Category: Church World Service

Crop Walk-Ending Hunger One Step at a Time

At Sunday’s rally for the upcoming crop walk on May 1st Matt  Hackworth, Creative Content Manager, CWS  shared stories of people in Uganda, Paraguay and East Timor who are being helped by Church World Service.  CROP is the Community Appeal of CWS.  It fights hunger locally, nationally, and internationally and emphasizes agricultural self help.  75% [...]

Thursday March 31st, 2011 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

Neighbors in Need Offering to be Gathered Oct. 3rd

The Neighbors in Need special offering, which we will receive on October 3rd, supports the UCC’s ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. Two-thirds of the offering is used by the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries to fund a wide array of local and national justice initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct service projects. [...]

Wednesday September 29th, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

Pakistani Flood Relief

Massive flooding has affected 17.2 million people. 1.2 million homes have been damaged or destroyed and an estimated 6 million people need food assistance. The United Church of Christ is supporting Church World Service in distributing food and tents for 100,000 in dire need. CWS mobile medical teams are providing emergency care. Please give generously, [...]

Tuesday September 14th, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

Continue Support for Church World Service

Thank you to all that contributed to this year’s summer project. We will soon be sending 5 complete Emergency Clean-up Buckets off to the Church World Service organization. Church World Service works with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world. Over 80% of their funds go towards [...]

Thursday August 26th, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

Church World Service Emergency Clean-up Buckets

The Board of Outreach is facilitating this summer project which will enable us to help in disaster areas around the world.  Our collection wraps up on August 22.  There are a few remaining tags left in Wilton Hall. For more information, you can visit the Church World Service site: http://www.churchworldservice.org/kits_emergency  

Friday August 13th, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

MCC’s CWS Disaster Relief Bucket drive continues through August 22

  There are tags on a poster in Wilton Hall. Please take a tag (or two!) and drop off the items to the box by the main entrance of Rexford.  For more information, see the Bucket that has been assembled by Outreach in the church office or visit the Church World Service site: http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kits_emergency

Friday July 23rd, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

Outreach Summer Project: Church World Service Disaster Relief Buckets

Church World Service, our ecumenical partners in overseas development and disaster response, have issued a call for local churches to prepare and contribute Clean-Up Buckets as soon as possible. Volunteers and residents of areas struck by floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes — and there have been many so far this year in the United States — [...]

Friday July 23rd, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »

Disaster Relief Aid

What can we do to help with disaster relief?  The Board of Outreach is facilitating a summer project which will enable us, to help in disaster areas around the world without even leaving CT.  We are assembling Emergency Clean Up buckets.  We’ll begin the drive in early July and go through August 22.  There are [...]

Tuesday July 13th, 2010 in Church World Service, Outreach | No Comments »