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UCC Medfield
496 Main Street
Medfield, MA 02052-2515
Tel: 508 359 2351
Fax: 508 359 2352

Missions is our church’s financial support of local, national and international projects, programs and people.

WORLD MISSION PROGRAMS

Church World Service Partnership
www.churchworldservice.com

Blanket Sunday provides blankets and shelter materials as disaster relief and supports self-help weaving and sewing projects through CWS partner agencies.

Emergency Disaster Relief - In response to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, and most recently the tsunami disaster, CWS conducts special “disaster relief” appeals and contributes emergency funds.

One Great Hour of Sharing supports the mission work of the UCC and CWS by bringing resources to needy people around the world.

Heifer Project
Overlook Farm
Northeast Regional Office
216 Wachusett Street
Rutland, MA 05143-2099
www.heifer.org

For five decades HP has helped people around the world become more self reliant through the gift of animals and training in their care. Continued support from churches and others has made it possible for HPI to provide food and income-producing animals to more than a million families in need. This is the major stewardship effort of our Sunday School classes that culminates in our Living Gift Market in October.

Our Church’s Wider Mission
Massachusetts Conference
One Badger Road
Framingham, MA 01701-0589
www.macucc.org/stewardship/ocwm.htm

A generous portion of our financial resources is allocated to the United Church of Christ in support of Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM). The combined resources of the UCC churches enable us to collectively take part in healing and teaching, worshipping and seeking justice, saving lives, restoring hope, showing the light and love and glory of God. Financial support of OCWM enables our congregation to reach beyond our local community and touch lives around the world in the name of Christ.

United Church of Christ Sponsored Special Offerings

Neighbors in Need serves the needs of the poor in the United States by providing material resources and by supporting anti-poverty and social justice initiatives.

Christmas Fund – This offering is received Christmas Eve and is used to address the financial needs of retired clergy and their spouses throughout the UCC.

Strengthen the Church – Offerings are used to start new UCC churches where they are needed in our country, and to provide for the trained pastoral leadership required by each new church.

World Vision
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, Washington 98063-9716
www.worldvision.org

World Vision is a non-profit agency whose mission is to serve the poorest of the poor and demonstrate God’s love to hopeless people around the globe. Our church is proud to be an ongoing contributor to this worthwhile organization and its programs such as:
30-Hour Famine offers the opportunity to experience hunger first-hand during a learning and service weekend. Senior high youth have taken part in this fast and have raised money for World Vision’s hunger relief efforts for the past several years.

Child Sponsorship links individuals and churches with poor children who need assistance and encouragement to build a more hopeful future.

LOCAL MISSION PROGRAMS

Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Road
Newton Centre, MA 02459
www.ants.edu

Andover Newton, the oldest Protestant graduate school of theology in the country established in 1807, trains men and women for parish ministry. The school draws students from a wide range of religious traditions. The Board of Community and World Service supports students its Book Scholarship Fund.

A Place to Turn is a non-profit organization providing caring assistance to individuals and families in the Metro West community who demonstrate financial need. UCC Medfield provides donations of food, clothing, toys and household items.

City Mission Society
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
www.cmsboston.org

Founded in 1816 to address the needs of the urban poor, City Mission Society (CMS) maintains close ties to the UCC in Massachusetts. CMS’s mission is to unite churches, organizations and individuals to promote justice and peace for all. Our church participates in the City Mission Society Christmas Shops. Each year donations of new clothing, toys, crafts and games are delivered to the CMS “stores”, allowing families in need to “shop” for gifts for their family members.

Medfield Food Cupboard – Located within our church, this food pantry provides non-perishable food items and supplies to families in need in the Medfield community.

Medway House Family Shelter – This emergency shelter for homeless families has a goal to help families secure their own home in a safe, affordable and stable environment. UCC Medfield supports the shelter by providing donations of food, clothing, toys and household items.

Outreach Families – Our church supports several local families in need by providing supermarket gift certificates, clothes, food and spiritual support in the form of monthly visits.

Parish Mutual Aid
This is a fund to be used at the discretion of the pastors to help people in need in Medfield and surrounding communities – sometimes to help with rent, sometimes to help with food. This is not funded by the budget but by the generosity of various individuals who donate to it. It is a quiet ministry that is a means of sharing Jesus’ love with others.

Pine Street Inn
444 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
www.pinestreetinn.org

The Pine Street Inn is New England’s largest provider of services for homeless and formerly homeless men and women, offering street outreach, emergency shelter, basic health care, housing and job training programs. Our Soup To Go Ministry stops here at the end of their distribution of soup and sandwiches to the homeless.

Seafarer’s Friends – collects and distributes magazines to seafarers they serve in port.

Straight-Ahead Ministries
41 Hopkinton Road
Westboro, MA 01581
www.straightahead.org

Straight-Ahead Ministries provides a network of social and spiritual fellowship for teens transitioning from detention centers into new life through Christ.