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Outreach Programs at Christ Church
Outreach
goes to the core of what Christ Church is about -- in terms of
our time, talents and money. Through our outreach arm, the Board of World Fellowship,
Christ Church provides financial support to a large number of worthy
local,
national, and international organizations, projects, and emergency
relief
efforts.
In addition, there are many opportunities for members of the Christ Church family
to get directly involved in outreach efforts through the church.
Click
volunteer opportunities
for details.
In 2012 the
Alternative Gift Market / Mitzvah Mall
featured 17 charities and realized $10,366.30. Our cumulative total in funds raised since the AGM began at Christ Church in 1997 is $177,469.80.
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Christ
Church joined other
congregations in Summit to build
Summit Faith House, a Habitat
for Humanity
house in Newark, and more recently an affodable-housing unit in Summit.
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Here's a
Letter
from Mirna Sanchez, Director of Inhijambia in Nicaragua,
which Christ Church supports.
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Here are organizations and programs currently or recently
receiving funding through Christ Church's Board of World Fellowship.
[ Health | Education | Housing and
Welfare | International | Denominational ]
- Centurion Ministries,
Princeton, NJ: Aids efforts to vindicate and free from prison those who
are completely innocent of
the crimes for which they have been unjustly convicted and imprisoned
for life or death. Also assists clients, once they are freed,
with reintegration into society on a self-reliant basis..
- Community Food Bank, Hillside,
NJ: Distributes unsalable (but edible!) food products to emergency food
pantries, homeless shelters, soup kitchens child and elder care
centers, and battered womens' shelters. Member of the
Second Harvest
national
foodbank network.
- Eric Johnson House,
Morristown, NJ: Empowers people living with HIV/AIDS to
re-establish their independence within the
community.
- Hudson Cradle,
Jersey City, NJ: Group home for healthy babies whose families are
either unable
or unwilling to provide for their needs.
- Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, New
Brunswick, NJ: First and largest AIDS service organization in New
Jersey.
- Opportunity Project,
Millburn, NJ: Providing a supportive, work-oriented community for
people with acquired brain
injury.
- Pathways,
Summit, NJ: Provides cancer support services for women and their
families.
- Planned Parenthood of
Greater Northern New Jersey, Morristown, NJ: Providing
high-quality, affordable reproductive health care and sexual health
information to more than women, men and teens.
- Religious
Coalition for Reproductive Choice, New Jersey Affiliate, Mt.
Freedom, NJ: The sole national interfaith coalition for reproductive
choice in the U.S.
- SHIP (Summit
Helping Its People), Summit, NJ: Provides weekend meals to homeless
residents in Summit and surrounding communities.
- Black Youth Organization,
Newark, NJ: Independent elementary school and
science high school for inner-city minority youth.
- Community Pre-School at St. John's , Summit, NJ: Provides quality
preschool program to
children of low-
and
moderate-income families.
- First
Occupational
Center of NJ, Orange, NJ: New Jersey's oldest and largest vocational and job
training agency, using an entrepreneurial approach to help secure
employment for 2,100 residents each year.
- Mustard Seed
School, Hoboken, NJ: Educates, stimulates and broadens the
experiences
of city children in an intercultural, interdenominational Christian
setting, with an intentional mission to the urban poor.
- New York
Theological Seminary
- Sing Sing MPS, Ossining, NY: For more than 20 years, NYTS has
offered a Masters of Professional Studies degree in Ministry to inmates
at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
- Princeton
Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ: Prepares men and women to
serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by
faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy,
equipping
them for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church,
in
classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.
- Project
Acorn, Morris Plains, NJ: Provides preschool tuition for 3 and
4 year olders whose families have a commitment to education and who
need financial assistance to obtain a quality preschool education.
- Protestant
Community
Centers, Inc., Newark NJ: Providing education, literacy training,
recreation
and wellness activities, and housing assistance to at-risk children and
disadvantaged community
residents.
- Summit Area Community School -
Languages curriculum, Summit, NJ: Offers courses in English as a
Second Language (ESL), sign, and foreign languages to residents of
Summit, New Providence, Berkeley Heights and surrounding communities.
- Yale University Divinity School,
New Haven, CT: Fostering the knowledge and love of God through
critical engagement with the traditions of the Christian Church in the
context of
the contemporary world.
- American
Friends Service Committee, Immigrant Rights Program, Newark,
NJ: Provides information and access to legal services to immigrants.
- Bridges Outreach,
Summit, NJ: Founded by Christ Church congregants Geoff and Ginger
Worden in 1988, provides weekly meals to the homeless population in
Newark and New York. The "Friday Night Run" from Christ Church has
become an institution for area youth.
- Family Promise
(formerly National Interfaith Hospitality Network), Summit, NJ: Assists
religious and community organizations nationwide in developing and
operating network programs that provide shelter, meals, and assistance
for homeless persons, and that increase community involvement in direct
service and advocacy.
- The Interfaith Council for
the Homeless of Union County, Plainfield, NJ : Provides temporary
living accommodations for the area's homeless families, on a rotational
basis with other area churches. Begun in 1986 by Summit resident Karen
Olson, the first network involved nine churches, including Christ
Church, and one synagogue. The program has now grown nationwide, has
assisted over 60,000 homeless family members.
- NICARAGUA
- Peaceworks,
Morristown, NJ: Provides services, information and advocacy to the
people of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatamala.
- American Baptist
Churches USA (headquarters), Valley Forge, PA:
- National Council of
Churches, New York, NY: The leading organization in the U.S.
in the movement for
ecumenical cooperation among Christians. The NCC's 36 Protestant,
Anglican
and Orthodox member communions and denominations include more than 50
million persons in 140,000 local congregations.
- Priests for
Equality : Grass-roots organization of laity, religious and
clergy who work for the full participation of women and men in church
and society.
- Summit Interfaith Council, Summit, NJ
- United Church of Christ
(headquarters), Cleveland, OH. In addition:
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