Serving Locally
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Soup To Go

Soup To Go is a longtime UCC Medfield ministry to the homeless and it provides several different ways to be involved. The Woods Mullen shelter is part of Boston Public Health’s emergency shelter system housing 200+ women every night. We will be preparing a hearty lunch in our kitchen at UCC, bringing it to Boston and serving at the day center at the Woods Mullen shelter. Please join us to help cook a meal, serve at the shelter and join the guests in a game of bingo or other activity after. You can also help by making homemade cards and donating travel-size toiletries, magazines, books, new socks and underwear, and gently used clothes in the baskets located in the church lobby. New signups are available!!!!  Find out more about Soup to Go.
Contact: Art Davies

Cradles to Crayons (C2C)

The mission of C2C in Brighton is to provide low-income and homeless children the basic essentials they need to be safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued. They also offer meaningful, tangible volunteer opportunities to thousands of children, youth, and adults each year. Many UCC Medfield members of all ages participate in this effort as "packagers" of new socks and underwear, donors of new and gently used children’s clothing, and as on-site volunteers in the warehouse.   You are welcome to take-home a packaging bag of new socks or underwear that is found in the lobby stairwell.  Detailed instructions including a suggested prayer before you start are included in each bag.  From January through June 2017, UCC Medfield packaged over 489 bags of socks, underwear and newborn caps!    
www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston
Contact: Susan Holbrook

Knitting for Others Ministry

We are excited to relaunch the UCC Medfield Prayer Shawl Ministry that began in 2004 and expand its' focus to include knitting for homeless guests at Boston area shelters. The goals of our Knitting for Others Ministry are: to create something beautiful for others, to enjoy the fellowship of others who are on this same journey of serving others through knitting, and to use the physical act of knitting as a tool to prepare us to hear God's voice in the silence. We will meet twice a month, once during the day and once at night.
Contact: Susan Holbrook or Gayle Edgar

Family Promise Metrowest 

Family Promise is a nonprofit that provides temporary shelter at area churches. Our church is a support congregation that partners with Pilgrim Church in Sherborn where, on a rotating basis, homeless families are temporarily housed overnight. As a support church, volunteers from UCC Medfield make and serve dinner, clean up, assist with childcare, homework, or play with the children.
www.familypromisemetrowest.org 
Contact: Barbara Yates

God’s Garden 

This ministry team has a garden plot at the Medfield Community Gardens on Plain Street where a small group works to grow organic produce for the Medfield Food Cupboard. This ministry is a wonderful opportunity to plant, nurture and harvest healthy food for our less fortunate neighbors. No previous gardening skill is required, and families with children are encouraged to volunteer. 
Contact: Heidi Groff

New Life furniture bank

New Life helps individuals and families in transition in the Metro West area that are referred by clergy or social service agencies. Families coming out of homelessness, veterans, victims of fires or floods, or those escaping domestic abuse are some of the clients they serve. Donate your gently-used furniture and household items to rebuild someone’s life. There are numerous volunteer opportunities available. 
www.newlifehr.org, phone: 774-316-6395
Contact: Ron Yates or Doug Marshall

Place of Promise 

Place of Promise is a multi-service advocacy center consisting of two residential homes—one for men and one for women and children in Lowell, MA. Residents receive advocacy and clinical support for a range of medical and therapeutic needs. The residents are transformed as they learn to live in Christian community and are changed by God’s power and love. Volunteer groups and individuals are welcomed to share their skills and talents. 
www.placeofpromise.org 
Contact: Wendy Ludwig

Thomas Upham House Services 

Twice monthly lay leaders walk across the street to the post-surgery rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility, the Thomas Upham House, to lead a service and provide communion. Find out when they are going by checking the UCC Medfield website calendar. The group meets in the lobby after the 10 am worship service to head over together. 
Contact: Pastor Phil

Medfield Food Cupboard 

The Medfield Food Cupboard is housed in our Church. It is a community-based organization that provides assistance to residents of Medfield and local communities who are in need of supplemental or emergency food. The UCC Medfield Missions Team provides financial support to assist with the purchase of frozen meats and perishable items. Donations from the congregation and greater community are gratefully accepted in the donation baskets on the shelf in the Lobby. 
www.medfieldfoodcupboard.com or call 508-359-4958 and leave a message on their answering machine.