Ministry Partners
St. Michael’s is committed to living our purpose as servants of God who pursue His will happening in our world. One tangible way we do this is by devoting 10% of our budget to mission groups outside of our local church. Beyond this 10% commitment we also invest another 10% in support of planting new churches and the ministry of the Upper Midwest Diocese. Below is a list of individuals and organizations with which St. Michael’s partners. We aim for a balance of ministries targeting local, national, and international impact. The Missions Committee would be delighted to connect you with any ministries you wish to consider supporting personally. The Missions Committee meets monthly and reviews requests for support on an ongoing basis. To contact the Missions Committee, email jill@stmichaelswi.org.
Anglicans For Life
Anglicans for Life is a Christ-centered ministry that provides educational and pastoral resources to churches in the Anglican Communion, to help them bear witness to the sanctity of life.
Anglican Relief and Development Fund
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund works with local leaders throughout the world to demonstrate the love of Christ and spread the Gospel by empowering those leaders to solve the problems they identify as priorities in their own communities.
CareNet Milwaukee Pregnancy Center
Located on Milwaukee’s East side, CareNet provides free, confidential services to pregnant and postpartum women. Services include pregnancy tests, viability ultrasounds, options counseling, post-abortion support, provision of pregnancy and child material support (clothing, diapers, toys, bottles), and Bible studies.
Frank Woods - Genesis Milwaukee
Genesis works to facilitate successful integration of citizens returning to communities from correctional facilities, thereby increasing public safety, decreasing recidivism, and improving the quality of life of all Milwaukee residents. Genesis is based primarily in zip code 53206 in Milwaukee, the zip code with the highest incarceration rate in the country.
Jens & Karen Notstad - Greenhouse
Jens and Karen serve with the Greenhouse Movement of the ACNA raising up new congregations and leaders throughout Wisconsin. They desire to see the campuses renewed, the countryside reawakened, and Wisconsin reclaimed for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Lake Area Free Clinic
Located in Oconomowoc, this free clinic exists to provide high quality comprehensive care to those in need. The clinic provides medical and dental care to all of Waukesha County as well as the Oconomowoc School District.
Milwaukee Rescue Mission
Milwaukee Rescue Mission exists to share God’s love by caring for those who are poor in body, mind and spirit, to see lives transformed through Christ to hope, joy and lasting productivity. In existence since 1893, the Mission offers short- and long-term practical assistance, transformative programs, education, job training, treatment, spiritual enrichment and more. St. Michael’s is proud to partner with the Milwaukee Rescue Mission both materially and with our time and effort.
Novo.org
Formerly CRM Empowering Leaders, Novo.org is a band of creative missionaries sent to multiply movements of the gospel and mobilize the church for mission around the world. St. Michael’s specifically supports two Novo members with a specific calling for supporting and caring for missionaries and staff.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. They ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease; and to children living on Native American reservations in the U.S.
Repairers of the Breach
Repairers of the Breach offers a daytime refuge and resource center for homeless adults in Greater Milwaukee. “A place to learn to fish.” In existence since 1991, the center is governed by homeless individuals and serves thousands of individuals per year.
Father Alister and Father Jack - SAMS-USA
Fr. Alister and Fr. Jack, with their wives Phylisca and Selina, are from the province of the Melanesia Anglican Church in the Solomon Islands. They are connected to St. Michael’s through the Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS). Fr. Alister and Fr. Jack are currently in their first year in the Master of Divinity program at nearby Nashotah House Theological Seminary. They are preparing to continue to serve in the Solomon Islands Theological and Ministry Schools when they complete their studies.