Mission Trips

Hurricane Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana and Mississippi, St. Francis partnered with Christ Episcopal Church in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and have provided ongoing financial support to the community, as well as sponsored a number of mission trips

to the area, involving members of the church.  The support will continue in this ravaged area as long as the need is so great, and the support is available.

Haiti

The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere is also a concern of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.  The late Bishop William Beckham was instrumental in bringing the plight of one particular area, Cange, to the attention of Episcopal churches.

During the past two years, St. Francis has partnered with four other Episcopal Churches to build a school in Chapoteau, Haiti, on a site at the top of a hill, next to the small church there.

This extremely poor area of Haiti now has 275 children attending school.  Eventually, as the school grows, more than 600 children will be able to build better lives for themselves and their families. Several members of the church have traveled to Haiti and seen the remarkable progress (and tremendous need) in the area.

In partnership with a Florida-based organization called Food for the Poor, St. Francis purchased one-half of a truck that is being used to deliver food to the very poor families living in the mountains of Haiti.