”GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER”

– 2 Corinthians 9:67

How We Use Your Gifts

Our Church’s Wider Mission & Special Mission Offerings :

First Parish Church of Newbury is a member of the United Church of Christ, and a portion of gifts help the Special Mission Offerings. These gifts sponsor vital ministries that bring hope to people in the U.S. and around the world.

Our church has identified four areas where critical human needs exist:

• in places lacking health and educational resources and/or where disaster has struck

• within systems of injustice which oppress daily life and opportunity

• in the lives of church leaders without sufficient resources to live with dignity

• in the nurture of youth and congregations just beginning their lives of faith

First Parish Church of Newbury provides gifts to the following Special Mission Offerings :

• ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING (OGHS) works with international partners to provide sources of clean water, food, education and health care, small business micro-credit, advocacy and resettlement for refugees and displaced persons and emergency relief and rehabilitation. OGHS also supports domestic and international ministries for disaster preparedness and response.

• NEIGHBORS IN NEED supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States, including the Council for American Indian Ministries (CAIM), justice and advocacy, and direct service projects supported by Justice and Local Church Ministries. This offering is received on First Sunday of October as part of World Communion Sunday.

In addition, the church provides gifts to :

• THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AMESBURY