Called to Serve Locally

Monthly Service Opportunities

  • Meals On Wheels

    1st Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.

    Deliver meals to homebound individuals in the Arlington VA community.  Our service assists those who continue to live in their own homes, but cannot safely provide meals for themselves. In addition to reliably delivering healthy food, MOW provides a regular “check in” with clients who are living alone. MOW’s distribution site has been at the First Presbyterian Church in Ballston.

  • SOME

    First Thursdays, 6:00 a.m.

    For many years Saint Peter’s has helped So Others Might Eat prepare hot breakfasts in D.C. SOME provides a range of support for vulnerable people in Washington, DC, including a hot breakfast every morning. Saint Peter's has a group of 5-7 people who go to the SOME kitchen to prepare the breakfast. We arrive at 6am and are done cooking and cleaning up by 7:30.

  • Barcroft Food Market

    Second Thursday, 1:00 p.m.

    Saint Peter's volunteers will help at the the Barcroft Elementary School food market with food distribution on the second Thursday of the month. Volunteers help with set up from 1-3pm and / or food distribution from 3-5pm. The Barcroft market serves an important community need. Volunteers are needed for this important ministry. Contact the parish office if you want to volunteer.

  • Lunches for Bailey's Shelter

    Families helping families. As part of our first Sundays at Saint Peter's we invite parishioners of all ages to gather in the parish hall after the 10:15 a.m. service to assemble 100 lunch bags for the Bailey's Homeless Shelter. This is a great service project for families. Bailey’s Shelter & Supportive Housing is a multi-service facility that houses both a shelter program and permanent supportive housing.

Man and woman bagging onions as part of an Arlington Food Assistance Center bagging event on a Sunday morning.

–– For I was hungry and you gave me food. (Matt. 25:35)

Feeding the hungry

St. Peter’s conducts frequent food drives to assist multiple organizations feed those in need, including AFAC, the Salvation Army, the Our Lady Queen of Peace food bank. We do more than collect food.

  • We purchase and package bulk food twice a year for AFAC.

  • We deliver meals through Meals on Wheels .

  • We make bagged lunches for participants in New Hope Housing.

  • We cook breakfast cook at the SOME shelter located several blocks north of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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Man pushing a wheelbarrow filled with logs in a backyard for Rebuilding Together.

–– You shall open wide your hand to your brother. (Deut. 15:11)

Improving housing

Housing is a priority for St. Peter’s. St. Peter’s volunteers with Homes Not Borders to help set up apartments for refugees. For the last 33 years, St. Peter’s volunteers have turned out in force to work with Rebuilding Together to assist with repair projects, painting, yard work and more for an Arlington homeowner recommended by Arlington County.

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Two people loading Christmas trees out of truck getting ready for the annual Christmas Tree sales at Saint Peter's each December

–– Carry one another’s burdens. (Galatians 6:2)

Special Needs

St. Peter’s is a community that cares for others and strives to respond to the needs of our neighbors.

St. Peter’s households purchase gifts during the holiday season for families through the Arlington Housing Coalition, AHC, a non-profit housing developer providing homes for low- and medium-income families in Arlington. =

Each Christmas, in partnership with AHC and St. George’s Episcopal Church, we donate and deliver free Christmas trees to families in need. The fresh-cut Fraser fir trees, garlands, and wreaths are obtained from the Cline Church nursery in Fleetwood, North Carolina, and also are available for the parish and community to purchase.

We also offer disaster relief through the Episcopal Relief and Development Fund.

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