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1/30/2023

Faith Family Hospitality

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Partner for January 2023:
Faith Family Hospitality

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FFH is a project of the Family Housing Network of Fort Collins

In 2009, a group of leaders from different faith communities began discussing the possibility of expanding the work of Loveland’s Angel House, a member of the national Interfaith Hospitality Network/Family Promise program. By 2011, sixteen congregations had been recruited that were willing to host up to four families that were experiencing homelessness for a week at a time, from 5pm to 7am the following day on a rotating basis. In In January 2012, Faith Family Hospitality sheltered its first overnight guest family. Learn more

Overnight Program (Faith Family Hospitality)
Faith Family Hospitality (FFH), our overnight program, accommodates four guest families (up to 22 parents and children) at a time. This interfaith project unites diverse faith communities through a shared mission of service.

Each family receives:
  • a private family room in which to sleep and keep possessions secure
  • warm, nutritious evening meals
  • breakfast each morning
  • packed snacks and lunch to go if desired
  • gracious hospitality and volunteer support from FFH member congregations
Fifteen host congregations, each supported by a partner congregation, rotate each week to welcome FFH guest families into their buildings.

Visit Plymouth's FFH page to learn more or contact leaders with questions or to volunteer.

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12/31/2022

N2N's Homeless Prevention Program

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Helping Our Neighbors Keep Their Homes
Since 2008, Neighbor to Neighbor has successfully prevented foreclosure for over 1200 Larimer County households. Learn more.

Share the Plate contributed $770.75 to this organization.

Note: in addition, youth fundraising (Sleepout, coffee cart) raised $10,821.30 for N2N in 2022!


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11/28/2022

World Missions

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Plymouth World Missions Ministry Team

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Through its World Missions Ministry Team, Plymouth supports three significant programs in the Middle East and Africa:
  • Lango School in Ethiopia, a program developed by the Mekane Yesus Church, to provide “kindergarten” classes for rural children whose parents could not afford the fees for such classes and often needed their children’s labor at home, thus delaying their education. Through the help of Bob and Nancy Sturtevant, who were in the area as Peace Corps Volunteers, Plymouth, and friends from several other countries, the school has now expanded to several grades and has a building of its own.
  • Rawdat El-Zuhur School in East Jerusalem, which was created in 1952 to serve impoverished Palestinian girls whose families had been dislocated following the creation of the State of Israel.  It is now a thriving co-ed school, serving over 200 children, both Muslim and Christian.
  • Masazane Soup Kitchen and Child Protection Project in Mbekweni Township near Capetown, South Africa, created in 2012 by six Gogos (grandmothers), members of the Rondebosch United Church in Capetown, and Plymouth member, Marilyn Votaw.  Concerned that education was the way out of poverty – but that hungry children can’t learn well – the program provides a nutritious meal for up to 500 children a day. The program also serves as a community resource, providing access to medical care and other life-saving support, including foster care in the homes of participating Gogos, for the most vulnerable of these children, some of whom were orphaned by AIDS.

Total shared with World Missions ministries: $1011.50

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10/30/2022

Hurricane Relief

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The United Church of Christ is issuing an appeal to support immediate needs for families and communities affected by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.

While this year’s hurricane season started slowly, the last two weeks have made it clear just how dangerous and destructive these storms can be. With wind speeds topping out at 130 miles per hour and 155 miles per hour, respectively, Hurricanes Fiona and Ian have left devastation in their wake. More than a week and a half after Fiona’s winds left all of Puerto Rico in the dark, hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. Communities remain in crisis mode as the delivery of food, drinking water, and medical needs is challenged in hard-to-reach places cut off by downed trees, mudslides, and washed away bridges.

Millions have lost power and access to clean drinking water. The need for emergency food support, medical care, and temporary shelter is high.

Rev. Edward Rivera-Santiago, Pastor General of Iglesia Evangélica Unida de Puerto Rico, shared that congregations across the island are reporting damage to the homes of both church and community members, with some people facing total loss. Solidarity grants from Global H.O.P.E. and Global Ministries have been sent to assist with immediate needs while basic infrastructure is repaired and more complete assessments can be made.

Meanwhile, Hurricane Ian still rages, with widespread damage in Cuba, flooding and wind damage across Florida, and coastal flooding threatening Georgia and the Carolinas. It is way too early to know the full extent of damage in Cuba and in Florida, yet early indications point to a recovery that will take many years – perhaps a decade.

Emergency response personnel are active. Relief agencies are meeting immediate needs where they can gain access to communities hard hit by the storm. United Church of Christ partners through National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster who focus on relief are implementing their plans. Global Ministries Area Executive for Latin America Angel Luis Rivera is in touch with bilateral partners. Conference leaders and Conference Disaster Coordinators are making contact, assessing needs, and communicating with the Global H.O.P.E. team so that help can be channeled, now and for the long term.


