St. Martin's Episcopal Church to host free

Several Corvette will be on display at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church free community event. (photo by Mick Latter on Pexels.com)

St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Clayton will gather the community in a free event. The St. Martin's Expo, Festival, & Corvette Show will happen on Sunday, July 31, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

St. Martin's Expo, Festival & Corvette Show

St. Martin's prepares for a free community event for everyone. It invites all to its Expo, Festival, & Corvette Show.

According to the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri's website, several Corvettes will be displayed during this event.

All attendees will have the chance to vote for the best Corvette on display. Food stalls will be selling chips, hotdogs, and soft drinks. Attendees can also purchase novelty items.

The proceeds of St. Martin's Expo, Festival & Corvette Show will benefit Circle of Concern and the Episcopal Diocese of Ukraine. Several groups will participate in this free community event.

These groups are Boy Scouts of America, Circle of Concern, Laundry Love Ministry, Garden Committee, Red Cross Outreach, Native American Ministry, and the Ellisville Fire & Police Departments.

The same details of the event can be found on St. Martin's website.

Circle of Concern

As per its website, this organization serves west St. Louis County, a part of the St. Louis metropolitan area. Still, from its website, West County is also home to families struggling daily to make ends meet.

Many families experience underemployment, layoffs, illness, or injury, and some, because of age, find themselves urgently in need of help despite West County's prosperity.

The Circle of Concern helps these families and individuals. Primarily, this organization is a food pantry. It serves an estimated 2,000 individuals monthly and more than 1,200 households annually.

However, for this organization, feeding families is just the start. It offers financial support, scholarships, job mentoring, children's programs, and holiday events.

As shared on its website, all the efforts of Circle of Concern work together to help its clients, enabling them to utilize their limited resources to regain their financial footing.

About St. Martin's Episcopal Church

"Do Justice. Love. Mercy. Walk Humbly."

According to its website, St. Martin's Episcopal Church envisions its church being used by God to change lives, strengthen parishes, and transform the world. This faith community is located at 15764 Clayton Rd., Ellisville.

St. Martin's Episcopal Church is a warm, welcoming community. It is ready to invite everyone to share in its faith journey. As stated on its website, all services are based on the Book of the Common Prayer and considered "liturgical," which gives a stable format for the worship service.

Each service at St. Martin's includes prayer, Bible readings, sermons, and communion.

Aside from annually supporting Circle of Concern, St. Martin's also helps The Peace Meal project at St. John's Episcopal Church, Tower Grove. The Peace Meal provides a free community meal every Saturday evening.

It relies on metro area churches to field a team to prepare and serve meals. St. Martin's supports this effort by yearly fielding teams for four or five Saturdays.

The volunteers only need to prepare, serve, and share a meal with the clients. Volunteers also help with cleaning up.

Recipes and ingredients are provided.