WORLD
MISSIONS AND OUTREACH
TO
OUR COMMUNITY
At the Federated Church we have a strong sense of mission to
people of Norfolk and beyond, meeting human needs with love, seeking wholeness
through Jesus Christ and finding freedom in God's service. We participate in
the Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, the Norfolk Council on Aging, Attleboro
Area Council of Churches Soup Kitchen, Norfolk Together, American Baptist Camps
at Grotonwood and Oceanwood, United Church of Christ Camp at Craigville, One
Great Hour of Sharing offering, Blankets and Health Kits for the Needy, and
others. Our Committee meets the first Wednesday of each month. All are welcome
to attend.
We have a special relationship with Honduras and have sent
three mission teams there to help provide housing for the poorest of the poor.
We continue to support the missionary efforts of our denominations in Honduras
to help provide for the needs of the people they serve. In February 2007 and again
in February 2008 a team from the Federated Church spent a week in New Orleans
working with a UCC Church there to help with the recovery from Hurricane
Katrina. In June 2007, we were blessed to have the Arndts from the UCC Church
in Metairie, LA (where our mission teams have stayed) as our guests at a
special dinner. They shared how much they appreciated the work of the teams
that have come to their area.
SUMMER NOTES FROM MISSIONS
Thanks so much for
the help with the June Soup Kitchen! Our NEXT Soup Kitchen is scheduled for Saturday, AUGUST
21st. We will be having a picnic! We will be serving sandwiches, potato
salad, cole slaw and macaroni/pasta salad and cookies/brownies. We hope
you will be able to prepare something and/or help serve for the 75-100 guests.
We are also grateful for contributions for the purchase of milk, juice, plates,
etc.
We continue to
collect non-perishable food and non-food items for the Norfolk Food Pantry. The drop off site
is in the rear entryway. Although many of us are thinking
about getting away, hunger does not take a vacation, and the visitors to
the Food Pantry are thankful for our help.