“There is always light; If only we’re brave enough to see it; If only we’re brave enough to be it.” -Amanda Gorman (The Hill We Climb)

  • Mercy Ministries

    Hunger
    Anne Davis Meal Ministry (DINE)

    Care and Share of East Lyme
    www.careandshareofel.org
    Mission: Provide food, financial and emergency support to individuals in East Lyme, Niantic and Salem.

    Homelessness
    New London Homeless Hospitality Center
    www.nlhhc.org
    Mission: NLHHC is a place of safety and welcome to adults facing homelessness in Southeastern CT.

    Addiction/Substance Abuse/Mental Health

    Domestic Violence
    Safe Futures
    www.safefuturesct.org
    Mission: Safe Futures saves lives, restores hope, and changes the future for those impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault in Southeastern CT.

    Prison Ministry
    A Sacred Place (The Barbara Fund)
    www.asacredplace.org
    Mission: The Barbara Fund provides college-level correspondence courses, scholarships, resources and books to the women at York Correctional Institution, with emphasis on women serving long term sentences of five years or more. Established in 2004, the Barbara Fund has had over 90 women complete college-level courses, with the goal of obtaining associate or Bachelor’s degrees. The Barbara Fund was founded by Bette and John Mahon in memory of their daughter Barbara.

    Hospital
    L&M Hospital
    www.lmhospital.org/about/community-involvement/volunteer

    American Red Cross
    www.redcross.org/local/connecticut

    Children’s Care
    NCC Children’s Center
    www.nccchildrenscenter.com

  • Justice Ministries

    Racial Justice
    Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Trust Fund
    www.mlktrustfund.org
    Mission: To award college scholarships to African American students in New London County high schools.

    LGBTQ+
    Open, Affirming, Reconciling

    Indigenous/Restorative Relations
    Nehantic Native Nation

    Immigration Rights/Refugee Resettlement
    UACT/Start Fresh
    www.uact4justice.org
    Mission: Strengthening communities by bringing people and congregations together to foster initiatives for improving lives through social justice work.


    Immigration Advocacy and Support Center
    www.iascct.org
    Mission: IASC ensures that immigrants get the full benefit and protection of the saw and the support of the community as they attempt to become citizens. IASC helps immigrants become self-sufficient, contributing citizens by providing low cost, high quality legal services and provides education on immigration policy for the greater community.

    Climate Justice
    Green Team

    Affordable Housing
    Habitat for Humanity of Eastern CT
    www.habitatect.org
    Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Heifer International
www.heifer.org

Long supported by Niantic Community Church, Heifer is a development organization that works with communities to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Families receive livestock, and training in agriculture and livestock management. Heifer’s twelve cornerstone development model assures that families become self-sustaining. Each family that receives an animal covenants to pass along the first female offspring of that animal to another family in need. Thus one animal becomes many as subsequent recipients do the same. Entire communities are permanently lifted out of poverty.

Alternative gifts of livestock can be purchased for holidays and special occasions, saving lives, restoring hope and changing the future for families all over the world. Go to http://www.heifer.org to learn more, and don’t forget to ask a church member about Beatrice and her goat. You’ll be amazed!