Reaching Out to Those in Need

Current Activities:

• Angel Food Ministries: HMCCC is a Host Site for the Angel Food Ministries program. Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing food relief and contributing to benevolent outreaches in communities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.angelfoodministries.org.
• Conducted all three worship services, with an emphasis on compassion, on Sunday, April 20th.  They also set up tables in Fellowship Hall with information on a variety of outreach projects.
• Contributing to Remote Area Medical (RAM).  RAM is an all-volunteer organization that provides free health care services to those who are under-employed or under-insured.  Over 60% of their programs are based in poverty areas of the United States.  For more info, visit www.ramusa.org.
• Contributing to Netting Nations, a non-profit organization whose mission is to combat the global spread of malaria through the purchase and distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.  These nets are the most cost-effective method of preventing the spread of malaria, which kills between 1 and 2 million men, women and children world-wide each year.  For more info, visit www.nettingnations.org.
• Contributing to PlayPump Water Systems. Access to clean drinking water is critical for human survival and is an essential ingredient for improving the lives of those living in poverty in developing countries.  PlayPump Water Systems brings clean drinking water to people living in Southern and East Africa and are powered by children at play.  For more info, visit www.playpumps.org.
• Two children have been adopted through Adopt-A-Child, Compassion International - “releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.”  For more info, visit www.compassion.org.
• Alternate Giving Programs . . . Give a gift that keeps on giving! Refugee and Immigration Ministries offers an opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of refugees and immigrants in honor of your relatives and friends. You can look through the RIM Alternative Giving catalog, and choose a ministry to support. Contributions can be made in any amount. For further information, visit Refugee and Immigration Ministires

The Compassion Circle is also selling Fair Trade through Equal Exchange, so members of the congregation can enjoy delicious, fairly traded coffee while supporting small-scale farmers across the world.  For more info, visit www.equalexchange.com. In addition, we have been focusing on the following needs, ideas, and projects: