Parish Nurse
A parish nurse focuses on the whole person to emphasize wellness,
disease prevention and health promotion, including healthy spirituality.
Care is based on the belief that health is growth toward well being and
emphasizes the interrelationship of body, mind and spirit. Health is related
to everything a person does, thinks, and feels and is not merely the
absence of disease. Here are just some of the services a parish nurse can provide:
· Help in accessing and navigating the health system
· Programs to promote healthy exercise and nutrition
· Education on health issues
· Support groups
· Health screenings
· Assistance to new parents
· Support for hospitalized or homebound family members
Counseling Services
In collaboration with Hoyleton Family and Youth Services,
we offer counseling on site. A trained Licensed Professional
Counselor is available by appointment to offer individual and family
counseling. Life can be difficult, but with help, solutions to problems
can be found.
Please call the Church Office at 618-539-3262 for more information about the services offered
Stephen Ministry
St. Paul's offers Stephen Ministry, a confidential lay care-giving ministry, to those in
the community in need of a companion to walk with them through difficult times.
For more information on Stephen Ministry, please contact Pastor Earl Crecelius.
Food and Clothing Bank
The Food and Clothing Bank is a non profit organization
which helps meet food and clothing needs of needy families
living in the Freeburg High School District (Freeburg, Smithton,
Fayetteville, St. Libory, Floraville, and Paderborn). The idea for
the Food and Clothing Bank started in 1976 at a planning meeting
at St. Paul’s U.C.C. in Freeburg. The group’s first goal was to provide
emergency food and clothing help to needy families. In 1984 the group
added a monthly Food Pantry to help families on a monthly basis.
The Food and Clothing Bank is governed by a Board of 20 members
representing all of our local churches and has been housed at St. Paul’s U.C.C. since 1976.
The monthly Food Pantry is held on the third Thursday of each month from
2:00-6:00 p.m. at St. Paul's United Church of Christ Parish House, 8 North Belleville
Street, Freeburg. Pantry sign up begins at 1:30 p.m. To be eligible for the Food
Pantry a person must:
Live in the Freeburg High School District (Freeburg, Fayetteville, St. Libory, Smithton, Floraville, and Paderborn)
Need help in stretching food dollars
Apply in person
Bring proof of residency (electric bill, medical card, telephone bill, etc.)
Bring proof of income of each person living in the household (pay stubs, copy of checks, food stamp stubs, etc.)
Bring Social Security and Public Aid numbers of all adults living in household
Be within these income guidelines:
| Family Size | Monthly Income | Family Size | Monthly Income |
1 | 870.00 | 5 | 2078.00 |
2 | 1172.00 | 6 | 2380.00 |
3 | 1474.00 | 7 | 2682.00 |
4 | 1776.00 | 8 | 2984.00 |
The Food and Clothing Bank provides emergency food orders
(for emergency situations only) at any time during the month.
Good used clothing is also available free of charge to anyone needing it.
There are no income guidelines used for help with clothing or emergency
food but the recipient must live in the district. The decision to help is based
on the situation of the recipient at that time.
If you need further information about Pantry requirements,
you may call one of our contact people at 539-5204, 539-5744, or 539-3756;
or E Mail
the Food and Clothing Bank.
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