We strive to serve as the hands and feet of Christ in the world.
Community Holiday Meals
St. Andrew's parishioners provide a sit-down and carryout Thanksgiving meal at lunchtime on Thanksgiving Day. Anyone in the community is welcome to attend.
CROP Walk
CROP Walk raises awareness and funding for the world's hungry people.
FISH Food Pantry and Clothes Closet
FISH is a faith-based all-volunteer organization which serves people in need with a food pantry, clothes closet and other assistance.
Sandwich Board
For more than 30 years, St. Andrew's has participated in Sandwich Board through Trinity Episcopal Church in Aurora. We provide 350+ sack lunches on the second Thursday of every month.
Community Kitchen
Meals for our housing and food insecure friends in Downers Grove. Sit down dinners are Fridays from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Grab and go lunches are Sundays from 12:30-1:00pm.
Shelter
Feed
Casa Hogar La Familia
Casa Hogar La Familia is a Christ-centered children’s home just outside the city limits of Quecholac in the Mexican state of Puebla. It provides love and care for orphaned and abandoned children.
Interim Housing Center
the Interim Housing Center is located on Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove and provides a secure place to live for families
Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans
St. Andrew’s volunteers provide a home-cooked meal for six vets every Tuesday evening plus one Thursday a month.
Foster
Wayside Cross Minstries
Wayside Cross Ministries provides meals, transitional housing while in recovery and training as well as mentors through the local church and daycare for working women in program.
Magdalene House Chicago
Magdalene House Chicago (MHC) is a two-year residential and social program for women survivors of trafficking and addiction.
St. Leonard's House
St. Leonard’s House provides interim housing and supportive services for formerly incarcerated men returning to the community from Illinois prisons.
Parents' Day Out
A parish program that provides a safe place to learn and play for toddlers of the community.
ReVive Christmas Baskets
ReVive and participating churches provide Christmas gifts for families in need in the Chicago area.
Vacation Bible School
An annual week-long program aimed at sharing the Good News with children of our community.
Hope’s Front Door
Based in downtown Downers Grove, Hope's Front Door is a not-for-profit organization that assists economically disadvantaged individuals and families, the homeless, disabled and elderly neighbors who lack sufficient resources to provide for themselves.