What has your Church done for your community?

Answer 1

We are involved in Habitat for Humanity.

Answer 2

Lots. They tend not to brag, but I do know that we give generously to the poor within the town (there aren't many, it's a community of about 4,000 Germans and 14,000 American soldiers and their families, perhaps fewer Americans than that). I've actually witnessed that. Apart from this, we give to MANY different charities, and missions around the world, including but not limited to the Elim mission in Lwowek Slaski, Poland, and children who were affected by the nuclear meltdown in Chernobyl. Recently, we raised money to bring several of the Chernobyl orphans to Germany. We also assist families who are seeking to adopt children.
There's more but I can't remember all of it.

The mission in Poland houses a second-hand clothing place where the poor in the community can pick up free clothes. They also have a soup kitchen of sorts, where the poorest can obtain a free hot meal, as well as an orphanage. Very noble endeavor. My church organizes mission trips there every so often.

Answer 3

We have humanitarian services. We were some of the first to provide aid after the Southeast Asia Tsunami, and Hurrican Katrina are just two of the places we have gone to help.
In 2005 — dubbed the "year of natural disasters" by the World Health Organization — the Church responded to emergencies in 67 countries, distributing 1.7 million hygiene, school, newborn and cleaning kits; 7.6 million pounds of food; 260,000 blankets; 1.3 million pounds of medical supplies and 2 million pounds of clothing.

Answer 4

We have a food bank that helps feed our neighbors. We have free English classes for those in need. During Hurricane Katrina, my church sponsored 70+ families that escaped New Orleans. We housed, clothed, fed them. Our children helped these children in school, showing them around, getting school supplies, being a friend. Those are just a few examples of what we try to do all the time.

God Bless.

Answer 5

My church and it's members (including myself) are going to Thailand for in June for Habitat for Humanity. We will build houses in Chiang Mai.

We also have a homeless food kitchen and free clothes closet. We run a shelter for abused or destitute women.
We keep a large storage facility where which allocates furniture and household goods to the poor and needy....no questions asked.

Answer 6

St. Vincent De Paul Society
Food Pantry
Pregnancy Care Center
Free Clinic

Answer 7

I'm not a Christian, but I have nothing but the deepest admiration for what the Christian churches in my town do for the poor, the disenfranchised, the disadvantaged, and the disabled. They are a constant source of inspiration to our Humanist community, which aspires to rise to their level of compassionate assistance. Through Interfaith Alliance, we regularly work with local Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Wiccan, Unitarian Universalist, and Quaker groups to assemble toiletry packets for local homeless and battered women's shelters. Many who arrive at those facilities literally have nothing. We participate in Habitat for Humanity, road and public park clean-ups, blood drives, and drug awareness campaigns aimed at children. We recently had the pleasure of helping build a playground for special needs kids. We Humanists are a rather small minority, but we try to do our part. Service to humanity is one of the most important responsibilities in Humanism.

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." ~ Edward Everett Hale

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once." ~ Calvin Coolidge

Answer 8

St. Vincent de Paul Society
Different food and homeless shelters thru out various cities, we also have a group that helps children see their parents who may be incarcerated.We have so many different things that our parish is very active in, but these are just a few

Answer 9

we participate in the local school's breakfast program
we assist with the crisis pregnancy centre
we provide an ESL program to the general community
we have a collection for the local food bank


blessings :)

Answer 10

We give to food banks, we make lunches in the summer for poor kids, we help the elderly out by mowing lawns, shoveling sidewalks, we help in schools, we do alot for our community.

Answer 11

I'll give you two of several. We participate in a joint food bank, including the shelving and dispensing of food, and people bring bags of food with them every Sunday. We're part of an immediate needs response group to provide things like blankets in an emergency or disaster.