Missions

We share the abundance that we have in many ways. The following are some of the mission activities the congregation contribute to in time, talent and treasure on a regular basis:

Aquidneck Island Missions

•  AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) – Host 4 nights a week
•  East Bay Community Action Programs offering shelter, prescription assistance, and heating assistance
• Family-to-Family Assistance
• Handy Dandy Food Drive
• Homeless Hotline for Newport
• Lucy’s Hearth shelter for women and children
• Martin Luther King Center
• Pay-It-Forward Activities
• Salvation Army General Fund
• Seamen’s Church Institute
• Soup Kitchens – Emmanuel Church, Newport Congregational Church, Salvation Army, St. Mary’s Church, United Congregational Church
• The Nativity of Christ Puppet Show
• Turning Around Ministries
• Visiting Nurses Association of Newport & Bristol County Hospice
• Women’s Resource Center
• Youth Mission

Rhode Island Missions

• Eleanor Slater Hospital
• Rhode Island Community Food Bank
• RI Conference of the UCC Wider Missions
• Veterans Home in Bristol

National and International Missions

• Christmas Fund – Veterans of the Cross
• Church World Service – “Blankets of Hope” and “Tools of Hope”
• Haiti Mission
• Heifer Project International
• Homeland Mission