“EARTH STEWARDSHIPThe mission of the Earth Stewardship Team is to inspire and enable First Church members, friends and affiliates to take faithful, robust, and effective action in response to the climate emergency unfolding in God’s creation. We seek to mitigate the social injustices of the severe impact of climate change on frontline communities in Cambridge, greater Boston, and throughout the world. The Earth Stewardship Team has been active. In recent years, First Church has been involved in:Adopting a Sustainable Investment Policy. Installing 86 solar panels on our roof to reduce saving both cost and energyTaking advantage of rebates to secure 4 new, state of the art, high efficiency boilers. To love God with all that we are, and our close and distant neighbors as ourselves;To seek peace with justice and equity for all people;To engage in non-violent resistance to evil;To respect and preserve God’s earth;To foster community across every barrier and division;To attend to God’s unfolding and reconciling word;To support each other in our frailties and strengths,that we may embody that love which overcomes fear and death. This we testify, confessing always our reliance on God’s grace in Christ,and in the power of the Holy Spirit. This ministry of non-violence witness continues to this day. To learn more about specific moments in First Church’s Just Peace History, please click here. UCC Denominational OutreachThe United Church of Christ (UCC) is a distinct and diverse community of Christians that come together as one church to join faith and action. We work alongside more than 200 mission partners. We labor ceaselessly to fight injustice, in the United States and abroad. We instill our vision into our youth and young adults, forging leaders who will imagine new dreams. And we sustain and develop church leaders, pastors, and our local churches to live their faith in exciting new ways. We believe in a God that is still speaking, a God that is all-loving and inclusive. We instill our vision into our youth and young adults, forging leaders who will imagine new dreams. And we sustain and develop church leaders, pastors, and our local churches to live their faith in exciting new ways. We believe in a God that is still speaking, a God that is all-loving and inclusive. We are a church that welcomes and accepts everyone as they are, where your mind is nourished as much as your soul. We are a church where Jesus the healer meets Jesus the revolutionary, and where together, we grow a just and peaceful world. The Conference has been founded under a united covenant to Live the Love and Justice of Jesus with the Vision statement available here as a PDF. First Church participates in the conference in a variety ways, including by attending Annual Meetings and Super Saturdays hosted by the SNEUCC.City Mission First Church is a longstanding partner with City Mission Boston, the oldest multi-service agency in New England and the second oldest in the United States. For more than two centuries, City Mission has dedicated itself to the needs of the most vulnerable in Boston and founded many of the city’s lasting charitable institutions. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. First Church participates in the conference in a variety ways, including by attending Annual Meetings and Super Saturdays hosted by the SNEUCC.City Mission First Church is a longstanding partner with City Mission Boston, the oldest multi-service agency in New England and the second oldest in the United States. For more than two centuries, City Mission has dedicated itself to the needs of the most vulnerable in Boston and founded many of the city’s lasting charitable institutions. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. For more than two centuries, City Mission has dedicated itself to the needs of the most vulnerable in Boston and founded many of the city’s lasting charitable institutions. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTSIn addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTSIn addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTSIn addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. Over $40,000 goes to UCC-related organizations and efforts. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTSIn addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. Over $40,000 goes to UCC-related organizations and efforts. These include Our Church’s Wider Mission, the Metropolitan Boston Association and the Southern New England Conference UCC Fellowship Dues, UCC education and attendance at UCC meetings and events. GIVING AND GRANTSIn addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. Over $40,000 goes to UCC-related organizations and efforts. These include Our Church’s Wider Mission, the Metropolitan Boston Association and the Southern New England Conference UCC Fellowship Dues, UCC education and attendance at UCC meetings and events. We also share our resources with various local non-profit organizations and ministries. These include Our Church’s Wider Mission, the Metropolitan Boston Association and the Southern New England Conference UCC Fellowship Dues, UCC education and attendance at UCC meetings and events. We also share our resources with various local non-profit organizations and ministries. We encourage individuals to participate in supporting these partnerships with both funds and volunteer involvement. The list of organizations we have supported in recent years includes:Greater Boston Interfaith OrganizationCooperative Metropolitan MinistriesLatin American MinistriesCity Mission BostonHarvard Square Meals ProgramHispanic Ministry of MACUCCSolutions at WorkMedicine Wheel (World AIDS Day Art Installation)Social Impact Center of the Roxbury Presbyterian ChurchKids 4 PeaceMassachusetts Interfaith Power and