Other Missions

Environmental/ecological ministry

Habitat for Humanity We have annually had an offering to help build a house and been part of a local church coalition of churches to build a home at the end of each summer.

The Fairlawn-West AOK (Acts of Kindness Fund)  This fund comes from a portion of regular weekly offering and special donations.  It is used to help people who have significant needs such as housing or health care costs.

Disaster Relief Reports from the United Church of Christ.

In March of each year we give the One Great Hour of Sharing offering which provides for immediate response to disasters all over the world.

Our Churches Wider Mission of the United Church of Christ

There are some other avenues of outreach that we like to use such as:

savedarfur.org which is leading the way in helping Americans and the wider world to respond to the genocide occuring in this region of the Sudan in Africa.

Heifer International which has a long history of helping poor people around the world to become self-sufficient through agriculture. They had a history in the Mississippi Delta and they serving to help the poor farm families of that area after Hurricane Katrina, to begin again to have farming independence economically.

Northland College the Environmental Liberal Arts College in Ashland, Wisconsin which is related to the United Church of Christ.

Church World Service We give a variety of offerings throughout the year for special needs.