What We Do - Our Outreach

Pennsylvania Ave. Interfaith Food Pantry

The Pennsylvania Avenue Interfaith Food Pantry (PAIFP) at St. Andrew's serves food-insecure families in our area. The food pantry is open on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 6 PM-8 PM - except for church holidays. Designed to supplement Bethlehem's West End Food Bank, we depend upon donations and volunteers to meet our goals. St. Andrew's partners with several other area churches to fulfill this mission.

Donations of non-perishable goods, such as cans of soup and vegetables, dried pasta and beans, 1 to 2 lb. bags of rice, boxed macaroni and cheese, canned tuna, etc. are desparately needed!

Volunteers are needed for about 2 hours on the first and third Monday mornings of each month to unload deliveries from Second Harvest Food Bank and to stock shelves. Volunteers are also needed to hand out food on the first and third Wednesday nights of the month.

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Bethlehem Winter Emergency Shelter

Beginning in 2009, St. Andrew's opened our church on Friday nights to serve as an overnight shelter for Bethlehem's homeless. St. Andrew's, along with 12 other churches, provided shelter, a place to sleep, dinner, breakfast, and companionship to our guests from the beginning of December until the end of March.

Beginning in December 2017, the shelter for men and women was moved to a single location, United Church of Christ at Market and Center streets. St. Andrew's is responsible for providing and serving dinner, shower monitoring, and donating light breakfast for approximately 50 guests. 

Contact Carol for more information or to volunteer.

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Victory House of Lehigh Valley

Victory House is a residential non-profit organization located on the south side of Bethlehem. Through its programs and support efforts, it helps homeless men, many of them veterans, return to productive lives in the community.

Our volunteers prepare and serve a home-cooked meal the first Saturday of every month at this shelter. We usually serve around twenty men.

Contact The Rev. Lane Perdue to volunteer a meal or for more information. 

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CROP Hunger Walk

Every October, members from St. Andrew's participate in the annual CROP Hunger Walk in Bethlehem, PA. This event raises funds for those in need in our community and abroad, provides disaster relief, and aids refugees world-wide.

Learn more how your donations help here.

See photos of our team at CROP Hunger Walk