MISSION OUTREACH

Another excellent way of connecting with folks within the congregation, and those in the community, is working together on a special service project. Please consider participating in one or more of the following opportunities:

Summer Mission Trip
For the past ten years, our Senior Youth Fellowship has embarked upon an annual mission trip sometime during the months of June or July. Experiences have included:

  • renovating row homes in the inner city of Baltimore
  • working at a soup kitchen in Washington, DC
  • helping with home repair in rural eastern Tennessee
  • assisting with hurricane recovery efforts in eastern North Carolina
  • caring for children from East St. Louis at a rural camping center
  • helping with home repair in rural West Virginia
  • helping with home repair in rural North Carolina


Although the emphasis of these trips is placed on the youth, adults are always welcome and needed.

For the summer of 2007, our group will again partner with Carolina Cross Connection (www.carolinacrossconnection.org) in performing home repairs for impoverished homeowners somewhere in North Carolina. This year’s trip will be held July 15-21. The locale will be announced closer to the date of the trip. Contact Nora Driver at 584-5375 for more information.

Tape Delivery
Each week, volunteers deliver tape recordings of our worship service to any sick or shut-in members who requests them. For those who need them, tape players can be provided as well. If you would like to volunteer for this ministry, contact Frances Hindman at 449-5580.

Meals on Wheels (www.mealcall.org)
Volunteers are needed once every four weeks to help deliver a hot noon-time meal to homebound persons in our county. It takes about an hour to deliver meals to the different participants. For more information, please contact Max Jones at 584-5367.

Our congregation also helps deliver meals for MOWS on the day of Christmas Eve. Each carrier receives 3-4 meals to deliver, requiring less than an hour of your time. Contact Steve Balog at 228-0444.

Good Shepherd Community Kitchen
Preparing and serving lunch on behalf of the Good Shepherd Kitchen on Memorial Day and Labor Day. Conctact Frances Hindman at 449-5580.

CROP Walk (www.churchworldservice.org/CROP)
In cooperation with Church World Service, the Alamance County CROP Walk is held the first Saturday of October. Congregations and agencies throughout our community come together to walk a 6.2 mile course in an effort to raise money for hunger relief efforts. Of the funds raised, 25% remains in our county and 75% supports national and global ministries. If you would like to walk this fall, contact Phil Myers at 226-7346.

Relay for Life (www.relayforlife.org)
Relay for Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.

Opportunities for becoming involved include: Walking. Sponsoring a walker.
Providing snacks and supplies for the team. The 2007 event is scheduled for May 18.

Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry (www.loavesandfishes.us)
In addition to including this ministry in our annual budget, we are committed to helping Loaves and Fishes keep their shelves stocked. At least four times a year we make a special appeal to collect non-perishable food items. In the fall of 2006, we joined efforts with four other UCC churches and filled up four pick-ups with food.

Other opportunities for becoming involved include:
(1) Helping make home deliveries. Routes include four people, all in the same area.
Time estimate = 30 minutes.
(2) Help Make Sandwiches for the Elderly. Program is conducted the 2nd & 4th
Saturdays of each month. Volunteers make the sandwiches and deliver them to two complexes. Time estimate = 1 hour
(3) Work at Night. Some churches come at night to stock shelves and prepare bags
for delivery the next day.
If you would like to volunteer for any of these programs, please contact either Frances Hindman (516-3418) or Brenda Ingle (570-4668).

The Willows
Through a $3 million grant that our congregation received from HUD, we are helping provide low cost housing for 40 elderly persons with limited income. Located on property that the church once used as a ball field, the building is an impressive structure.

Although a management company is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facility, a board of directors provides general supervision and oversight. The board consists of six church members and three representatives of the United Church Retirement Homes.

Outreach to residents of The Willows has been provided in various shapes and frms. Some of our women’s circles have held special parties, our youth and children occasionally make gifts and deliver them, and our pastor has conducted various studies.

For a tour of the facility, or for more information on how someone might qualify for acceptance, contact Brandy Edmonds, the on-site manager, at 228-0597 or the-willows@cmc-nc.com.

The Willows is managed by United Church Homes and Services. Visit their website at www.uchas.org.

Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
Our congregation enjoys getting out into the community and helping Habitat for Humanity.

Benevolence Giving
With donations from our members and income from the Endowment Fund, our church is able to offer financial support to the following agencies and institutions: