Sunday, September 05, 2010
 
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UCC Local Missions

The following are examples of some of the United Church of Christ missions and ministries that St. Vincent supports here in the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference (PSEC).

 

Bethany Children's Home
Bethany Children's Home of the UCC has been providing homes, food, education, health care, values, counseling, love, support, and care for children since it began as a home for orphans of the Civil War.  You can learn more about this wonderful ministry of the UCC by clicking on this Bethany Children's Home link.

 

Bethany Counseling Ministry
Bethany Counseling Ministry serves in the Pennsylvania Southeast, Northeast, and Central Conferences.  This counseling ministry treats a number of concerns, including: 
     • anxiety
     • blended families
     • child/adolescent adjustment problems
     • chronic illness
     • depression
     • enhancing relationships
     • gender issues
     • grief
     • intimacy issues
     • life changes
     • marital/family conflict
     • premarital concerns
     • school problems
     • spiritual issues
     • stress management
     • recovery of life’s meaning and purpose
To find an office near you and/or to learn more about this ministry, click on the Bethany Counseling Ministry link.

 

Lancaster Theological Seminary (LTS)
LTS is the closest of the seven UCC seminaries to us.  LTS is accredited by both the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Higher Education (MSA/CHE).  LTS provides training for clergy, lay persons, youth, and youth leaders.  Click on the LTS link to learn more about our seminary.
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Additional Local Missions

St. Vincent United Church of Christ actively supports a number of mission efforts locally in addition to those of our denomination.  Below are examples of some of those efforts.

St. Mary's Franciscan Shelter
St. Mary's Franciscan Shelter is a place where families in need can go to receive meals and shelter for a length of up to 8 weeks.  St. Vincent UCC is one of the ways they receive their dinner time meals.  We are one of about 30 churches who prepare and deliver meals daily, twice a year for one week.  The meals need to be enough to feed 18 people--adults and children together.  St. Mary's needs donations throughout the year, which we also ask our congregation to help with.  St. Mary's is an important part of our community, helping families get through tough times.  They are located at 209 Emmett Street in Phoenixville.  You can visit their web site, by clicking on this St. Mary's Shelter link.

 

Good Samaritan Shelter
The Good Samaritan Shelter is a Christian ministry that provides emergency and transitional housing and other critical services to homeless men in the Greater Phoenixville Area.  Learn more at their web site, by clicking on the Good Samaritan Shelter link.

 

Phoenixville Area Community Services (PACS)
PACS connects people in the Phoenixville area with community resources and emergency assistance, food, housing, utilities, and health services.  PACS seeks to assist people to achieve economic self-sufficiency and link community asset with community needs.
Learn more by clicking on the PACS link. 

 

 
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