• Preparation of Christmas stockings to be delivered to veterans and families by Pease Greeters
• Collection of gifts for children supported by Agels & Elves program
• ‘Reverse Advent’ calendar bags for families: collection of food pantry items for 25 days of Advent to mark the season
• Meals, fundraising & communal care for local family living with cancer
• 260 sandbags filled by church team along with other community volunteers to preserve a home endangered by riverside erosion after recent floods
• Assistance to a family forced to choose between medical bills and groceries
• Support for a local family whose home was destroyed by hurricane flooding
• Moved family to new home
• Hosted Advanced Care Planning Directive workshop and embedded trained facilitator within congregation to assist with ongoing preparation of these documentsSent care packages to students and young adults living away from home
• Soups delivered during home visits to people living in isolation or recovering from illness
• Collected and assembled 14 hurricane recovery buckets used in flood zones and sent matching funds to areas such as Puerto Rico, worked with UCC grant program to
• Roof funds raised and sent for partner Chikanga Church in Mutare, Zimbabwe
• Walked and raised funds for Alzheimers Research
• Climbed, danced and raised funds for Cancer Research
• Helped support conservation and educational organizations such as Tin Mountain Conservation Center and Saco Valley Land Trust
• Hosted acapella concert for Mountaintop Music
• Walked to support Recovery
• Donations to several local organizations (see below)

See our HOME page for the most recent responses to specific local and international events, such as hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes and other emergencies. We believe in immediates responses to disasters, but also in sustainable support for organizations such as the ones below, which address long-term support for different issues.

The Jackson Community Church has an active Mission Committee and strongly supports many local, regional,  national and global programs.

Local programs include

• ​Jen’s Friends
• MWV Habitat for Humanity
• Angels and Elves
• Northern Human Services
• Children Unlimited
• Local food pantry (Bartlett/Jackson)
• Gibson Center
• Starting Point
• White Mountain Community Health Center
• 68 Hours of Hunger
• Katy Murphy Foundation

Regional, National and Global programs include

• American Cancer Society – Race to Beat Cancer
• Horton Center
• Star Island
• One Great Hour of Sharing
• Neighbors in Need
• Christmas Fund
• Haitian Health Foundation
• Zimbabwe – Chikanga Church
• ABAN
• Andover Newton Seminary
• Honduras Hope
• Pease Greeters – Knitted caps for our soldiers click here for the pattern or more information at

www.peasegreeters.org

For more information on what the Mission Committee is up to this month please check out the monthly newsletter.

Scholarships Available…

Bushee Thorn    – click here for a 2017 application to for assistance in attending a summer camp

Olive Godfrey     – click here for a 2017 application for Jackson residence attending higher education