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As Unity Hill UCC seeks to serve God faithfully, we take seriously
the commission to reach out to those in need. With love and enthusiasm, we participate in a variety of special projects,
and we are proud to be a "tithing church," which gives over 10% of our annual budget to various missions and social agencies.
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On September 14, the Missions Committee sponsored a potluck supper.
We all enjoyed our guest, Rev. Michael Joseph, who shared stories about
his missionary work in Colombia, South America. It was a successful and very
enlightening evening.
Neighbors
in Need Offering
The
Neighbors in Need offering, which we will receive on October 2, 2011, 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. Through UCCTakeAction.org,
our national Justice and Witness Ministries office offers resources, news updates, and action alerts on a broad spectrum of
justice issues. Working with members of the UCC Justice and Peace Action Network
(a network of thousands of UCC justice and peace advocates), Justice and Witness continues its strong policy advocacy work
on issues such as the federal budget, voting rights, immigration, health care, hate crimes, civil liberties, and environmental
justice. Neighbors in Need also supports our American Indian neighbors in the UCC. One-third of the offering supports the
UCC’s Council for American Indian Ministries (CAIM). Historically, forebears
of the UCC established churches and worked with Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arickara, and Hocak in North and
South Dakota, Wisconsin, and northern Nebraska. Today there are 20 UCC congregations
on reservations and one urban, multi-tribal UCC congregation
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These churches and their pastors are supported by CAIM. CAIM is also an invaluable resource for
more than 1,000 individuals from dozens of other tribes and nations who are members of other UCC congregations in the U.S.
Neighbors
in Need helps make another world possible. It needs your support.
Please give generously. And remember, contributions to Neighbors in Need can be made on-line
at any time at: www. ucc.org/ nin.
Book Drive
Please visit the Book Table in Fellowship Hall. Bring a
book; take a book. This is a Mission Project.
For each hardback book you take, please leave $1 in the can; paperbacks are just 50 cents. Our Book Drive has made almost $100 to donate
toward the Charles Hall Youth Services, which
provides daily living care and case management services to at-risk youth in North Dakota.
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Mission Trips
Unity Hill has sent work teams to repair damage to homes from the 2005 hurricanes.
Golden Hill Community Suppers
In cooperation with area congregations and service groups, this project provides a nutritious
hot meal to Bridgeport area persons in need.
St. Luke's/St. Paul's Food Pantry
At Unity Hill UCC, the congregatio participates in an ongoing collection of nonperishable foods,
which are delivered to the food pantry to help feed the hungry.
Five for Five
Unity Hill UCC is proud to be a "Five for Five" church, as we support all five of the mission
offerings of the United Church of Christ:
- Neighbors In Need, which supports ministries of compassion and justice
throughout the USA
- One Great Hour of Sharing, which offers help to
refugees, victims of natural disasters, and worldwide emergencies.
- Strengthen the Church, which focuses on church vitality and new church
starts.
- Veterans of the Cross, which assists clergy who retired with inadequate
pensions.
- Our Church's Wider Mission, which supports the national UCC and its many
transformational ministries.
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