Interfaith Group Calls Community Together to Help the Needy

Congregations for Coats

This November Join Local Congregations to Fill a Truck with Winter Coats

 (Southfield, MI October 29) - The cold will soon be upon us and a local interfaith group wants to help those most vulnerable. Lift Up Southfield! a consortium of 9 Southfield congregations along with the Friends of the Southfield Police, are inviting the community to donate new or gently used coats throughout the month of November.

Coats can be taken to a Lift Up Southfield! congregation, or St. David’s Episcopal Church, 16200 W. 12 Mile Road, where a huge truck is parked. Special thanks goes to Central Transport of Warren for the truck donation.

“The Christian scriptures say that if one person has two coats, he ought to give one away to a needy person,” said Lift Up Southfield! Convener, The Very Rev. Chris Yaw, Rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church. “If you’re like me, you have way more than one coat. This is an opportunity for us to reflect on our blessedness, and take action for those who don’t have enough.”

Organizations involved with Lift Up Southfield include: The First Baptist Church of Detroit; Northwest Unitarian Universalist; Congregation Shaarey Zedek; St. David's Episcopal Church; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Peace Lutheran Church; Transfiguration Catholic Church; St. John’s Armenian Orthodox; and the Covenant Presbyterian Church.  The Friends of the Southfield Police Department are a group of officers and supporters dedicated to community improvement.

Coats will be collected throughout the month of November. They will be distributed to several local charities throughout Metro Detroit including the South Oakland Shelter in Lathrup Village. For more information, please contact The Very Reverend Chris Yaw of St. David’s Episcopal Church: 248-557-5430 or visit their website at www.stdavidssf.org