Get Involved in Mission
Mission Opportunities - Below is a list of opportunities for individuals or groups to get involved in mission. The United Church of Christ supports mission projects and trips around the world through gifts from One Great Hour of Sharing.Our hope is to assist members of our local churches as you engage in mission, as an expression of faith. We seek to accompany and encourage you on your journey to understand and express your call to ministry with particular emphasis on the mutuality of giving and receiving.
Explore ways that you might get involved in missions, then organize a group from your Congregation, Association or Conference to participate. Contact our office if you would like additional information.
International Mission Trips Grants
Small grants are offered to encourage and support participation of groups from UCC congregations and affiliated organizations to engage in international hands-on mission and service opportunities.
Read More...Disaster Volunteer Opportunities
Sign up to take your group on a domestic mission trip. There are many opportunities in Florida, along the Gulf Coast and in Mid America. Visit the Volunteer website for more information.
Read more...Church World Service - Gifts of the Heart Kits
(Health, Baby and School kits) are needed year round for distribution in times of disasters and rehabilitation. Visit the Church World Service website for instructions on assembly and shipping kits.
Read more...New Eyes for the Needy
Donate your old eyeglasses to help others see. Needed are plastic eyeglasses, reading glasses and sunglasses in good condition; or metal eyeglasses in any condition. Other items can also be donated. Visit their website for more information.
Read more...Urgent! Medicine Box
provides medicines and medical supplies for the treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantitis) in Haiti. General information on Lymphatic Filariasis and how you can help is available.
Read more...Foods Resource Bank
offers congregations the opportunity to help hungry people feed themselves. Great project for linking rural, urban and suburban congregations. A video on FRB is available from our office.
Read more...All gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing are tax deductible and 100% of designated gifts go to the designated area of response. Non-designated funds are encouraged. They allow One Great Hour of Sharing to address future hidden and forgotten emergencies around the world.
