Outreach Ministry of the Month:  SafePlace

SafePlace exists to end sexual and domestic violence through safety, healing, prevention and social change, and envisions a community free of rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence. By the end of 2007, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church will have contributed $3,000 to SafePlace. To illustrate the impact of this gift, a donation of $750 is the equivalent of 103 nights of safety in the SafePlace shelter for a survivor, 166 life-saving phone calls to the SafePlace Hotline, or “tuition” to empower four survivors with self-sufficiency skills through the LifeSkills training program. 

SafePlace provides emergency shelter for families in crisis, but offers a continuum of services for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in the areas of Safety (24-hour hotline, hospital accompaniment programs and legal services), Healing (counseling services, transitional housing, advocacy and life skills training), Prevention (disability services, school-based services and community education), and Social Change (with educational programs that challenge fundamental attitudes and behaviors toward healthy relationships).  If you know someone who needs SafePlace’s help, please have them call 512-267-SAFE.

Thank you to everyone at St. Matthew’s for your continued support of SafePlace.



Previous Ministries:
  • SafePlace
  • Women’s Storybook Project of Texas
  • St. James’ Episcopal School
  • The Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care
  • Capital Idea and Casa Marianella
  • Capital Area Food Bank of Texas
  • Honduras International Mission
  • Alternative Gifts Market

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