George Neureuther, Director of the Interchange Food Pantry, will be joining us this Sunday, October 8th, 11:20 to 12:00, for the first of our Outreach Sundays, and learn about the activities and opportunities there. St. […]
Common Ground SupportersWe found out this week that HUD regional director Diane Shelley will be attending our upcoming meeting this Monday the 28th. Please come or join us on zoom. We need your presence and […]
We look forward to welcoming Lindsay Schoettlin from the Sojourner Family Peace Center for our Outreach Presentation on Sunday, November 19. The presentation will be held in the St. Paul’s Community Room following our 10 […]
Join CG Leaders & Resident Leaders from HACM to stand with tenants for the next phase of our campaign to reform the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), to celebrate recent successes, and […]
The Interchange Food Pantry is holding our Thanksgiving Dinner Giveaway at our three pantries on November 16th, 18th, and 19th. Interchange needs your support to provide 1,400 families with fresh fruits and vegetables to complete […]
The St. Paul’s offices will be closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of the July 4 holiday, and the St. Paul’s Thrift Shop will be closed on Saturday, July 4. We wish everyone a […]
The Popular Bi-Annual $10 Bag Sale Begins Saturday, July 25! Everything you can fit into a brown grocery bag is $10 (excludes jewelry). The bag sale will continue Tuesday, July 28, and Saturday, August 1. […]
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped make sack lunches for The Gathering! Our next sandwich date is Friday, July 24 at 3 pm. Sandwich making will continue at 3 pm on the […]
Every 2nd Saturday of the month we are scheduled to serve in-person lunches from 10:30 am to 1 pm with the Gathering. Our next serving date will be Saturday, August 8, and we will be […]
The St. Paul’s Thrift Shop is officially reopen for fall, and we have a new sign! Come check out our new inventory of clothing, housewares, artwork and furniture. Our volunteers have been busy sorting and […]
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Dear Friend of The Gathering, We are very excited to announce our partnership with The Gathering Place Brewery with you.Please, join us EVERY Thursday during September at The Gathering Place Brewery to support our new […]
The Outreach Committee has approved an $1,500.00 donation to Episcopal Relief and Development to support wildfire relief efforts on the island of Maui. We’ve all seen pictures of the destruction — the one above is […]
FORWARD SCHOLARS was a huge success this last school year! Students participating in tutoring grew an average of 3.3 levels in reading versus an expected 2 levels for a year of instruction. Due to this success, […]
INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR NEW POTENTIAL TUTORSTuesday, August 8th, 2023 1:30-2:30 pmPLEASE RSVP: Click HERE or go to https://forms.gle/37pKk4GoDH8cXUGn8Join Zoom Meeting ID: 825 5726 7993 Passcode: 272108Contact Dr. Carrie Streiff-Stuessy, Executive Director, with questions at carriess@forwardscholars.org […]
COVID is finally over and it’s time to get back to work providing outreach support, both financially and in volunteering, to important organizations in the Milwaukee area. This Sunday (June 11) at coffee hour we […]
Join us on Friday, June 23 at 4 pm in the St. Paul’s kitchen and Community Room as we make sack lunches for the Gathering! For more information or to sign up, please contact John […]
Over a year ago, Common Ground started Forward Scholars, responding to the needs expressed by our members for one-on-one tutoring for their children attending MPS. We got MPS to share some of the CARES money […]
The Thrift Shop at St. Paul’s has re-opened after a COVID induced hiatus! The Thrift Shop has been a part of St. Paul’s outreach efforts since the 1950s. All revenue beyond expenses is used to […]
After a 2+ year hiatus, the St. Paul’s Thrift Store is ready to re-open Saturday, May 20 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. After our opening date, shop hours will be every Tuesday 10:00 am […]
On Wednesday, Pat Ruttum and I took a whole lot of plastic bags to Mercy Mats of West Allis, who meet weekly at the West Allis Library. Outside, we met several people also hauling in […]
On Sunday March 26th, seven members of St Paul’s attended the CG Assembly atMount Mary. 795 people were there in person with another 295 attending on zoom. We heard about the need for reform of […]
March 22, 2023 update: The Outreach Committee has authorized a $2,500 donation to Episcopal Relief for earthquake relief in Turkey and Syria. As I write this, the death toll in Turkey has exceeded 20,000, and […]
One of the casualties of the Covid pandemic was our practice of using the season of Lent as a reminder of the need to support the less fortunate members of our community. For many years […]
As announced at the Annual Meeting, Matt Pamperin has taken the role of Thrift Store Lead. For all who are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact Matt either by email or phone. Once a […]
