Our congregation is pleased to reach out in helping, healing, and offering hope to many programs in our greater Akron/Cleveland area, and also supports the mission programs of the United Church of Christ. Mission work is defined as monetary contributions, time volunteered, and goods donated to benefit organizations outside our own church family.

The Mission Board of the church works through community organizations such as Hudson Community Service, OPEN-M (Akron), Western Reserve Outreach Center (Twinsburg), and Community AIDS network (Akron). It is involved in education through Adopt-A-Family, Abstinence Is A Better Choice, our theological seminaries of The United Church of Christ, Hudson CARE, and Yale Divinity School.

Food/Hunger outreach support is offered to the Akron Canton Food Bank, Gennesaret (a soup kitchen), Mobile Meals, Haven of Rest, Salvation Army and Williard UCC Church.

Health and Emergency services are accessed through Access Inc., Battered Women’s Shelter, Community Support Services, International Institute, and Job Search.

Housing Assistance is available through Appalachian Service Project, Chapel Hill Homes, and Habitat for Humanity, and Hope Homes.

Partners in Service (PINS) is the coordinating team for “hands on” ministries in which families can be involved. Interfaith Hospitality Network which houses homeless families in Summit County is their current project.

To learn more about how to become more involved with a mission opportunity at the church, contact one of the pastors or Patti Molten or Sue Ann Schmidt.

Some notes in general about IHN hosting:

If you want to sign up as a single family or as an individual, and 2 people or families are needed for that shift, don’t hesitate to sign up, I can always find someone to fill that shift with you! NEW VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! I have job descriptions for every volunteer position so you will be well informed before your first hosting experience. Also, we always have a “seasoned” volunteer on duty to assist all of our new volunteers.

Please contact me at pmmolten@roadrunner.com or 330-650-4812 for more information or to sign up for a hosting position. Thank you for all that you do!