Sudan Relief Task Force Darius Jonathan reported from a recent telephone conversation with Sudan that the School and youth programs are doing well.  A young woman was recently hired to work with the youngest children.  Food draws some children into … Continue reading →

Shawl Ministry Four meetings were held during the year in February, April, September and November.   22 shawls were presented this year with prayers and best wishes for healing and peace, thanks and celebration.    The knitters who made this … Continue reading →

Outreach Sunday On Sunday, October 19th, 25 of our Outreach and Makepeace grant recipients set up exhibits in Fellowship Hall.  Everyone who attended seemed happy to be there and showed the usual dedication and talent to help solve the problems … Continue reading →

Outreach Allocations Committee (formerly known as the Board of Outreach) The Outreach Allocations Committee has the duty to allocate budgeted funds for worthy work done locally and globally in the areas of hunger, poverty, homelessness, and education.  Our various methods … Continue reading →

Open and Affirming On October 29th, Justin Adkins and Barbara Walvoord coordinated a “Rainbow Potluck” attended by approximately 30 church members, and college students.  Following the potluck dinner, was a phone calling session to encourage California voters to defeat Proposition … Continue reading →

Mental Health Awareness Advocates for Mental Health, a group in our church which was founded 2 years ago, have joined with other faith communities to increase understanding and reduce stigma.  In October they co-sponsored a series of evening meetings.

Meeting House Approximately 20 people attended the “Living the Election” meeting, held on Wednesday, November 5th, at First Congregational Church.  Under the able facilitation of Stewart Burns, Director of the Center for Community Engagement at Williams College, several questions were … Continue reading →

Meals-on-Wheels Our weekend Meals-on-Wheels project, part of the larger ecumenical “Take and Eat” program involving also St. John’s Episcopal Church, St. Patrick’s and most recently the Methodist and Baptist Churches, who will alternate the 1st Sunday of the month, has … Continue reading →

Louison House No changes from prior years in involvement with Louison House.  We collected white goods for the house in January, and will be doing so in January 2009.  At the time of writing this report we are not aware … Continue reading →

Just Peace Coordinator This past year will no doubt go down in our country’s history for at least two reasons. We have elected the first black man to be President of our country, and we have experienced one of the … Continue reading →