How you can help!
We urge Members and Friends to remember the financial needs of the Church. Our Ministers and Staff are busier than ever with online and limited in-person worship services, pastoral care, and social justice. Please maintain or if possible increase your financial pledge to the congregation.
Covid-19 is an enormous hardship for the most vulnerable people in the Bloomington community. Our social justice task forces hope you will help us support the following efforts, both with your time, volunteerism, and financial resources.
Homelessness and Hunger Task Forces
End of Life Task Force: End of Life Issues in Time of COVID-19
Supporting Children and Families in Time of COVID-19
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Homelessness and Hunger Task Forces
Through December 31, 2021, we will be collecting food, hygiene items, and clothing for Shalom Community Center and food for our Pantry at College Square.
Click here to see the updated lists of needed items. We have placed collection bins outside the building, under the north side porch near the Portico Entrance. Simply drive up and drop off–we are collecting donations from these bins daily.
MCUM Holiday Food Baskets – 2021 MCUM Holiday Basket List – please deliver to MCUM by December 4.
Volunteer Opportunities at Shalom or Wheeler Mission
Click here to learn more about volunteer opportunities at these shelters.
Volunteer Opportunities at Middle Way House
Click here to see the ways you can volunteer at Middle Way House, emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence.
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Habitat Task Force
Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County has temporarily paused all volunteer building, homeowner training, the housing application process and retail ReStore operations. The homeownership journeys of more than 20 families are on hold. Because of the economic impact of COVID-19, Habitat’s president and CEO Wendi Goodlett estimates about 50% of its existing homeowners will not be able to pay mortgages for some period of time. Many families in the program work in industries at the forefront of the crisis. Habitat is asking for financial donations to make it possible to offer mortgage relief to homeowners who need it and to continue building, when feasible. Donations can be made online at: https://www.classy.org/give/216002/#!/donation/checkout
Hope for Prisoners Task Force
New Leaf—New Life serves inmates of the Monroe County jail and individuals who have recently been released to our community. See their Donate page for monetary and material needs and their Volunteer page for ways to directly assist in the current emergency.
Just Peace Task Force
As Friends Committee on National Legislation warns: “If there’s anything the world doesn’t need right now, it’s a new arms race. Not only would an arms race move us even closer to nuclear war, but it would consume resources that should otherwise be allocated towards more pressing needs: health care, jobs, and food security. Even so, the Trump administration is still wavering on whether the United States will extend the treaty.” For more information, including how to take action, please see: In the Shadow of the Coronavirus, Fate of New START Remains Unclear
