Outreach Ministry at Saint Cornelius' Episcopal Church

The Outreach Committee, consisting of Deacon Sandy Herder, Tom Taylor,
Terri Trent, and Jan Scoggins, have decided to enroll in the Care
Portal.  In July, committee members attended a Zoom training and
orientation and completed the enrollment process.

The Care Portal is a nonprofit online organization that links
professional care providers such as caseworkers for the Kansas Department
for Children and Families, and St Francis Ministries with local churches
and businesses. Caseworkers can enter requests for needs for their
clients. Enrolled churches and community businesses can look at these
requests and decide if they have the means to provide the help needed.
All requests have a child at the center of the need. Examples of
previous requests have included a washing machine for a family. Another
request was for a backup generator for a family with a child on life
support.

The advantage of Care Portal is that needs and families are evaluated by
a professional caseworker before being posted. There is a caseworker who
continues to be involved with the family and provides a link between the
responding church or business and the family. We have an opportunity to
establish a relationship with the family we help. That relationship can
include our prayers as a community for someone we know.

As the Outreach Committee continues to provide ministry to those in
need, we ask for your prayers for discernment. We may also add the names
of those in need to our community prayers. We ask you to pray for them.