Basement Sale
The Basement Sale has grown into St. Alban’s largest and
longest-running volunteer ministry because of God’s grace and the
willing hearts of His people.
• Marolyn Humm gathered a small group of friends to begin the
Mission Outreach Basement Sale in 1983 to
support the CFCA missions in Chile where her daughter was a volunteer.
$700 was raised. In recent years the sale has filled two buildings and
raised $30,000 each year. With Marolyn’s committed leadership, a
dedicated committee, a mission-driven parish and an understanding
staff, the support for missions has continued to grow. Today many
parishioners sponsor a child…have gone on a mission trip to
Guatemala…helped with the Basement Sale…or donated items to the Sale.
For over 27 years St. Alban Roe has touched tens of thousands of lives through:
• More than 600 CFCA sponsorships…the heart of the ministry
• Numerous mission trips to Guatemala starting in 2000…the soul
of the ministry
- Medical missions
- Construction missions
- Hospital
- School
- Women’s Center
- Homes
- Coffee Plantations
• Bringing God’s Word through Vacation Bible School
• Over $300,000 contributed to missions through the St. Alban Basement
Sale…the hands and feet of the ministry
• 300 volunteers donating countless hours during an intense week of
set-up, clean-up, sorting items and pricing
• Donors recycling usable items for the sale
• Shoppers from the parish, St. Louis county and beyond
• Helpful staff and engaged parish
• Recognition of all parishioners who have participated in the above
Year-round faithfulness
• Mission teams bring back free trade coffee from Guatemala and sell
it to support local farmers.
• The Cradles of Christ Nativity Display raises funds for mission
trips, along with fundraisers such as gift baskets at Christmas and
King’s cakes at Lent.
• Lives are changed in other countries and here at home as we allow
Christ to be at the center of what we do and how we share.
Basement Sale
The Basement Sale has grown into St. Alban’s largest and
longest-running volunteer ministry because of God’s grace and the
willing hearts of His people.
• Marolyn Humm gathered a small group of friends to begin the
Mission Outreach Basement Sale in 1983 to
support the CFCA missions in Chile where her daughter was a volunteer.
$700 was raised. In recent years the sale has filled two buildings and
raised $30,000 each year. With Marolyn’s committed leadership, a
dedicated committee, a mission-driven parish and an understanding
staff, the support for missions has continued to grow. Today many
parishioners sponsor a child…have gone on a mission trip to
Guatemala…helped with the Basement Sale…or donated items to the Sale.
For over 27 years St. Alban Roe has touched tens of thousands of lives through:
• More than 600 CFCA sponsorships…the heart of the ministry
• Numerous mission trips to Guatemala starting in 2000…the soul
of the ministry
- Medical missions
- Construction missions
- Hospital
- School
- Women’s Center
- Homes
- Coffee Plantations
• Bringing God’s Word through Vacation Bible School
• Over $300,000 contributed to missions through the St. Alban Basement
Sale…the hands and feet of the ministry
• 300 volunteers donating countless hours during an intense week of
set-up, clean-up, sorting items and pricing
• Donors recycling usable items for the sale
• Shoppers from the parish, St. Louis county and beyond
• Helpful staff and engaged parish
• Recognition of all parishioners who have participated in the above
Year-round faithfulness
• Mission teams bring back free trade coffee from Guatemala and sell
it to support local farmers.
• The Cradles of Christ Nativity Display raises funds for mission
trips, along with fundraisers such as gift baskets at Christmas and
King’s cakes at Lent.
• Lives are changed in other countries and here at home as we allow
Christ to be at the center of what we do and how we share.