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 | | Board of Christian Mission 2007 Members Monthly Offerings More Missions Mission Details | Lynne Sias Ellen Weeks | Ginny Alexa Hayley Weeks | Jim Swanson Kim Winslow |
Monthly Mission Offerings The Center Harbor Congregational Church supports many local and worldwide missions and each month we sponsor one or two as our "Mission of the Month." For details, see more information and links below. Note: On the first Sunday of each month a collection is made during worship for the Deacon's Fund for local needs. January | The Christmas Fund (formerly The Veterans of the Cross), and Tsunami Relief | February | Mission Trust Fund | March | One Great Hour of Sharing (UCC Offering) | April | Geneva Point Aids Camp | May | Blankets (Church World Service) | June | Tools of Hope (Church World Service) | July | Strengthen the Church (UCC Offering) | August | Habitat for Humanity | September | Hunger | October | Neighbors in Need (UCC Offering) | November & December | Alternative Christmas and Angel Tree |
More Missions Deacons Fund - Food Bank - Store-To-Door Delivery - Home Health Helpers (equipment) - Harvest Surplus Visitation Ministry - Blood Drives - Dinner Bell - Ink Cartridge Recycle Program - Aluminum Can Tab Collection Circle Program - Mayhew for Boys - A Greater Gift - Elon Homes for Children Details About Our Missions and Ministries Our church members donate their time, talent, and treasure to help support the work of these programs and organizations. Ask a Mission member or click on links for more information. Food Bank Donations
Ongoing collection for local needs, and November's Hunger mission | | Imagine what you and your family would need if you found yourselves living out of your car or in a motel room—no stove, no refrigerator, and no running water. How about BASIC NEEDS—paper goods, personal hygiene products, and nutritious ready-to-eat meals? At CHCC, food bank collection baskets are located in the narthex inside the front door of the sanctuary, downstairs. CHCC volunteers deliver these donated items monthly to one of the local food banks where they are distributed to area folks in need of help. 1) Center Harbor Christian Church on Bean Road in Center Harbor 253-8008.
2) Calvary Bible Advent Christian Church on St. James St., Meredith 279-6025. | Suggested Basic Needs List Note: These are some of the same items you should have on hand in your home in the case of a blizzard, hurricane, power outage, or drought. PAPER GOODS
Toilet paper
Plastic utensils
Paper plates and bowls
Paper towels
Paper cups
Tissues
Simple can opener HYGIENE
Diapers
Baby and personal wipes
Maxi pads
Soap and shampoo
Tooth brush and paste | READY-TO-EAT MEALS & HEALTHY SNACKS
Are the items easy to open and ready to eat from the packaging? If not, please consider donating appropriate paper goods with your items. Please avoid fancy teas, desserts, treats, and meals with missing parts. Canned meat, chicken, and fish
Jerky—beef and chicken
Summer sausage
Canned vegetables
Canned pasta
Canned beans and brown bread
Canned soup—not condensed
Canned fruit and applesauce;
snack-size pudding & fruit cups
Cold cereal and
Ultra-pasteurized Milk boxes
Juice boxes or bottles
Bottled water
Nuts, dried fruit, trail mix
Pretzels
Granola bars
Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam | Store-To-Door Delivery Service
Ongoing for local needs | This is a service provided by members and friends of the Center Harbor Congregational Church, to deliver groceries to the homebound in the Center Harbor Area. If you are a volunteer, on one Thursday about every two months, you'll call the store (253-4312) after 10:00 a.m. to see if there have been any orders. If so, you (and maybe a helper) will pick up the groceries and deliver them. This is a wonderful way to help in the community. Please contact the church office if you are interested in volunteering. | Home Health Helpers
Equipment available to members, friends, and local community. | | This is an equipment loan program of the church to aid those who may need it. Our church has in storage (mostly in 'the shed') an assortment of ‘convalescence equipment’ that can be borrowed if you, a family member, or friend ever needs such help. There are several wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, shower chairs/stools, raised toilet seat (padded!), commode, long shoe horn, and extension pick-ups available. Each item is numbered, and a record will be kept of in the office of these 'comings-and goings'. We suggest cleaning before and after use, for good sanitation and your own peace of mind. Please contact the church office for more information or to arrange a loan...for as long as needed. | Harvest Surplus
August - September for our church members and friends | | Bring in your harvest surplus to a basket in Gilpatric Hall, or take some surplus home! | Deacons Fund
Special collection on the first Sunday of every month | | This is to benefit local people in need. Requests are made to the pastor. | | Ink Cartridge Recycle Program | Bring in your empty printer ink cartridges to raise money for our church. There is a collection box in Gilpatric Hall. | | Aluminum Can Tab Collection Program | | There is a collection container in Gilpatric Hall for the little tabs that open aluminum cans--bring them in. A couple of members turn them in to benefit local charities. | United Church of Christ
