Where following Jesus means loving God and loving our neighbors.
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The first Sunday of every month we gather to pack bags of food. These bags provide meals and snacks for 2 days. During the school year the bags are given out to children at the Hinckley/Big Rock Elementary School, during the summer we serve as a site to pick up bags.
Before school begins in the Hinckley Big Rock School District we begin collecting school supplies. We filled 23 backpacks for children at the Hinckley Area Food Pantry and took 10 bags of supplies to the elementary school.
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United Church of Christ missions that we support.
Changing Lives: Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM) funds the work we do in the Associations, Conferences and in the national and global church. OCWM funds are invested in programs, resources, and tools needed to keep local UCC churches strong, effective, and growing.
Faithfully Building the Body of Christ
Strengthen The Church (STC) is a special mission offering to reimagine and build the future of the UCC. Shared at the conference and national levels, STC largely supports youth ministries and full-time leaders for new churches in parts of the country where the UCC voice has not been heard. |
Giving Help, Hope and Life
Supports partners in more than 70 countries with ministries that fund development projects, feed the victims of famine, provide services for displaced people, and respond to natural disasters. These ministries are the responsibility of Wider Church Ministries, Global Sharing of Resources. Remembering
Those Who Serve Our Church Provides financial aid to retired and active ministers and their surviving spouses and children who face overwhelming financial demands, a ministry carried out by the Pension Boards. |
Justice and Compassion
Like a Mighty Stream Supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, including ministry carried out by the Council for American Indian Ministries (CAIM) and by the national offices of Justice and Witness Ministries. 
The Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ is blessed to have two outdoor ministry sites: Pilgrim Park Camp and Tower Hill Camp. Both Tower Hill and Pilgrim Park are open thoughout the year in order to serve the needs of individuals, families, and churches of the both the Illinois Conference and the areas surrounding each camp.
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