Outreach & Service

To get involved in one of these ministries, check our parish calendar or contact the parish office for more information.

Farmers Market
Each Thursday from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm St. Clement’s is host to a local farmers’ market on our parking lot. Fresh produce and farm products are for sale and a variety of food vendors are available on site from whom to buy your evening meal. Tables and chairs are available for sit-down dining and for chatting with our neighbors. Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, parking, traffic flow, and clean-up. It’s not a lot of work and the chance to meet and fellowship with those in our neighborhood is a wonderful reward. For more information, or to contact our market managers, please call the parish office at (808) 955-7745.

Food Distribution & Lunch Ministry
Food Distribution: A ministry to provide food to people in our community when their supplies may be running short, this is offered the third Saturday of each month. Canned goods are donated by parishioners, supplemented by purchases from the Food Bank and Costco. We also provide a simple meal, cooked in the parish house, for guests and workers. Help is always needed with bagging and distributing the food on third Saturday mornings starting about 10:30. Food distribution is from 11:30 to 12:30. Please join us!

Food Distribution Lunch: A simply, healthy, hot lunch is prepared for Food Distribution guests and volunteers each month. The meal is prepared that morning, beginning about 9:30, and served prior to distributing the food bags. You are welcome to join us in serving our neighbors. Food is also given out during the week to anyone who needs it.

The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii
"The Interfaith Alliance Hawai‘i (TIAH) has risen to be a voice for justice in our state. It is an organization of individuals that speak from the perspectives of over 30 faith-based traditions. TIAH is designed to create an environment in which many people and groups of good will can come together to address public concerns." (from the TIAH website, which you can visit here)

Local Partnerships
For those organizations below who have websites, links to their sites can be found on our here.

Family Promise of Hawai`i: Family Promise is a national program for homeless families with children, supported by Honolulu churches, temples, and synagogues. The adults are either employed or going to class to get a better job. Three times in a week, once a calendar quarter, three or four of us put together a dinner and take it to the church where the families are staying. We join them for the meal and spend part of the evening just being neighborly. This is a wonderful way for St. Clement’s families with children, as well as singles and couples, to help the working homeless.

Hawaii Meals on Wheels: More than 25 years ago The Parish of St. Clement’s organized a Meals on Wheels program with five nearby churches. The clients were home-bound persons who were mostly frail and elderly. Six years ago the successor organization, Hawaii Meals on Wheels, asked us to volunteer again. We responded and now have volunteers who cover a route in McCully and another in Kaimuki. Volunteers, who go out in teams of two, are asked to serve one day a month on Wednesdays or Thursdays from approximately 10:00 to 11:30 am. Clients are friendly and appreciate having a hot meal delivered to their door. The HMOW agency provides training for this rewarding community service. Substitutes are needed to fill in when regular volunteers are not able to do their route.

I.H.S. (Institute for Human Services): Food is prepared in the church kitchen for approximately 300 people at the Institute for Human Services (IHS) on the second Sunday of every even-numbered month. IHS serves and provides dormitories for a large community of homeless men, women, and children every day of the week. Shopping for ingredients is done in advance to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, salad, and dessert. Two work crews are needed - one for cooking, and one for serving. Special need is for a truck and driver. All volunteers 15 years or older are welcome!

YO! House (Youth Outreach Waikiki): A team of parishioners prepares food for the YO! (Youth Outreach) House, which is a shelter in Waikiki for homeless teenagers. This Outreach Ministry provides food for an average of 60 homeless teenagers once a month.

Global Ministry

The goals of Global Ministry are to promote justice and mercy in a few areas of the world where we believe we can make a difference. Our mission focuses on short-term projects (specific and limited to responding to emergency needs) and building long-term, sustainable, mutual ministries where possible.
Members often contribute to Episcopal Relief and Development, the world-wide relief agency of The Episcopal Church. You can visit their website here to learn more or donate.
Episcopal Church Women: Episcopal Church Women of all ages, ethnic origins and socioeconomic backgrounds who hold a variety of views. However, the common denominator of our members is love of God and the wish to do His work. You can visit the national ECW website here.