Grace Episcopal Church is and has been very active with outreach projects. Over the past twenty years, we have been instrumental in starting several ministries that have gone on to become freestanding charities. Notable among these are Meals on Wheels; a shelter for homeless families called the Anderson Sunshine house, Anderson Interfaith Ministries, and the Emergency Soup Kitchen. We have provided dictionaries and Christmas presents for an inner-city low income school and once a year we hold a blood drive to aid the local hospital Our two major fundraisers, a soup luncheon and a barbecue, have been very successful functions and contribute significantly to these and to other ministries. 

A major world outreach program is our mission to assist a parish in Bas Cange, Haiti. It began over twenty years ago when Bishop William Beckham formed an alliance with Rev. Fritz Lafontant, an Episcopal priest in Cange, Haiti. His cachement area has been designated as the poorest in Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. What started out as a small clinic under a tree has grown into a mission that is now a model for other Third World countries. Dr. Paul Farmer, an anthropologist and tropical disease specialist from Harvard University, became involved early on and is responsible for organizing the treatment of tuberculosis and AIDS in the area. 

Over the years, Grace Church has sent members who are lay persons, priests, and medical professionals to assist in this worthwhile project. We recently committed with four other area churches to build and operate a school there in the Bois Joli area that was identified as the greatest need by Father Lafontant. The school is now under construction. 

We at Grace are proud of this work and hope to continue these outreach efforts for years to come.