Easter Love Offering 2025

The Mission Team has turned its attention to Easter and the upcoming Easter Love Offering. Mindful of our Covenants and Core Values, we carefully research each organization to select the best for our world. This year 12 groups were selected, 6 from within the UCC and 6 others that align with our Core Values.

Supporting Our UCC Missions:

  • One Great Hour of Sharing whose Lenten offering supports disasters and refugees, is one of our UCC missions.
  • Neighbors In Need gives grants to churches for environmental justice, online ministry, and advocacy initiatives.
  • Strengthen the Church supports leadership development and establishment of new churches.
  • “Join the Movement” UCC Racial Justice, chosen by our Racial Justice Team, is working to raise $8 million over the next three years. Half the money will support racial justice efforts today, and half will create an endowment fund for future work.
  • Racial Justice also wants to continue with our support for the Joesph Henry Evans Scholarship Fund to honor Joseph Evans, the first black president of the UCC.
  • COLLAGE chose the Open and Affirming Coalition for the UCC, which supports churches to become open and affirming and churches like ours with existing commitments.
  • The Joseph Henry Evans Scholarship Fund is to honor Joseph Evans, the first black president of the UCC, and gives scholarships to black students.

Missions Supporting Our Nation/World:

  • Back Bay Mission works tirelessly to strengthen neighborhoods and seek justice on Mississippi’s coast
  • The Coalition of Immokalee Workers advocates for farm workers and has expanded its role in Fair Trade and human rights. They are struggling with immigration issues.
  • Partners in Health works tirelessly to provide high-quality health care globally to those in It received a 99% rating from Charity Navigator this year.
  • Bread for the World Institute’s mission is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs to end hunger in the United States and the world.
  • Church World Service is a faith-based organization that works on sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. They have lost most of their government funding and need our help this year. It received a 100% rating from Charity Navigator this year.
  • Water Engineers for the Americas and Africa honors our Creation Justice Covenant. Engineers are sent around the world to bring clean water to those in need.

We have researched these organizations to ensure your dollars are spent wisely. Please give generously.

Envelopes for your donations are available in the Narthex and the pews, or you may send a check to our church with Easter Love in the memo line, or you may use the link below to donate online.  Thank you so much for your generosity.

Your Mission Team,

Jan Andersen, Terri Crawford, Carol Fredrich, Heather Spear, Toska Strong, Nancy Taylor, Laura Taylor

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