (before Christmas) deliveries by parishioners.  Parish contact:  Tom Ramsey

Click here for directions and shopping list for the Christmas Baskets.   

Episcopal Community Services

The official outreach arm of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, ECS operates or oversees more than 30 outreach projects and programs in the Philadelphia area.

Volunteer needs: tutors in our after-school or evening literacy

programs in Philadelphia; sharing a special skill: family meal planning and cooking; teaching simple budgeting; hosting a kitchen shower among your friends and supplying needed household items to a former homeless client now getting permanent housing.

Parish contact:  Rodger McKinney 

Food for Friends

 Food for Friends gathers monthly to prepare 60-65 frozen meals. These meals are delivered to Aid for Friends, a non-profit, interfaith agency which arranges for their distribution to persons who are isolated, handicapped or frail. Contact Jim Pugh for more information. 

Interfaith Hospitality Network of the Main Line

The mission of IHN is to help momentarily homeless families achieve lasting independence, stability, and self-esteem. In the interim, the local network provides safe, temporary housing; a hot evening meal; and support services.  Hosting responsibilities rotate weekly among the 10 currently participating interfaith congregations.

Volunteer needs:  Individuals or families to prepare a simple dinner, to spend time with the parents and children after dinner, and to provide comfort and security by spending the night at the church. For more information, click on the links on the IHN page.

Parish contacts: Barbara Hobbs or Mary Hopkins.

Joyful Giving

The Redeemer’s Joyful Giving Program enables each of us to make special holiday gifts by contributing to parish mission projects and charitable organizations supported by our Outreach Grants Program. These gifts are an ideal way to acknowledge teachers, colleagues, friends, and loved ones during the Christmas season.

For more than 17 years, the Joyful Giving Program has generated about $10,000 a year for the designated recipients. There are several contribution levels of $5 to encourage children to participate in the spirit of giving as well.

We hope that everyone will feel the joy of giving again this year by selecting one or more projects or organizations.

Please click here or on the brochure panel to the left for this year's Joyful Giving brochure listing the projects and organizations and the directions for giving.

St. Gabriel’s Mission

At the invitation of the Rev. Nancy Deming, Vicar of St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, located at 101 E Roosevelt Blvd. Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr is now partnering with members of St. Gabriel’s to provide a nourishing lunch to our hungry brothers and sisters on the last Saturday of each month. Volunteers meet at church of the Redeemer on the last Saturday of every month to prepare a nutritious meal and then take it to St. Gabriel’s where our volunteers eat and interact with those who drop in from the neighborhood.