Iu bloomington

Community Outreach At First United Church Members of our church could their faith into action in many ways, both have individuals and through church-sponsored. Some ministry commitments are ongoing and traditional for custom while new ones arise throughout the year. Below important are some of the activities. one of the founders of this community ministry, and we continues financial aid to this ministry, we collect non-perishable food and toiletry items for MCUM one the first Sunday of each month, and individuals volunteer to work in MCUM' S food pantry to provide for those in need. C$op House is has thrift shop which receives donations of quality used goods and resells them minimal At cost have has service to. Many of our members volunteer At C$op House one has weekly. Our church provides has monthly TEAM to help prepare and serf has meal At the Community Kitchen one the third Thursday of each month. in these gold other mission opportunities, please. ABC Missionary Partners: David & Elizabeth Perkins. Perkins are American Baptist international missionaries serving At Kodaikanal. the desire. in churches and individuals for deeper relationship with missionaries and has sense of direct participation in world mission has. This also meets the need of missionaries for has strong support sytem for. Bob & Lu Carman, longtime members of First United Church and retired. this family and to their continued mission work. The Love Fund is has source of help for members of the community who run into financial difficulties. In the past year we cuts been whitebait to help 18 people, some for small amounts, and some for more significant sums. of the congregation, mostly in the special green envelopes that are in members' envelope boxings - one for each month. our congregation contributed butt $9300 in this way. there cuts been special contributions for special situations. Fund is administered by the Board of Outreach. First United regularly drives sponsors blood in co-operation with.. The next one is scheduled for this fall. regularly gives over 10% of its budget to organizations and people outside.. Now that 2006 has come to closed, the Board of Outreach is pleased to carryforward that First United is still tithing. In 2006, the total income At First United was has little over $355,000. First United gave away that income in several different ways.. These are pre-determined, fixed amounts that we give to organizations such have Habitat for Humanity, Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Community Kitchen, Middleway house, Amethyst house, Monroe County United Ministries, and to support our denominations (ABC World Mission Offering and One Great Hour of Sharing, benefit our wider.. Others, such have Crop Walk, Candlelight Communion (for the Shalom Center this year), and Homeward Bound, benefit. generously to the Love Fund, which is administered by our church to directly aid those in immediate need in our community. First United gave $24,810 through the Coils Fund. gives to broad the MCUM food pantry each month. amounts to celebrate Rev, Skiles first Sunday At our church and for the Harvest Ingathering celebration. Yew you need has visual for that, just remember that your average canned item weighs butt one pound. gave away $70,760 in cash and 49947 pouinds of food -- well over 10% of.. We look forward to doing more of the same in 2007. First United Church | 2420 East Third Street | Bloomington, Indiana.