LightMassachusetts Peace ActionCambridge Interfaith Sanctuary CoalitionMassachusetts Bible SocietyThe Outdoor ChurchThe Gaza Mental Health FoundationBlack Lives Matter BostonWe use the following criteria to guide us in deciding what organizations and efforts to support: The list of organizations we have supported in recent years includes:Greater Boston Interfaith OrganizationCooperative Metropolitan MinistriesLatin American MinistriesCity Mission BostonHarvard Square Meals ProgramHispanic Ministry of MACUCCSolutions at WorkMedicine Wheel (World AIDS Day Art Installation)Social Impact Center of the Roxbury Presbyterian ChurchKids 4 PeaceMassachusetts Interfaith Power and LightMassachusetts Peace ActionCambridge Interfaith Sanctuary CoalitionMassachusetts Bible SocietyThe Outdoor ChurchThe Gaza Mental Health FoundationBlack Lives Matter BostonWe use the following criteria to guide us in deciding what organizations and efforts to support: Related to the UCC: We collect at least two annual UCC offerings, One Great Hour of Sharing and Neighbors in Need. When possible we try to be a “5 for 5” church that supports the five national offerings of the UCC. We support our historic connection with City Mission Boston. We support our historic connection with City Mission Boston. Faith-based: When giving outside the UCC, we give preference to faith-based, and particularly interfaith, initiatives. Connection with members of First Church: We give preference to groups in which FCC members are involved as volunteers or staff. This allows us to more easily build and maintain relationships with organizations as opposed to merely writing checks. Related to the work of current racial, environmental and social justice efforts of First Church. MISSIONS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAMLearn to do good ; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. — Isaiah 1:17The Missions and Social Justice Committee makes visible to the congregation the worldwide interconnectedness of the body of Christ. We believe that God calls us to love and care for our neighbors near and far, and to share our abundance with them. Isaiah 1:17The Missions and Social Justice Committee makes visible to the congregation the worldwide interconnectedness of the body of Christ. We believe that God calls us to love and care for our neighbors near and far, and to share our abundance with them. The Committee disperses a yearly budget to national and international bodies of the UCC and educates the congregation about the work of these bodies. We also share our resources with various local nonprofit organizations and ministries. We encourage individuals to participate in supporting these partnerships with both funds and volunteer involvement. The mission of the Earth Stewardship Team is to inspire and enable First Church members, friends and affiliates to take faithful, robust, and effective action in response to the climate emergency unfolding in God’s creation. We seek to mitigate the social injustices of the severe impact of climate change on frontline communities in Cambridge, greater Boston, and throughout the world. The Earth Stewardship Team has been active. In recent years, First Church has been involved in: Adopting a Sustainable Investment Policy. Installing 86 solar panels on our roof to reduce saving both cost and energy Taking advantage of rebates to secure 4 new, state of the art, high efficiency boilers. To love God with all that we are, and our close and distant neighbors as ourselves;To seek peace with justice and equity for all people;To engage in non-violent resistance to evil;To respect and preserve God’s earth;To foster community across every barrier and division;To attend to God’s unfolding and reconciling word;To support each other in our frailties and strengths,that we may embody that love which overcomes fear and death. This we testify, confessing always our reliance on God’s grace in Christ,and in the power of the Holy Spirit. We believe that our covenant with God and each other calls us: To love God with all that we are, and our close and distant neighbors as ourselves; To seek peace with justice and equity for all people; To engage in non-violent resistance to evil; To respect and preserve God’s earth; To foster community across every barrier and division; To attend to God’s unfolding and reconciling word; To support each other in our frailties and strengths, that we may embody that love which overcomes fear and death. This we testify, confessing always our reliance on God’s grace in Christ, and in the power of the Holy Spirit. This ministry of non-violence witness continues to this day. We believe that our covenant with God and each other calls us: To love God with all that we are, and our close and distant neighbors as ourselves; To seek peace with justice and equity for all people; To engage in non-violent resistance to evil; To respect and preserve God’s earth; To foster community across every barrier and division; To attend to God’s unfolding and reconciling word; To support each other in our frailties and strengths, that we may embody that love which overcomes fear and death. This we testify, confessing always our reliance on God’s grace in Christ, and in the power of the Holy Spirit. This ministry of non-violence witness continues to this day. To learn more about specific moments in First Church’s Just Peace History, please click here. UCC Denominational Outreach We work alongside more than 200 mission partners. We labor ceaselessly to fight injustice, in the United States and abroad. We instill our vision into our youth and young adults, forging leaders who will imagine new dreams. And we sustain and develop church leaders, pastors, and our local churches to live their faith in exciting new ways. We believe in a God that is still speaking, a