OUTREACH:
Community Free Lunch: 11AM-1PM on the 4th Saturday of the month: September, October, January, February, March, April. Hot meals are available at no charge; take-out is available. Fellowship is priceless!
During this past year (September 2024 - April 2025), we have served nearly 500 lunches. This includes both dine-in and takeout. Many of our neighbors who dine in also take a meal with them for later or for someone else. This program could not exist without the dedicated committment of our volunteers! Thanks to all who have worked and dontaed to make these lunches possible!
We have been blessed with wonderful members who have stepped forward to help. We averaged 14 volunteers each month with a total of 342 volunteer hours for the 6 lunches! That's over 50 hours of volunteer time each month.
Thanks to our wonderful church families, the bulk of the cost of these lunches is met through donation of either funds or food items.
Mission Projects: Throughout the year we collect donations of not only money, but various items to assist organizations in our community and beyond. We have supported the local Food Pantry, Connellsville Area Ministries, Uniontown City Mission, Operation Christmas Child, Veterans Administration in Aspinwall, Hurricane Helene Flood Relief, our local fire departments, and various other needs as they arise.
May's Mission Focus: Last year the Allegheny West Conference gave generously in support of an offering for our Kenya Partnership. We've helped provide clergy training and transportation support for the conference superintendent and presiding elders. We look forward to a continued partnership at the conference, circuit/district, and church-to-church levels.
This Spring, the Kenya Partnership Team is excited to announce a special offering opportunity to support Bibles for Kenya. Our goal is to provide every pastor in Kenya with a Bible and reference books to aid them in their pastoring and teaching. This is an area of the world where most pastors do not own Bibles. For just $200, a pastor can be provided a Bible and key research books to help them train and teach their congregants.
The Kenya Partnership Team is committed to ensuring that funding is prioritized for best practices and initiatives that foster self-sufficiency. Your contribution to Bibles for Kenya supports that focus. You will have a direct and personal impact in support of our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptual holiness across the globe.
If you would like to support this effort, please indicate "Bibles for Kenya" and the amount after the "other" category on your envelope (or use a separate envelope). THANK YOU!!