Our Work in the World
St. Luke's Outreach is where we extend ourselves into the community and the world.  We are caled by God and our faith practice to reach into the world and serve hose in need. At St. Luke's we take this call seroiusly in our joyful work.

Our most obvious ministries are Toni's Kitchen and the Second Time Around Shop. Toni's Kitchen serves ho meals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, every week of he year. The mission is simple, "Serve our guests." The amazing volunteers at Toni's Kitchen live into this mission in many ways.

The Second Time Around Shop redefines the idea of a thrift store. In addition to selling gently used items when the shop is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, the shop makes donations to individuals and groups in need. The shop also offers grants of nearly $20,000 each year to other charities.

Twice a month an additional "AIM red basket" collection is taken on Sunday and every penny of these donation is given away to outside ministries that serve the world as part of our Action in Ministry. Other fundraising and awareness raising efforts include our participation in Realy for Life to fight caner, the CROP Walk to fight Hunger and the Christ Child Project.

St. Luke's continues to be an incubator for new minsistries. We are currently exploring our invovlment in a local communit organizing efort and have begun a ministry of Patient Advocacy serving those struggling with understanding hospitaliztion and other complex medical issues.

We use our buildings to support our world in the world also. Three different 12-Step programs meetings (AA and Al-Anon) are held at St. Luke's each week. We also house the Montclair Learning Center and Imani which reach out into our local schools, Rainbows who provide guidance on grief counseling for youth and Cooking the Healthy Way which provides basic skills training to people with developmental challenges and Job Seekers - a local group working to help people achieve re-employment.

St. Luke's and the Episcopal Church are working to support the Millennium Development Goals that provide a framework for much of what we do.  Follow the links on the left to learn how you can get involved in these efforts at St. Luke's.