Love Begins Nearby.
You do not have to solve every problem to make a difference. Through Saint Peter’s, serving locally is a way to notice our neighbors, join good work already happening, and practice Christ’s love close to home.
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Hands on
Family-Friendly
Justice & Advocacy
Creation Care
Ways to serve locally
There are several ways to serve nearby, each grounded in dignity, care, and connection.
Click on each box to learn more about each area of service.
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Food Security
Feeding neighbors with dignity and care
Saint Peter’s helps meet immediate needs through food collection, meal preparation, food distribution, and partnerships with local organizations. Learn how our parish supports neighbors facing food insecurity and how you can take part.
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Housing & Homelessness
Supporting stability, shelter, and home
We support neighbors experiencing homelessness and housing instability through hands-on service, seasonal support, housing repair, and local partnerships. Learn more about this ministry of practical care and faithful presence.
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Migration & Refugee Support
Welcoming neighbors seeking safety and belonging
Saint Peter’s continues to discern faithful ways to support refugees, migrants, and families already in our community. Learn about past partnerships, current commitments, and how we respond as needs arise.
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Creation Care
Caring for the earth and the neighbors who share it
Creation care is part of our love of neighbor. Learn how Saint Peter’s tends the land, reduces waste, cares for our campus, and participates in practices that honor God’s creation.
Five Ongoing Food Security Opportunities
Click on the cards below to learn more and the next date.
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Lunches for Bailey's Shelter
First Sundays, 11:30 a.m.
Parishioners of all ages gather in the parish hall after worship to assemble sandwiches.
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Barcroft Mobile Market
Second Thursday, 1:00 or 3:00 p.m.
Saint Peter's volunteers help at the Barcroft Mobile Market organized by Communities in Schools.
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Help with Meals On Wheels
1st Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Deliver meals to homebound individuals in the Arlington VA community.
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SOME
First Thursdays, 6-7:30 a.m.
Prepare a full, hot breakfast for two hundred people in Washington, D.C. 90-minute commitment.
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AFAC Food Collection
Every day
Drop off shelf-stable food on Sunday as you enter worship. Boxed cereals are a favorite.
Family-friendly Service Opportunities
Love grows when it is practiced together. At Saint Peter’s, we recognize children as full members of our community as participants in the shared work of compassion, justice, and care. Family-friendly service opportunities make room for all ages to serve side by side, discovering that even simple acts of kindness can become holy work when offered together.
The shaded box offers family-friendly service opportunities.
Ways for families to serve together
Stay after the 10: 15 AM worship on the first Sunday of every month to help assemble bag lunches for the unhoused Bailey’s Crossroads Shelter.
Look for our twice-a-year food packaging event with AFAC. The entire parish comes together at 9 AM on a Sunday morning to bag produce.
Drop off cereal and other shelf-stable food each week for a local food pantry.
Plant and tend flowers and vegetables in our garden.
Community Engagement
We care for our neighbors not only through direct service, but also by working for change. Through our partnership with VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith and Community Engagement), we join with other Northern Virginia faith communities in nonpartisan advocacy rooted in listening, relationship, and the common good.
Attend trainings and listening sessions
Join public actions and meetings with local leaders
Take part in faithful, community-based justice work
Sometimes love looks like service. Sometimes it looks like raising our voices together.
A VOICE Assembly
Want to serve locally?
We would be glad to help you find a meaningful way to get involved. Reach out to the church office to learn more about volunteer opportunities, ministry partners, and next steps or view Upcoming Opportunities.
