Community - Outreach

Bremerton Foodline
First Christian Church has had a long history with the Bremerton Foodline. We support them in several ways - through monthly food campaigns where certain items are targeted for donations, through monthly financial giving and through individual designations.

Crop Walk
Each fall, we take part in our local Crop Walk sponsored through Church World Services. The Crop Walk is a community based fund raising event for local hunger-fighting agencies, international relief and development services. For more information visit www.cropwalk.org

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Helping Hands
Helping Hands is unique to our church. We created it as a way to lend a hand to those in need. People in need must go through an evaluation process for support.

Week of Compassion
In February we conduct a fund raising campaign for the Week of Compassion, an outreach department of our denomination, which provides assistance throughout the world in times of disaster, war, and extreme human need. Donations can be made at anytime by designating your offering to Week of Compassion. This ministry is ongoing in its assistance to the many areas of need.

General Week of Compassion - www.weekofcompassion.org

Prayer Shawl Ministry
Shawls ... made for centuries are universal and embracing, symbolic of an inclusive, unconditionally loving, God. They wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace, mother, hug, shelter and beautify. http://www.shawlministry.com/.

Shawls are initially donated to those in need of prayerful support within our own congregation & then to a larger extended community family based on supply & need.

These very basic shawls may be knitted or crocheted. Volunteers may bring yarn that they wish to donate to make a shawl, we also have donated yarn to use. Yarn should be soft, preferably machine washable. Knitted shawls require 555 yards & crocheted shawls require 740 yards of yarn. Knitting needles (sized 11 - 15) would be helpful, but we do have a few sets to loan if needed.

For those not interested in knitting, but would like to support the ministry, donations of yarn would be gratefully accepted.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets quarterly at First Christian Church. For additional information, please contact the church office at 360-373-2444.

Benedict House
First Christian Church hosted the interim site for
Benedict House (November 2005 to April 2006), a homeless men's shelter now located in West Bremerton. We now donate our time and resources two weeks out of the year, one in July and one in November by preparing and serving meals at Benedict House. Other Churches, groups and individuals can donate their time and resources in several ways: donations of food or money, prepare meals.

For more information, please contact Catholic Community Services at (360) 405-9486.

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