January, March, July, and October missions | | "The Christmas Fund", "One Great Hour of Sharing", "Strengthen the Church", and "Neighbors in Need" programs. | Mission Trust Fund
February mission | Donations to the church's Mission Trust Fund are used for matching funds to help our missions. | Geneva Point Center
April mission for Geneva Point Aids Camp | | An Ecumenical Center for Conferencing, Camping, and Retreats on Lake Winnipesaukee. This is where Aids Camp takes place, in Moultonboro, NH. | Church World Service
May mission | | Church World Service is a cooperative humanitarian ministry...providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance in more than 80 countries. "Blankets" and "Tools of Hope" programs. | United Campus Ministry to the University of New Hampshire
June mission | | ...is an ecumenical Christian ministry to the UNH community located in Durham, NH. | Lakes Region Habitat for Humanity
August Mission | With volunteers and donations, provides simple, decent, affordable homes to working families. Go to the website to find out how to donate your time and talent on Habitat Work Days. Habitat for Humanity's main website: http://www.habitat.org/ | 25:40 Saving South Africa's AIDS Orphans One Child at a Time
September mission | | This foundation was organized by church member Pat Thomas' family to assist children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. On January 28, 2007, she visited her beloved South Africa as our church's missionary envoy to work with 25:40. | Alternative Christmas and Angel Tree
December mission | | Alternative Christmas: Donation given in a person's name (as a Christmas gift) to various causes including Heifer, Habitat, and local programs. Angel Tree Project: Christmas gifts purchased by church people for local school children as suggested by the schools. Stars are used for giving time/gifts to the homebound. | | A Greater Gift | | Promotes the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world. Currently looking for someone in our church to manage the local program. | | Mayhew for Boys | | A good start on the future. Mayhew is a preventive program that strives to encourage the positive social, emotional, physical, and behavioral development of at-risk New Hampshire boys, so that they can become happy, successful, and contributing members of their communities. Moreover, Mayhew strives to serve as a lifelong support community for these boys as they mature. Bristol, NH. | | Circle Program | | Provides socially and economically disadvantaged New Hampshire girls with the skills, courage and confidence they need to handle the challenges in their lives. We do this by providing the girls with a unique combination of adult and peer support delivered through residential summer camp and year-round mentoring. The Circle Program serves girls in the Plymouth, Laconia, Lebanon and Concord areas. Girls ages 9 to 11 are referred to the program by teachers, social workers, guidance counselors, and parents. | | Label Collection Program | | Elon Homes for Children are two residential treatment centers, located in Charlotte and Elon, North Carolina, which serve troubled youth and their families. These homes are sponsored by the United Church of Christ as one of their missions. Our church has been directly supportive over the years. "Providing a safe passage through adolescence" The church collects Campbell Soup labels (and more) to support Elon Homes for Children in North Carolina, to help provide education and recreational resources for their children.
Elon Homes for Children Snyder Campus, PO Box 157, Elon College, NC 27244-9988. Phone (910) 584-0091. Campbell's • Swanson • Prego • Pepperidge Farm • Vlasic Franco-American • V-8 • Open Pit • Mrs. Paul's • Marie's |
You may place your collected Campbell Soup labels (front portion of the label only) in the container in the narthex. Also--UPC symbols from any Pepperidge Farm and Swanson products; front portion of labels from Prego, Franco-American, V-8, and Open Pit products; bottom flap UPC panel from Campbell's dry soup mixes; "quality pledge panels" from Mrs. Paul's products; lid or neck band with UPC from Marie's dressings; and lid or logo area of labels from Vlasic pickles, relish, peppers, sauerkraut, and Spanish olives. ELON Children's Homes are two residential treatment centers, located in Charlotte and Elon, NC, which serve troubled youth and their families. The current average age at these homes is 13-14, the youth being referred by local mental health agencies and the Department of Social Services. The mission of the homes is "To provide a continuum of services that enhances the quality of spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, and relational well-being of youth and their families." The services and programs offered are: Family and youth centered residential care; crisis care; diagnostic evaluation; intensive residential treatment; enriched day care; preparation for adult living; therapeutic foster care; and a thrift shop. These homes are sponsored by the United Church of Christ as one of their missions. Our church has been directly supportive over the years. Click here for more ways to support Elon Homes for Children.
| | Please contact a Missions Board member if you would like to help with any of these missions and ministries. |
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