At Holy Faith there are many opportunities to serve the broader Santa Fe Community. Here are a few of the ways:

Feed the Hungry

Committee members prepare and serve a hot meal to 75-90 hungry people on the 4th Sunday of every month at noon in the Interfaith Community Shelter parking lot. Committee members plan the menu, shop for the food and spend that 4th Sunday morning cooking a balanced meal in the Church kitchen. Feed the Hungry is an official agency of the Feed Depot which provides the bulk of the food. Folks wanting to join this worthwhile endeavor should contact Dora Horn at (505) 471-1171 or clintvhorn@aol.com, or stop by when we are cooking on the 4th Sunday of the month.

Mission and Outreach Grants Subcommittee

The Holy Faith Mission and Outreach Grants Subcommittee was formed to disperse funds generously provided by the Carolyn Scheffler estate. Parishioners of Holy Faith, as well as the Vestry, generously contribute to the fund. Our mission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ by facilitating mission and outreach efforts of the parish to the community of Santa Fe and beyond.

For the 2022/2023 cycle, the following organizations were awarded grants:

Listening Horse Therapeutic Riding

  • The Interfaith Community Shelter
  • Bag-n-Hand
  • Chaplain Joe’s Street Ministry
  • Santa Fe Community Services
  • Coming Home Connection
  • The Sky Center
  • Gerard’s House
  • Resolve
  • Youth Shelters & Family Services
  • Art for Humanity
  • Listening Horse Therapeutic Riding
  • Oaxaca Street Children Grassroots
  • Creativity for Peace/Tomorrow’s Women

The grant application deadline has been extended to February 29, 2024.

Download the Application Process 2023. Applications for the 2023/2024 grant cycle are due by mailing to the church, marked to the attention of Mission and Outreach Grants Subcommittee, and postmarked no later than February 29, 2024. Download the Application 2023.

The Mission and Outreach Grants Subcommittee is now selling two different types of gift cards, both of which benefit organizations chosen as part of Holy Faith’s charitable outreach. They each say, in part, “a gift has been made in your honor … to help those in need in the community of Santa Fe and beyond.” The first is a Christmas card featuring our statue of St. Francis in the snow; it announces your gift and wishes the recipient a blessed Christmas. The second card is appropriate for giving any time of year, to recognize a birthday, wedding, anniversary, or other special occasion, or perhaps to honor the memory of a departed friend. This all-occasion card pictures the beautiful Good Shepherd stained glass window in the church. They may be purchased in the parish office. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to honor your loved ones while helping others!

Interfaith Community Shelter Volunteers

Holy Faith volunteers host guests at the Interfaith Community Shelter located at 2801 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, for two separate weeks during the Emergency Shelter season which runs from the middle of October to early May, providing a hot meal and other support every evening. Without the help of dedicated volunteers the Shelter would not be able to serve Santa Fe’s most vulnerable. Here is an opportunity to live out the Matthew Imperative: “In as much as you did it to one of the least of these your brethren, you did it to me.” Those interested in helping should contact Dora Horn (505) 471-1171, email clintvhorn@aol.com or Cathy Gronquist at (505) 231-4557 email cathy@gronquist.org.

The Guild

adults guild st nick Bazaar2013-11-13 12.50.13The Guild welcomes anyone who is interested in preparing craft items for the annual St. Nicholas Bazaar and in good fellowship. Specialized expertise is not required, but always welcome. The Guild meets on Wednesday from 10 am until 2 pm in the Guild Room. Business is conducted while sack lunches are consumed. Come and join us! For more information, please contact Ruth Rael at ruthcats837@gmail.com.

United Thank Offering (UTO)

The United Thank Offering (a program of the Episcopal church, known for its little blue boxes) has, for more than 132 years, provided support through grants for ministries throughout the United States and elsewhere.  These ministries focus primarily on women and children and usually have no other source of funding.  They are always urgent, often creative, and occasionally astounding.  Holy Faith has an Ingathering of contributions, usually twice a year, when parishioners can donate to express their thanksgiving for blessings received and send help to a needy world. For more information, contract the parish office at 505-982-4447.