The
Roxbury Congregational Church
24 Church Street ~ Roxbury, Connecticut USA 06783-1703 ~ 860-355-1978
info@roxburychurch dot org
"We are a Community Seeking to Share God's Love"
MISSION AND
OUTREACH
Sr. Pilgrim
Fellowship at Loaves and Fishes in New
Milford
Chris and Janet Childs
Simply Smiles Mission Trip ~ Oaxaca, Mexico
Our Congregation Loves and Cares
We
believe in a God who has called each of us to help our neighbors
whether in town or around the world. We are citizens of God's world.
We carry this out through a number of diverse
mission projects through financial support, prayers and education. They
include:
Our
Church's Wider Mission - support of the Ct. Conference and
the wider United Church of Christ.
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Click on the movie below to learn more about how
we, through Our Church's Wider Mission
help others beyond Roxbury, nationally, and around
the world!
Also these denominational special offerings:
One
Great Hour of Sharing, Assisting global village development
and disaster assistance
The
Christmas Fund - Veterans of the Cross, aid to retired clergy
with low retirements and benefits
Neighbors
In Need, assisting neighbors here in the USA including native
americans
Association
of Religious Communities
in greater Danbury serves the wider community in housing ministry,
domestic violence prevention, inter-faith understanding through the
cooperation of the broad spectrum of religious communities of our
region.
Andover
Newton Theological School,
Boston, MA Mission Statement: a graduate theological school in the
Reformed Tradition, in faithfulness to Jesus Christ, we strive to
educate leaders who are: enlivened by rigorous study in a community
embracing diversities of faith and life; devoted to the renewing of
church and society through ecumenical witness and creative expression
of the Gospel and committed to enacting God's ways of justice and live
in the world
Hartford
Seminary,
Hartford, CT Mission Statement : Hartford Seminary serves God: by
preparing leaders, students, scholars and religious institutions to
understand and live faithfully in todays multi-faith and pluralistic
world; by teaching, research, informing the public and engaging persons
in dialogue, and by affirming the particularities of faith and social
context while openly exploring differences and commonalities.
Bangor
Theological Seminary Bangor, ME - an ecumenical seminary in
the Congregational tradition of the United
Church of Christ.
With campuses in Bangor and Portland, Maine, the Seminary's primary
mission is preparation for Christian ministry. Graduate programs
include the Master of Divinity, Master of Arts and Doctor of Ministry
degrees
The Crosby Fund for Haitian Education
The Crosby Fund for Haitian Education (CFHE) was founded in 2004 by
Rebecca and Frederick Crosby to provide full scholarships for secondary
education to academically gifted students living in the Artibonite
Valley (north of Port-au-Prince), who otherwise could not attend
school. In 2006, we expanded the program to include university
scholarships, and, in 2009, we initiated our technical school
scholarships in the hopes that both of these programs would prepare
students for professional careers in Haiti. This expansion of our
program was a natural outcome due to the success of many students
graduating from high school and the need to continue their education
for future employment.
Seafarer's
Friend,
based in Boston, MA Provides for the spiritual, social, emotional and
physical needs of sailors on shore in Boston, Portland and Portsmouth
Carolyn's Place, Waterbury Provides counseling for expectant women and
men re: healthcare and housing. Offers care, concern and love
to
any woman who finds herself in a problem pregnancy situation.
Shelter
of the Cross / now known as Renewal House –
provides transitional housing, support and services for elderly
homeless men and women in the Greater Danbury Area.
Greenwoods
Counseling Service, based in Litchfield – provides
a wide range of counseling services to mainly Litchfield county
families.
Back
Bay Mission–
Biloxi, Mississippi - a community ministry of the UCC, serves the
Mississippi Gulf Coast and the wider church community poor, homeless,
victims of AIDS or substance abuse; works with teenagers and works to
provide affordable housing after Katrina.
WCSU
Campus Ministry - centers
on student spirituality. Provides opportunities for students
to
ask questions, to grow, to serve and to belong; sponsors an alternate
“Alternative Spring Break” for students to work
with
Habitat for Humanity in Mexico.
Uplands
Retirement Village–
a nonprofit continuing care retirement community of independent living,
assisted living and long-term care in Pleasant Hill, TN.
Uplands
is home to over 300 people who value simple living and serving
others. It has been particularly attractive to those who have
served the world as doctors, nurses, teachers, missionaries, pastors,
engineers, and volunteers
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, New Milford – runs the
New
Milford Community Hospitality Kitchen, which serves meals to the
needy. Sponsored and supported and staffed by area churches.
The
Greater Danbury Women's Center
- free and confidential services to women, children and men of Danbury
and area towns to prevent or lessen the trauma associated with domestic
violence, sexual assault and other major life transitions.
Simply
Smiles-
provides loving homes, appropriate educations, and every chance at
happy and successful lives for impoverished children. Works supporting the mission of the
Casa Hogar Children's Home in Oaxaca City, and has built the 33
families who call Oaxaca's garbage dump home(Mexico).
They are curently working in the southern jungle region with food
distribution for hungry families affected by the globalization of
coffee. SImply Smiles also works in South Dakota on a Indian
reservation there. Described as "third world", S. S. is working to
rehabilitate housing and provide for basic needs. Our congregation sent
mission trips to both Mexico and was one of the first to go to South
Dakota in 2010. We are already scheduled to return to South Dakota in
2012!
Simply Smiles (Add'l
aid for school and sports uniforms)
Daily
Bread Food Pantry- – at St. James Episcopal Church,
Danbury, distributes food staples to needs CT residents.
Thula
Sizwe Education Fund – assists with school
uniforms for children of the singing group who are students in Africa.
Micro-loan
Program, UCC Wider Church Ministries – micro
loans to needy women around to the world who require
equipment/materials to support their families.
Relay
For Life an all night sponsored walk on behalf of the
American Cancer Society. Our congregation has had at least one team
each year!
Thula Sizwe, from South Africa, following a recent
overnight visit and concert
In addition we serve others with:
Art for A Cause, an annual dinner and art auction
to benefit Simply
Smiles
Mother's
Day Card donating a blanket in their honor through Church World
Service
Father's
Day Card program - "Tools of Hope" purchasing tools in their
honor through Church
World Service
The
Santa Fund,
(also known as St. Nicholas Fund) a regional program of providing gifts
and clothing to needy living in New Milford and neighboring towns
including Roxbury. Based at New
Milford Social Services.
Roxbury Relief, a coopertive effort of the Congregational,
Episcopal and Catholic Churches to serve anyone in need living in
Roxbury.
Minister's Discretionary Fund, a confidential source of help for those in need.
Your
Directed gifts to help in disaster situations. (earthquake, flood,
typhon, famine, etc.) (100% of donation goes directly to help)
These gifts flow through our UCC and to agencies
such as Church
World Service and others
Additional
information is made available during the year on our Bulletin Boards in
Fellowship Hall. We invite all to peruse the notes of thanks from the
folks you help as well as learn more about the agencies.
