social causes & Justice (Missions)
We host Grin & Grow Child Care and Preschool in our church building. They are a nonprofit child care seeking to address the needs of parents in obtaining affordable, high quality, and safe child care. Child care is provided five days a week from 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. for infants through age five. To inquire about registering a child, call the Grin & Grow office (319-236-2063).
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Through our partnership with Love INC of the Cedar Valley, we strive to live our faith by serving people in our community. Using local resources, Love INC can provide emergency essentials and offer basic skills classes as a step towards self-sufficiency.
Call if you are in need, or to volunteer: (319)266-1264. |
We have been a Partner-in-Education with Bunger Middle School for many years. In the past, we've sponsor Family Reading Nights, work with groups of students in support of the Character Counts program, display student art, correspond with middle school Journal Buddies, help with school fundraisers, celebrate their students of the month, and other related projects.
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Representatives from our church participate in meetings of the Church Row Historical Neighborhood Association. The Association promotes neighborhood clean-up days, publishes a neighborhood newsletter, and seeks ways to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood.
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Deacons' Fund
Twice a year, at Christmas and at Easter, we receive a special offering for the Deacons' Fund. These funds are used to help our church members in need and for donations to local service agencies. Money from the Deacons' Fund is also donated to CUE (Chicago/United/Eden) to provide assistance to UCC seminary students. |
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Goodrich Endowment Fund
This fund, established through a generous bequest from Lucy Whitney Proctor, is used to provide assistance to elderly members of our own congregation. Requests for assistance may be directed to the church office (234-8927). |
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Twice a month volunteer drivers from the church deliver hot meals to clients identified by the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging. Meals-on-Wheels is a most important service for the elderly of our community. To volunteer to drive or ride along, contact the church office (319-234-8927).
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CROP WALK
We participate each fall in the CROP WALK sponsored by Church World Service to raise money for hunger relief. |
The Job Foundation's ("Job" is pronounced like "globe") mission is "To promote financial stewardship to students (K-12) in Waterloo, Iowa through education, mentoring, and resources for the cause of economic empowerment."
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As part of the United Church of Christ (UCC), we support the mission work of the denomination through Our Church's Wider Mission. OCWM giving supports the work of the United Church of Christ national office and of the Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ.
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Through One Great Hour of Sharing, United Church of Christ members reach out in the name of Christ to: Build sustainable communities, Respond to disaster, and Minister to refugees.
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Neighbors In Need expresses the United Church of Christ's commitment to ministries of justice and compassion in the United States and Puerto Rico, as we speak prophetically to those in power and advocate for the voiceless. In the spirit of Christ, we seek to confront evil in the world and to alleviate suffering through justice advocacy and direct service.
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Nicaragua 2013
Photos taken by Liz Becker during the Rotary trip to Chinandega, Nicaragua, in fall 2013
