{"id":297,"date":"2016-03-02T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2022-04-09T17:30:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T21:30:52","slug":"mission-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=297","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;THE CHURCH EXISTS FOR MISSION AS A FIRE EXISTS FOR BURNING&#8221; &#8211;Howard Sprague<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Mission and Social Action Board mission statement:<\/h2>\n<p>We will strive for social justice by actively engaging with others inside and outside the church to achieve a more equitable, humane, sustainable, and peaceful world.<\/p>\n<h3>Who We Are<\/h3>\n<p>We are believers, questioners and doubters, young and old, gay and straight, partnered and single, many with children and all who were once children, those who know what they believe and those who are still trying to figure it out. \u00a0Some of us grew up in church. For others, this is our first spiritual community. \u00a0United in Spirit, the journey makes us one.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the ways that our Church serves in mission through our community, nation, and world.\u00a0 Our Mission and Social Action Committee gives thanks for all who make this church <strong>alive<\/strong> in the <strong>outreaching love of Christ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#adoptahighway\">Adopt a Highway<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#diversityawareness\">Building Diversity Awareness<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#churchfoodpantry\">Church Food Pantry<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#doorways\">Doorways: Local Food Pantry<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#educationpeace\">Education on Peace and Justice Issues<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#movies\">Movies that Matter<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#ongoing\">Ongoing Mission in the World<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=26\">Our Haiti Mission<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=307#soupkitchen\">Soup Kitchen<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-ucc.com\/?page_id=309\">Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program (UCAP)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Ongoing Mission in the World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>We are a community of faith that welcomes every person, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or economic status.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;THE CHURCH EXISTS FOR MISSION AS A FIRE EXISTS FOR BURNING&#8221; &#8211;Howard Sprague Mission and Social Action Board mission statement: We will strive for social justice by actively engaging with others inside and outside the church to achieve a more equitable, humane, sustainable, and peaceful world. 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