Missions – Outreach – Community Services
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IHN IHN unites congregations to assist homeless families. Congregations provide accommodations and meals for 3-5 families for one week, every three months on a rotating schedule. Becoming a part of IHN in May of 2004, First Christian Church is a host congregation. This means we are one of the churches that the families actually “live in” during the week. We also have support congregations, Valley View UMC, and New Life Church. The support congregations assist First Christian Church with volunteers and any other congregations in the Network when there has been a need. A typical evening includes volunteers from these congregations working together to provide a safe and comfortable temporary home. Without our volunteers this program would not be a success. There is a link to the Johnson County Interfaith Hospitality Network on our Maps and Links page. Costa Rica Mission Trips For 10 years we have been going to Costa Rica, specifically to our sister church La Paz de Dios, in Tres Rios. Over 120 members and friends of First Christian have traveled to Costa Rica. Over the years we have helped Tres Rios with several construction jobs, and taught crafts to women and children. The mission trip in 2007 helped La Paz de Dios take up the concrete floor and lay a new ceramic tile floor in their Sanctuary. Preparations for the 2008 Costa Rica trip are under way. The dates are June 21-30, 2008. There are 28 persons signed up so far.
Christian Youth Fellowship The dates for ICYF are July 24-28, 2008. That event will be at Chapman University in California. |