Organizations We Support

A Sample of our Support

One of the goals of Mission and Action Committee for the past year has been to continue and build upon past missions and activities and to provide opportunities to further engage our congregation in putting our community’s faith mission into action.     

Once again in 2009, the committee allocated mission funds to various local, national, and international service organizations, as outlined above, as well as coordinated traditional appeals including Neighbors in Need ($2,280), One Great Hour of Sharing ($3,421), Tools of Hope ($455), Blanket Sunday ($620), and the Christmas Eve offering ($2,887) which was donated to A Safe Place in Portsmouth, NH whose mission to provide shelter for and support those affected by domestic violence. These contributions of over $9,500. shows the tremendous generosity of our church family.

Economic hardship increased the demand on our Food Pantry but need was consistently met.  Our congregation expanded participation in Seacoast Interfaith Hospitality Network by providing meals and supervision support.  More families than ever before were served Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets and gifts in response to higher demand.  Church members served hot meals six times during the year at the Salvation Army.

New projects evolved this year including the recent Uncommon Mall in which church members were offered the opportunity to divert some of their gift giving dollars from the malls and department stores toward the purchase of various gift items from Project Serrv, Heifer International, fair trade coffee, and our own Food Pantry.  After a couple of years in the planning stages, our Jacob’s Ladder service group completed its very first project with hopes for significant growth in the upcoming year. ~ Karen Prior, chairperson

Category & Organization         Amount           Website

Sick & Abused

A Safe Place                              $500.00         www.asafeplacenh.org

Seacoast Hospice                       $500.00         www.seacoasthospice.org

Sexual Assault & Support       

   Services                                  $500.00         www.sassnh.org

AIDS Response Seacoast           $500.00         www.aidsresponse.org

Hungry & Homeless

Feed My Lambs                         $500.00

Seacoast Interfaith Hospitality

   Network (SIHN)                   $1500.00         www.sihnnh.org

Cross Roads House                    $500.00         www.crossroadshouse.org

New Generation                         $500.00         www.newgennh.com

Youth

Mission Trip                              $500.00        

New Outlook Teen Center         $300.00         www.newoutlookteencenter.org

Girls on the Run                        $300.00         www.girlsontherunnh.org

Seacoast Outright                       $300.00         www.seacoastoutright.org

AIR (Arts in Reach)                   $300.00         www.artsinreach.org

Peace & Justice

Ukama                                     $500.00           www.ukama.net

Heifer Int’l                               $100.00           www.heifer.org