God that is all-loving and inclusive. We instill our vision into our youth and young adults, forging leaders who will imagine new dreams. And we sustain and develop church leaders, pastors, and our local churches to live their faith in exciting new ways. We believe in a God that is still speaking, a God that is all-loving and inclusive. We are a church that welcomes and accepts everyone as they are, where your mind is nourished as much as your soul. We are a church where Jesus the healer meets Jesus the revolutionary, and where together, we grow a just and peaceful world. The Conference has been founded under a united covenant to Live the Love and Justice of Jesus with the Vision statement available here as a PDF. First Church participates in the conference in a variety ways, including by attending Annual Meetings and Super Saturdays hosted by the SNEUCC. City Mission First Church is a longstanding partner with City Mission Boston, the oldest multi-service agency in New England and the second oldest in the United States. For more than two centuries, City Mission has dedicated itself to the needs of the most vulnerable in Boston and founded many of the city’s lasting charitable institutions. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. City Mission First Church is a longstanding partner with City Mission Boston, the oldest multi-service agency in New England and the second oldest in the United States. For more than two centuries, City Mission has dedicated itself to the needs of the most vulnerable in Boston and founded many of the city’s lasting charitable institutions. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. For more than two centuries, City Mission has dedicated itself to the needs of the most vulnerable in Boston and founded many of the city’s lasting charitable institutions. Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTS Rooted in and supported largely by local Congregational churches like ours, it’s mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to expose systemic barriers and act together to advance economic and racial equality for underserved families. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTS In addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. First Church participates regularly in City Mission’s MLK Days of Service and also the City Mission Christmas Shop and Coat Drive. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTS In addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. To learn more, please contact the chair of our Missions and Social Committee. GIVING AND GRANTS In addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. Over $40,000 goes to UCC-related organizations and efforts. In addition to coordinating our wide-ranging justice initiatives, our Missions and Social Justice Committee also disperses a yearly budget of approximately $90,000 to various social justice ministries within and outside of the United Church of Christ. This is a full 10 percent tithe of our overall church income. Over $40,000 goes to UCC-related organizations and efforts. These include Our Church’s Wider Mission, the Metropolitan Boston Association and the Southern New England Conference UCC Fellowship Dues, UCC education and attendance at UCC meetings and events. We also share our resources with various local non-profit organizations and ministries. These include Our Church’s Wider Mission, the Metropolitan Boston Association and the Southern New England Conference UCC Fellowship Dues, UCC education and attendance at UCC meetings and events. We also share our resources with various local non-profit organizations and ministries. We encourage individuals to participate in supporting these partnerships with both funds and volunteer involvement. The list of organizations we have supported in recent years includes: Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries Latin American Ministries City Mission Boston Harvard Square Meals Program Hispanic Ministry of MACUCC Solutions at Work Medicine Wheel (World AIDS Day Art Installation) Social Impact Center of the Roxbury Presbyterian Church Kids 4 Peace Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light Massachusetts Peace Action Cambridge Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition Massachusetts Bible Society The Outdoor Church We support our historic connection with City Mission Boston. Faith-based: When giving outside the UCC, we give preference to faith-based, and particularly interfaith, initiatives. Connection with members of First Church: We give preference to groups in which FCC members are involved as volunteers or staff. This allows us to more easily build and maintain relationships with organizations as opposed to merely writing checks. Related to the work of current racial, environmental and social justice efforts of First Church. MISSIONS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. — Isaiah 1:17 The Missions and Social Justice Committee makes visible to the congregation the worldwide interconnectedness of the body of Christ. We believe that God calls us to love and care for our neighbors near and far, and to share our abundance with them. The Missions and Social Justice Committee makes visible to the congregation the worldwide interconnectedness of the body of Christ. We believe that God calls us to love and care for our neighbors near and far, and to share our abundance with them. The Committee disperses a yearly budget to national and international bodies of the UCC and educates the congregation about the work of these bodies. We also share our resources with various local nonprofit organizations and ministries. We encourage individuals to participate in supporting these partnerships with both funds and volunteer involvement.”
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