April Sunday services are at the UCCHH Haddam Campus
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Reverse Advent Bags Distributed

Our congregations participated in a Reverse Advent Event this past December. Many of us are familiar with an Advent Calendar where for each day of Advent you receive a small token (usually candy!) as you eagerly await the birth of the Christ child. With Reverse Advent, for each day of Advent you give something, in…

H/K Backpack Program Requests Shelf-Stable Milk

Each Sunday we have the opportunity to bring our donations of non-perishable foods. High-protein item (peanut butter, chili, stew, etc.) always are needed. A special request has come from the Haddam Killingworth Backpack Program for donations of shelf-stable milk (boxes in one-liter or individual serving containers.) When out doing your grocery shopping, remember those in…

School Supply Collection for CWS

Although summer is just beginning, the FCCH Christian Service Committee and the HCC Outreach Committee will be collecting school supplies for Church World Service. Back-to-school sales will be in full swing by the end of July – please consider picking up some supplies from the lists below. Church World Service sends school bags to shelters…

Supplies Needed for VBS

The Christian Education Committee is joining forces with Higganum United Methodist Church this summer to offer the community the week-long VBS experience Rolling River Rampage! FCCH & HCC will be providing the evening meal on Thursday, July 23rd. We are currently looking for cash donations (the chicken strips all have to be the same brand…

Diaper Drive Raises Over $1,000

Thank you to everyone who celebrated Mother’s and Father’s Days this year with a monetary donation to our Mission/Outreach Committee’s Diaper Drive. We are delighted to announce that we exceeded our second goal for the drive, raising over $1,000. (Mission/Outreach had originally set a goal of $500, which quickly was met!) All donations will go…

Diaper Drive Planned

As everyone knows, the bottom line for parents is that you need LOTS of diapers for babies and toddlers! Celebrate Mother’s and Father’s Days this year with a monetary donation to our Mission/Outreach Committee’s Diaper Drive. This will be a virtual drive, and all donations will be made to the Diaper Bank of Connecticut which…

Collecting Sports Equipment

With spring arriving and weather warming ,sometimes our thoughts turn to sports. The Solnit Center which houses 13-17 year olds has expressed a need for outdoor and indoor sports equipment. Due to the pandemic, a donor was unable to contribute this year so our Christian Outreach Committee is looking at ways our church community can…

Outreach Money at Work

After contacting Amber Stramm, the Director of the HK Backpack Program, to find out what the program was most in need of, the Joint Outreach Committee voted to donate ten gallons of milk each week from April 23 – May 14. During COVID-19, the program supplies seventeen families each Thursday with enough groceries for a…