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Founded in 1807, Andover Newton is the oldest graduate
school of theology in the United States. Today, over 400 students from 35 denominations are enrolled, creating a lively, ecumenical
environment for study.
Back Bay Mission was founded in 1922 as an outreach effort
of the First Evangelical Church of Biloxi (later United Church of Christ), whose members responded with compassion and service
to the needs of poor "fisher folk" living in deplorable conditions along the Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi. Since
then, Back Bay Mission has continually grown its services and ministries, always keeping the impoverished and marginalized
at the center of its concern.
For more than 180 years the Boston City Mission
Society has been committed to serving the urban poor in Boston. Its mission is to offer
“a vision of wholeness of human life against the realities of economic, racial and social injustice.” It also aims to develop a sense of awareness and responsibility of these problems among UCC churches in
Massachusetts. City Mission Society has worked for affordable housing and sponsors
innovative programs to help inner city youth make healthy and informed choices. It also provides assistance for those in need
of food, fuel, and shelter.
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Founded in 1946, Church World Service is the relief, development,
and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations in the United States. Working in partnership
with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance
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Through the Christian Children's Fund UCC sponsors Karena
One Horn, a young Native American girl in North Dakota. Currently CCF serves more than 7.6 million children and family
members in 30 countries. In it's 65 year history they have dedicated more than $2.3 billion in services to children.
North
Reading Christian Community Service was begun in 1985 by a group of concerned women from the various churches. Over the years,
with financial support from the community and the local churches, CCS has provided assistance to families in need. Assistance includes help with utility and medical bills as well as an occasional rent or mortgage payment. CCS also runs an emergency food pantry that is available to North Reading residents. CCS also coordinates the annual Tag-A-Tag ministry which provides Christmas presents to needy children
in the community.
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical
Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter
a matter of conscience and action.
Heifer Project International believes that giving impoverished
families livestock is one of the best resources for ending the cycle of chronic hunger and poverty that plagues two-thirds
of the planet. Since 1944, Heifer has helped 4.5 million people with gifts of livestock and training.
The Mission of Deeds was formed in 1993 by Anthony (Tony)
Triglione, a successful businessman and resident of Winchester, Massachusetts. Mr. Triglione was haunted by images of children
and their mothers, some living in affluent communities including his own town, who were sleeping on floors and eating on milk
crates because they could not afford to buy beds, tables, chairs and other necessities.
Determined to improve the quality of life for
these and other families, Mr. Triglione formed the Mission of Deeds for one single purpose -- to ensure that they would have
a place to go for help at a time in their lives when they need it most.
At Riverside Community Care it means being an integral
part of over 50 Massachusetts cities and towns. It means providing the highest quality mental health care, mental retardation
services, substance abuse treatment, and health and human services to individuals and families right in their own communities.
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