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MISSIONS... POSSIBLE !
Church World Service web page
The Board of Community and World Service is the arm of our church designated
to oversee mission donations and disbursements. The Board with your help, supports
outreach programs in our community, our state, nationally, and internationally.
The mission work of our church is done basically in three ways:
The first is through “special offerings.” Five Sundays a year you are asked to help with an extra
cash donation which is used for Neighbors in Need (poverty in the U.S. and Puerto Rico), Veterans of the
Cross (to support retired clergy and their spouses), Blanket Sunday and Tools of Hope (to help the
impoverished around the world), and One Great Hour of Sharing (disaster relief around the world.)
The second is when we ask for your help with donations of goods such as: our Food Drive, where
we collect and deliver canned goods to the Red Cross and to the Wallingford Emergency Shelter; the
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt to fill food baskets; the Angel Tree at Christmas; the Easter Baskets filled for
families and children who would otherwise go without; the Community Dinners where we help out with
both donations and time. Your response is always generous!
The third area where the mission work of our church is enabled is through mission pledging.
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MISSIONS … POSSIBLE IN 2007!
The Richard S. Holdt Community
Service Award
The Richard S. Holdt Community
Service Award is presented each
year by the Board of Community
and World Service of the First
Congregational Church to
encourage community involvement and recognize
those individuals within the church who excel at
volunteer service.
The nominee’s actions should have made a
difference in the community while setting a good
example for others. You are invited to nominate an
individual for consideration. Nomination forms are
available in the Narthex.
Claire Smith is this year's recipient!
“We Care” Packages
Monthly Shipments of care packages continue to
be sent to servicemen and women overseas. We are
asking for donations of the following items:
Olive green tube socks
Prepaid phone cards
Homemade goods
Powdered drink mix
Peanuts
Cards
Trail mix
Letters
Homemade pictures by children
Monetary donations to offset the cost of
shipping.
As always, your generosity is appreciated.
The giving never
stops here and for that we thank God
and all his people.
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