Chris Krueger announced at the 184th Annual Meeting last Sunday that she and fellow co-chair Pat Ruttum are turning over the Thrift Shop keys to Matt Pamperin. Krueger and Ruttum took the reins from former […]
As we still struggled through the lingering effects of COVID and its variants, another problem raised its ugly head – high inflation – a great burden on the most vulnerable in our society. Again, the […]
Common Ground started in 2008, and St Paul’s joined that year thanks to Jim Gramentine’s leadership. Our parish has been a strong supporter of this organization’s work in Milwaukee and the communities surrounding us. Last […]
Mary Walker writes, “Pat [Ruttum] is a familiar figure for all she does at St. Paul’s. She has also been God’s messenger in my life for all the times she’s driven downtown and driven me […]
The Saturday Codependents Anonymous group is sponsoring an open CoDA Meeting, Saturday, November 12, 2022 at St. Paul’s in the Community Room. Doors open at 8:40 a.m., and meeting and speakers begin at 9 a.m. […]
The Holidays are fast approaching, and Interchange is asking for our help to provide our guests with a holiday dinner. The Pantry’s goal is to provide 1000 families with the traditional holiday meal with a […]
Do you have too many plastic bags? Do you want to get rid of usefully? Bring them to St. Paul’s and put them in the marked box in the back hall. They will be taken […]
The St. Paul’s Outreach Committee has resolved to make a leading gift of $2,000 in support of Episcopal Relief and Development after Hurricane Ian destroyed much of central Florida. After announcing in church on Oct. […]
St Paul’s Common Ground Supporters. Please join us for our Fall Assembly!Sunday October 23rd 3 to 5:30 pm in person or by ZoomMetropolitan Missionary Baptist Church,1345 Burleigh St, Milwaukee Our goal is to have 500+ […]
Wonderful article in the Journal this week, front page, about Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative. In case you missed it, click here. This is one of Common Ground’s biggest accomplishments, successfully setting up a Healthcare Coop. […]
Several of our parishioners live in Sherman Park and last week, two of them, Cathy and David Simpson, were present at Washington High School for the groundbreaking of the new athletic field. Common Ground started […]
Have you noticed the new gardens around St Paul’s? Rand Schmidt and Steve Sanders, gardeners extraordinaire, along with Paul Haubrich have designed and installed new plantings. Now we pray for rain to water them in! […]
Outreach Committee chair Sandra Halgerson has asked that we post this flyer to the website regarding an Interchange Food Pantry Food Drive Sundays, August 14 and 21. [Click here to download.]
Ever felt called to work with an MPS student one on one and see them progress in reading ability over the school year? Common Ground is rolling out a new program that offers you this […]
Tuesday May 31st, we had a significant action related to our Reckless Driving campaign. We held a press conference at City Hall with Mayor Johnson and announced our campaign to ask 3 major insurance companies to fund […]
Our nonpartisan Mayoral Forum will be Sunday, March 13, 3:00 – 4:30 pm, hybrid (Zoom and St. Mark AME). We want to have 500+ leaders present (online and in-person) to show our strength! Every St Paul’s […]
Looking For a New Volunteer Opportunity? If being a tutor and helping a young Milwaukee child learn to read interests you, Common Ground has just the volunteer job for you. March of 2020 when the […]
Are you looking for a great part-time job as an Office and Social Media Coordinator for the Interchange Food Pantry? If so, please apply here. The deadline to apply is 5:00 pm on Friday, January […]
Many thanks to those who contributed to our holiday “Jesse Tree“ contributions for the Teens at Our Next Generation. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.
If you’ve wondered where the money St. Paul’s spends on outreach actually goes, or how the decisions are made, you can find out Monday night, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. The Outreach Committee […]
Common Ground has had a very busy year. You heard about our Get Out the Vote campaign and then our listening campaigns involving 1,000 participants in the Milwaukee area. We are now concentrating in 2022 […]
On Saturday, December 4th, the Great Hall was a joyful place. Volunteers had worked all week to price and display the many items carried over from the Thrift Shop. When the sale opened at 10 […]
Cross your fingers that we can follow our July Pop Up Sale for the Thrift Shop with a December one! We hope to have the sale Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 10 to 1pm in […]
On Saturday, November 20th (the Saturday before Thanksgiving) we will be holding an Outreach Event in the Church parking lot, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Event is to gather goods/funds for Interchange Food […]
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