Refugee Mentoring ministry

(Giving Tree)

This ministry works hand-in-hand with the Refugee Resettlement Office of the Catholic Social Services here in the Charlotte Diocese.  That office provides this ministry with a list of approximately 30 refugee families from many different ethnic backgrounds who the diocese has helped to relocate to our area.  At Christmas time many of these families do not have the means to enjoy the pleasure of exchanging gifts.  Our Giving Tree at St. Luke's is a way for our parish to donate a little of our time, a little of our resources, and a lot of our love to help this happen.  Before Christmas, volunteers will be needed to help make the gift tags for our Giving Tree.  The parish will be asked to purchase the gifts that they have picked from the tags on the Giving tree and then additional volunteers will gather the week before Christmas and deliver the gifts to the refugee families.  The time needed by members of our parish to support this ministry is minimal but the rewards are great!  Gifts are truly "exchanged" on that delivery day.  Our volunteer families deliver the gifts that our parish has purchased for them, and the refugee families return with their gifts of love, thanks, hospitality and friendship

 

For information contact Don or Sue Roux at (704) 684-1233   sdroux550@windstream.net .