January Outreach
Grace’s Outreach Team has offered to assist St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, Poway, in hosting a rotational shelter at the beginning of next February. On February 4, 2026, Grace will provide a hot meal and leave a continental breakfast and a bag lunch for the guests for the following day. The Outreach team will need Members of Grace to assist in meal preparations and assist in delivering and serving the dinner. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join in expanding our outreach to our community.
The rotational shelter is coordinated by Interfaith Shelter Network of San Diego, an organization that serves the needs of individuals and families who are experiencing situational homelessness in our county. It coordinates two-week-long emergency shelters that rotate among participating faith-based congregations.
Grace Supports Many Organizations
Solutions for Change
Solving family homelessness- One family, one community at a time with community-focused solutions, they are fighting back against The Churn of poverty and homelessness to transform lives and restore community. Their three programs work together to holistically solve the root cause of the challenges families are facing, so future generations can live without the burden of poverty, dependency, and instability.
solutionsforchange.org/
Universidad Popular
Universidad Popular is a grassroots community-based organization promoting health, and education, and nurturing a culture of trust and civic participation in our nation’s democratic process. We bring together community leaders and educators with bold ideas who create programs that are culturally and linguistically responsive, data-driven, and social justice-focused.
www.unipopular.org/
Kairos Cookie Ministry
Since March of 1991, Kairos of San Diego has been faithfully ministering to, changing the lives of, and impacting the behavior of thousands of incarcerated men at the R. J. Donovan Correctional Facility. (RJD).
North County Food Bank
We have continued to support North County Food Bank through 2022. Approximately 12 full barrels of food have been collected and picked up by North County Food Bank for distribution.
northcountyfoodbank.org/
Wrapped In Love
A long tradition at Grace is to provide blankets, jackets, hats, scarves, etc. to the Alpha Project which distributes these items to people who are not able to find beds in the shelters so they have some comfort on these cold nights.
Vida Joven de Mexico
Grace continues to support this orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico through donated items, funds, etc.
vidajovendemexico.org/
Interfaith Community Services Sack Lunches
Every year Grace parishioners prepare sack lunches for the Interfaith facility in Escondido. These lunches allow clients of Interfaith who are in need to collect a nutritious “To Go” lunch.
www.interfaithservices.org/
Cookies, Cocoa & Carols
Our annual outdoor event has been growing yearly.
Episcopal Community Services
We participate in the annual ECS Christmas Adopt-A-Family.
www.ecscalifornia.org/
The Seamen's Church Institute
Every year dedicated Grace knitters create hats and scarves for The Seamen's Church
Institute's Christmas at Sea program. Packages are sent from Grace year-round. Please turn in your
finished projects to Cynde Durnford-Branecki.
seamenschurch.org/
