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Local Missions Team
"…for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was
thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave
me clothing,
I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you
visited me.”
~ Matthew 25 ~
Coordinator: Frank Coble
local@congregation.chapel.duke.edu
Shelter Dinner Coordinators: Ned Arnett
dinners@congregation.chapel.duke.edu
The Community Ministry team goal is to support organizations
in the Durham area that share the Missions and Outreach Program’s
objective of assisting people in the Durham area who are in
need of food, shelter or other support. This is achieved by
establishing relationships with established community organizations
to identify partnership opportunities for Congregation members
to be directly involved in the community and to provide various
means of support from the Congregation to local mission organizations.
Below are some of the ways are Local Missions Committee is active.
Durham CROP Walk for Hunger Relief
Each year Congregation members join with hundreds of people
of all ages for the Durham CROP Walk for hunger relief. In
recent years, Durham CROPWALKERS have raised as much as $200,000,
75% of which is used to fight world hunger and 25% of which
is dedicated to local hunger relief efforts. Over the past
20 years, CROP Hunger Walkers have raised more than $270 million.
The 34th Durham CROP Walk is scheduled for March 22, 2009 at
2:30 PM. The walk will start and end at Duke University Chapel.
For additional information visit the Durham CROP website at
www.durhamcropwalk.org.
Durham Congregations in Action
Durham Congregations in Action (DCIA) is a consortium of 58
Durham congregations whose mission is to organize, implement,
and support a number of outreach activities and agencies in
Durham. The Missions and Outreach Program provides support and
cooperates with DCIA activities.
Local Community Grants
Each year, the Congregation Council and Finance Committee allocate
funds to be distributed to service organizations based in the
Durham area whose mission is to assist people in need of food,
shelter, and support. The Missions and Outreach Community Ministry
team is responsible for overseeing the distribution of these
funds through a grant process.
As needs are identified throughout the year, the Local Community
Ministry group will allocate funds outside the grants application
process. Some of the recent organizations who have received
grants include:
Durham Urban Ministries
Genesis Home
Society of Saint Andrews
Achievement Academy of Durham
SEEDS
Meals on Wheels
YO: Durham
Durham Crisis Response Center
AIDS Community Resident Association
AGAPE
Share Your Christmas
Each Christmas season, the Community Ministry team partners
with Duke Volunteer Services to support the “Share Your
Christmas” project. Through Share Your Christmas,
Congregation members are given the opportunity to purchase
simple Christmas
gifts for underprivileged Durham youth who would otherwise
go without.
Supplies Drives
The Community Ministry team regularly holds supplies drives
before and after the Duke University Chapel Sunday morning
service in order to assist Durham organizations in need
of basic supplies.
Recent supplies drives have benefited the AIDS Community
Residence Association, Durham Crisis Response Center,
Genesis Home,
Meals on Wheels of Durham, and Urban Ministries of Durham,
in addition
to a Back-to-School Supplies Drive for youth without
necessary school supplies.
Urban Ministries Shelter Dinners
Members of
the Congregation, with the facilitation of the Community Ministry
Team, serve a hot dinner at
Urban Ministries
of Durham
once a month. Dates for the shelter dinners are on
the second Sunday of January, March, May, July, September,
and November.
On the fourth Wednesday of February, April, June,
August, October, and December, the Community Ministry Team also
serves a hot
dinner. Congregation members prepare and donate the
main course; additional menu items are purchased in
bulk and
prepared at
the facility. Donations of lasagna and volunteer servers
are always needed.
For more information about our participation in Urban
Ministries or to lend a hand, please contact: dinners@congregation.chapel.duke.edu
Local Missions Contact:local@congregation.chapel.duke.edu
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