Outreach & Service

St. Paul’s is passionate about making a difference in our community & world. Motivated by our faith, we partner with many local and international organizations to bring greater wholeness, healing and justice. Here are some of the ways we share our time and resources:

  • During the summer, we collect food donations for Urban Ministries to meet the needs of families with children who receive most of their nutrition at school.

  • Several times throughout the year, various groups at St. Paul’s provide breakfast for the 60+ women living at the Helen Wright Women’s Center.

  • St. Paul’s Green Team is always exploring new ways St. Paul’s can address climate change, become more energy-efficient, and better care for the environment. Since 2019, we have started a composting program to reduce our waste, installed solar panels to provide electricity for two of our buildings, replaced the lights in all 5 of our buildings with LED bulbs, planted trees with acorns from a 200+ year old white oak on our campus, and installed two rain gardens and a water cistern. Click here to learn more!

  • Each spring, we help sponsor and build a Habitat for Humanity home with Habitat of Wake County’s Interfaith Build, working alongside people of many religions to provide safe, affordable housing. 

  • Every summer, our youth (and some adults) spend a week serving on a mission trip, learning about our neighbors and connecting our faith and actions. Past trips have included Panajachel, Guatemala; Charleston, SC; Washington, DC; Kingsport, TN; Asheville, NC; and even our own city of Raleigh. 

  • St. Paul’s regularly supports Week of Compassion, the disaster relief and development agency of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), to help with recovery and rebuilding efforts after hurricanes, tornadoes, and other disasters. 

  • We advocate for policies which support immigrants and refugees, affordable housing and creation care. In 2026, St. Paul’s members helped found the Wake Interfaith Immigration Network.

  • Other groups we support and partner with include Church World Service, the Interfaith Food Shuttle, and Alliance Medical Ministry.