1. Our Church’s Wider Mission
It s who we are.’

2. OCWM

3. …we do ministry.
Together . . .
One of rick’s
Mission shots

4. Together . . .
...we serve God’s people.

5. Together . . .
…we share our gifts.

6. Gather
…as a diverse, loving community.

7. Preach
…with a powerful, progressive Christian voice.
The Rev. Davida Foy Crabtree,
CT Conference Minister

8. Serve
…to meet vital human needs.

9. Invest
…ourselves in the wider church.

10. With OCWM, we...
foster beauty in worship

11. With OCWM, we...
…feed the hungry

12. With OCWM, we...
…raise our children in faith

13. With OCWM, we...
…respond to human tragedies and
natural disasters

14. …support clergy in their ministries
With OCWM, we...

15. With OCWM, we...
…preach a welcoming and open
understanding of Christian faith
No matter who you
are, or where you
are on life’s
journey…
you are welcome
in the United Church
of Christ
,

16. With OCWM, we...
…send help around the world

17. With OCWM, we...
…reach out to our newest neighbors

18. With OCWM, we...
…minister to the sick
Ryder Hospital, Puerto Rico

19. With OCWM, we...
…learn to be good stewards

20. With OCWM we . . .
. . . meet the needs of congregations
through our Conference

21. With OCWM, we...
…support higher education
UCC-RELATED COLLEGES:
Beloit College, Wisconsin
Carleton College, Minnesota
Catawba College, North Carolina
Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania
Deaconess College of Nursing,
Missouri
Defiance College, Ohio
Dillard University, Louisiana
Doane College, Nebraska
Drury University, Missouri
Elmhurst College, Illinois
Elon University, North Carolina
Fisk University, Tennessee
Franklin and Marshall College,
Pennsylvania
Grinnell College, Iowa
Heidelberg College, Ohio
Hood College, Maryland
Huston-Tillotson, Texas
Illinois College, Illinois
Lakeland College, Wisconsin
Lemoyne-Owens College, Tennessee
Northland College, Wisconsin
Olivet College, Michigan
Pacific University, Oregon
Piedmont College, Georgia
Ripon College, Wisconsin
Rocky Mountain College, Montana
Talladega College, Alabama
Tougaloo College, Mississippi
Ursinus College, Pennsylvania
Westminster College, Utah

22. With OCWM, we...
…show our young people faithful
ways into adulthood

23. With
OCWM,
we...
…provide health and retirement
coverage for church employees

24. With OCWM, we...
stands for peace and justice…take

25. With OCWM, we...
…prepare the next generation of pastors
THE SEMINARIES OF THE UCC:
Andover Newton in Massachusetts
Bangor in Maine
Chicago in Illinois
Eden in Missouri
Lancaster in Pennsylvania
Pacific School of Religion in California
United in Minnesota
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The historically related seminaries: Hartford, Harvard,
Howard, Interdenominational Theological Center,
Seminario Evangelico, Union, Vanderbilt, Yale

26. With OCWM, we...
…celebrate diversity without division

27. With OCWM, we...
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…keep faith, hope and love alive

28. Our Church’s Wider Mission
It s who we are.’

29. Wapping Community
Church
• You are invited to join this support of
Our Church’s Wider Mission through the
2009 Special Appeal.
• Give with the yellow envelopes provided or
designate a check or cash to OCWM.
• THANK YOU!