Local UCC churches participate in Faith in Action service

Posted 11/7/19

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Local UCC churches participate in Faith in Action service

Posted Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:44 pm

On Sept. 19 and 20, nearly 75 members from local United Church of Christ congregations donned bright orange T-shirts for the ninth annual Faith in Action weekend of service.Members formed teams and spent the weekend doing service projects throughout southwestern St. Charles County and southeastern Warren County area.Volunteers of all ages spread throughout the area to provide helping hands and smiles to area residents by participating in these projects:• The Hymn Sing team made a little joyful noise. They sang old-time hymns and played kazoos with residents at three nursing care facilities in Washington.• The Odd Jobbers team helped with various tasks at Our Lady’s Inn located in Defiance. The volunteers spread mulch, weeded and watered their vegetable garden, cleaned toys, prepared and served lunch as well as enjoyed entertaining the kids living at the facility.• The Assembly team assembled 100 food boxes and 50 health kits. The food boxes will be distributed to local food banks throughout Missouri and the health kits will be distributed through various service agencies around the globe.• The Helping Hands team worked at the Emmaus Homes Marthasville campus. They trimmed trees, did other yard work and helped move furniture for one of the residents.• The Meal Delivery team hit the road to deliver 39 chicken dinners to area homebound neighbors and friends.These UCC churches are part of the Heritage Cluster. Participating churches included Ebenezer UCC, Augusta; Faith UCC, Wentzville; Femme Osage UCC, Femme Osage; Friedens Peace UCC, New Melle; Immanuels UCC, Holstein; St. John’s UCC, Cappeln; St. Paul’s UCC, Defiance and St. Paul’s UCC, Marthasville.For information, contact the Friedens Peace UCC church office at 636-828-5980 or email friedenspeace@gmail.com.

Pictured above are two people who helped spread mulch at Our Lady’s Inn in Defiance as part of the ninth annual Faith in Action weekend of service. Submitted photo.

Local UCC churches participate in Faith in Action service

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Local UCC churches participate in Faith in Action service

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