Welcome to Outreach

The Outreach Committee is a dynamic committee at the United Church in Walpole.  We nurture and support the outreach efforts of the church congregation and individuals. Providing varied “hands-on” outreach projects for the congregation is a major goal. In addition, we keep members of the congregation informed on social issues of the times and financially support fundraising events for people and agencies in need.

Outreach is not just "what we do" at the United Church Walpole. It is who we are and the essence of our Christian heritage.

It begins with the youth of the church and the many outreach activities they perform every year, from building homes on the SpiritLake Sioux Indian Reservation in North Dakota to preparing meals for the poor and homeless of the inner city. The church school children donate clothing, school supplies and toys for impoverished children through “Cradles to Crayons.”Children and adults provide money and emergency items for global victims of natural disasters through various agencies and direct contributions.

The Outreach Committee does more than supply funds to the deserving organizations on our specific Outreach agency list. We gather food twice a year for the Walpole Food Pantry. We provide free office and meeting space for the Center for Community Counseling and Education which offers various mental health and community programs to the people of Walpole and the surrounding towns. Supplies are donated for infants in need at the Hogar Vida Nueva Orphanage in Guatemala. Individual members of the congregation are supported in their various outreach efforts such as Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger, the American Heart Association walk and the efforts of the local Peace Group.

The Outreach Committee hosted a group of Buddhists from the Peace Abbey in western Massachusetts on their New Hope Walk for Peace. We support local peace efforts by participating in The Walpole Peace Walk and providing refreshments to the weary walkers.

Our annual mission project called Community Outreach Workday (COW) was kicked off with an Outreach sermon by Rev. Fred Anderson and a children’s story composed by the Outreach Committee.COW, held on October 22, enlisted volunteers to provide well needed services to the elders or disabled of our community.Projects that were difficult to accomplish for the elderly (yard work, home projects, etc) were gladly done by the volunteers from our congregation.Cross-generational participation ranged from age 8 to age 97.

See more pictures of *COW* day volunteers helping in the community.

The Outreach Committee is always looking for committed, energetic, insightful and creative volunteers. Join us in reaching out with Outreach.

OUTREACH CALENDAR 2005

AGENCIES SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH ALLOCATIONS IN 2005

Our Church’s Wider Mission

Church World Service

Family to Family

Hogar Vida Nueva and Hogar Del Nin Santa Maria De Guadalupe

City Mission Society

Grow Clinic

Seafarer’s Friend

Center for Community Counseling and Education

Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries

Mass. Council of Churches

Walker Center