St. Matthew's Parish Annual Christmas Faire

We hope that the entire Pacific Palisades community will join the Parish of St. Matthew for our annual Christmas Faire on Friday, November 20, 2015 6pm-9pm in the church’s Sprague Auditorium.

There will be an abundance of great items; sports tickets, hotel getaways, beauty treatments from top estheticians and toys for kids of all ages in the incredible silent auction. You can get some great goodies for those on your Christmas list – regardless of whether not they’ve been naughty or nice – while doing good for our community.

The theme of this year’s Faire is Hands of Hope because, as Jeremiah 29:11 instructs, “For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” The Christmas Faire is a longtime church tradition and a joyful occasion as all of the net proceeds from the evening are donated to the church’s outreach partners. A complete list of the religious and non-religious non-profits who will benefit from the event are listed below.

Three of the four Christmas Faire co-chairs are Pacific Palisades residents: Christel Smith Durkin and Cary Sinnott who will serve as auction co-chairs with Lyndsie Cardito and Malibu’s Amy Beal serving as the event co-chairs.

“We hope to welcome friends – both old and new – and neighbors,” says Durkin of her second year as co-chair, “to this joyous evening that embodies the holiday spirit.” Cardito, who is also chairing for the second year adds, “the work our Outreach partners do is so important, it’s an honor to support them.”

Beal and Sinnott are co-chairing for the first time and, “look forward to making our Outreach partners even more effective with the funds raised.”

For more information on the St. Matthew’s Christmas Faire see: http://www.stmatthews.com/church/christmasfaire.php

The Parish of St. Matthew welcomes Palisadians of all faiths to join us at the Annual Christmas Faire and at Sunday services.

For more information on The Parish of St. Matthew, The Episcopal Parish of Pacific Palisades: http://www.stmatthews.com/

2015St.Matthew’sParishOutreachGrants

Angel Interfaith Network ( Project Angel) – Provide funds for housing, food, transportation and supplies for low-income families with babies born at County+ USC Medical Center.

Chrysalis - Fund job training and placement for homeless/low-income individuals.

CLARE Foundation – Fund “Campus for Continued Care” sober living site.

Episcopal Urban Intern Program - Provide funds to continue development of recruitment and marketing materials for interns to develop a strong pool of candidates.

GAIA ( Global Aids Interfaith All iance) - Sponsor a village in Malawi, Africa to employ community care givers, provide malaria nets, medical supplies, school fees, orphan care supplies, and other support.

Hollygrove - Fund the Family Search and Engagement Program for abused children.

Jubilee Consortium - Support the Jubilee Health Justice Project for inner city youth through a Social Investment program.

NYA ( Neighborhood Youth Association) - Provide funding for the Personal Best Program to help at- risk children in West Los Angeles.

OPCC ( formerly Ocean Park Community Center) - Provide funds for food and shelter for people who are homeless, living with mental illness, suffering from substance addiction or are survivors of domestic abuse.

PRISM / Restorative Justice - Support pastoral care for prison inmates at the Twin Towers and youth at Juvenile Hall, and host a picnic for families of the incarcerated.

Safe Place for Youth ( SPY) – Fund the expansion of the case management program to provide support and services for homeless youth in Los Angeles.

St. Joseph Center - Pays the stipend for the Episcopal Urban Intern who helps locate housing for the homeless.

St. Joseph’ s Center’ s Bread & Roses Café – Contributes to the salary for the chef who serves meals to low income and homeless families and individuals, including veterans and seniors.

Westside Food Bank - Provide funds for purchase and distribution of essential nutrition for ultra low- income individuals and families (One dollar provides four meals to someone in need).