Faith Christian Church

Posted on Tue, Dec 12, 2006

Gifts Funded By Faith Christian Church Foundation

Each year Faith Christian Church takes interest from our accounts with the Christian Church Foundation and provides it to ministry teams to use as they see fit.  The largest percentage of these funds goes to our Outreach Team.  This year, they have chosen to provide donations to a couple of very deserving organizations.

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Week of Compassion

Week of Compassionis the "relief, refugee and development ministry fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). 

The ministry of Week of Compassion is a faithful and effective way for Disciples congregations, members and friends to channel their resources and concerns to the humanitarian needs of suffering people in the world.

Through Week of Compassion, North American Disciples reach out in the name of Christ to:

1. provide emergency and long-term assistance to people in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, droughts, civil war and other natural and human catastrophes. In a typical year WOC responds to a disaster about once every two days.
   
2. respond with help, hope and hospitality to people who have been uprooted and displaced from their homelands by war, environmental catastrophe, famine and natural disaster. There are more than 30 million uprooted and displaced people in the world. Many of them are children.
   
3. support programs of sustainable development and rehabilitation that empower people and communities to stand against and rise above hunger, poverty, disease, illiteracy, and other forces of injustice that deny and destroy human dignity. WOC supports projects in nearly 100 countries on every inhabitable continent of the earth. 
4. encourage and support volunteer groups in "hands-on" mission and service opportunities.

Visit www.weekofcompassion.org for more information.

Special Kids and Families

Special Kids and Families, Inc., located in Memphis, Tennessee, is a family-centered Early Intervention Program dedicated to helping children and families reach their full potential. Founded in 1986 by parents of children with developmental delays, Special Kids and Families has expanded to the unique abilities, and challenges, that all young children present.

Partnering with parents, our team of pediatric professionals serves the needs of families and children (birth to age 3) through preschool programs, individual therapies, family training, parent support and community services in the most suitable setting: one-on-one in homes, in small groups and at our center. Additionally, Special Kids and Families, Inc. offers transition and advocacy training.

To find out more about Special Kids and Families, call (901) 324-7050 or email  admin@specialkidsandfamilies.org.

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The donations to Week of Compassion will go into the general relief fund.  The donation to Special Kids and Families is designated for a planned "Sensory Garden" that will be built on the Faith Christian Church property. 

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