Your generous financial support will be used by our partners in the areas of greatest need, for relief and long-term recovery.

Plymouth sent
$1513.50 to help.

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10/2/2022

Neighbors in Need

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Neighbors in Need (NIN) is a special mission offering of the United Church of Christ that supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. One-third of NIN funds support the Council for American Indian Ministry (CAIM). Two-thirds of this offering is used by the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM) to support a variety of justice initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct service projects through grants. Neighbors in Need grants are awarded to UCC churches and organizations doing justice work in their communities. These grants fund projects whose work ranges from direct service to community organizing and advocacy to address systemic injustice.

In 2022, Neighbors in Need focuses on economic justice. Plymouth sent $740 to this one-day offering.

FAQ on the NIN offering here.

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9/30/2022

La Familia/The Family Center

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La Familia has served working families and the Latinx community in Northern Colorado since 1995, and is one of 33 family resource centers in the state. Their center is seen as a safe and a trusted space, where children and families learn and connect with each other improving social skills, reducing social isolation, developing leadership skills, and gaining access to community resources. Their high-quality Early Childhood Education Program serves more than 75 children whose parents work and attend school.

Mission statement: Working alongside diverse families we provide high quality childcare and supportive services, with an emphasis on cultural attunement with the Latinx community. This work is done with an explicit vision of creating a community in which all families are safe, supported, and thriving.  
We sent $896.67 to La Familia for the September Share the Plate.

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8/31/2022

student Housing Support

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Housing insecurity is an issue for four in 10 CSU students.

Lutheran Campus Ministry, in collaboration with churches like us, decided to do something about it: Subsidize the cost of housing and provide the opportunity to be safe in community with one another. Your gifts will support 18 students this year.

Learn all about our student support August event and more at their special web page, where you can also see a video of the students! plymouthucc.org/studentsupport

Share the Plate provided $879.28 for this project (this does not include money raised separately by the Welcome Event).

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7/31/2022

McBackpack

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Believing that children, if well nourished, are able to participate more fully in the learning environment, McBackpack provides supplemental food to Poudre School District students and their families who otherwise would not have enough food over the weekend.

Each week McBackpack volunteers pack food and deliver it to schools throughout the district. At the schools, the food is then placed in backpacks and given to the children to take home.

McBackpack began in 2007 when Ann Randall and Gerry Lake approached the Poudre School District to see how they could help with something that would help the students.

McBackpack does not know the names of any of the students who receive the food bags - only the school names where the bags will be delivered. (Learn more here.)

Plymouth donated $728.51 to McBackpack in July.

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7/3/2022

Afghan Family

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THE June 12 - July 3 Partner was
The Afghan family we are supporting
as they resettle in Fort Collins

The family left Afghanistan to resettle in Fort Collins. Folks from Plymouth, Heart of the Rockies, and the larger community have been working with this family. 

Read the background article.

Total amount donated to this project was $1,342.43.
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6/5/2022

Strengthen the Church

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The annual Strengthen the Church (STC) Offering reflects the shared commitment of people across the United Church of Christ to cooperatively build up the UCC. Conferences and the national setting equally share the gifts given by members and friends through their local congregations.

The funds raised support leadership development, new churches, youth ministry, and innovation in existing congregations. By your generosity to this offering, you build up the Body of Christ.

As God calls our congregations to be the church in new ways, your generosity will plant new churches, awaken new ideas in existing churches and develop the spiritual life in our youth and young adults. 

We sent $359.50 to this ministry partner.

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5/31/2022

Food Bank for Larimer County

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In May we partnered with the Food Bank for Larimer County. Every $1 donated to the Food Bank allows them to provide 2 meals to food insecure members of our community.

During the month, $1361 was collected for the Food Bank for Larimer County.



On the first Sunday in May, Heather Buoniconti, Chief Development Officer at the Food Bank for Larimer County, spoke to our 9 a.m. service.

About this Month's Ministry Partner

At the Food Bank for Larimer County, we believe no one should be hungry. Our dream is to deliver health, hope and humanity to stabilize the lives of our clients and build a vibrant community. We are a private non-profit organization and the only Feeding America clearinghouse for donated food in our county. Each year, we provide food to an estimated 37,500 people in need through community partnerships and hunger-relief programs.

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4/30/2022

Ukraine Emergency Appeal

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Our first Share the Plate partner, the UCC's Ukraine Emergency Appeal was also the beneficiary of a special fundraising effort which began on March 13.

The special offering for Ukraine Relief raised $8820, and three Share the Plate Sundays (April 10-24, which included Easter) added another $1422, for a grand total thus far of $10,242. Wow!


This Month's Ministry Partner

The United Church of Christ is appealing for support for refugees who have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries and for elderly and other vulnerable people who are displaced within Ukraine and unable to leave. As a member of the ACT Alliance, UCC support is being targeted to people most in need through humanitarian relief partners with a history of working in the region.

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