Each year in the fall, the Lakewood UCC family is asked to fill out a Harvest form. In this way the church receives information about the volunteering and financial giving of the congregation. The form asks for a total number of hours volunteered in the past year and the total amount of charitable giving. In addition, there is a section for listing the activities and organizations to which donations of time and/or money have been given.
The ministry of the church is not just what we do on Sundays or even what we do specifically as a church. The ministry of the church is what everyone in the church family is doing day in and day out to spread God’s love.
This year, 23 forms representing about a third of the congregation were turned in. The total financial giving represented on those forms was $124,710. The volunteer time totaled 6,146 hours.
These are the organizations, initiatives and activities that received the support of the congregation:
12 Step Programs
Academy for Senior Professionals at Eckerd College
Alfred Adler Elementary School
All Children’s Hospital
Alzheimers Association
American Association for Retired Persons
American Association of University Women
American Cancer Society
American Civil Liberties Union
American Diabetes Association
American Friends for Peace
American Heart Association
American Society of Friends
American University of Nigeria
Amherst College
Amnesty International
Bayfront Health Center
Bethel Youth Homes
Boley Manor
Book Clubs
Bread for the World
Calling the Sick, cards and letters
CARE
The Carter Center
CASA
Center for the Development of Central America
Chair of 5 committees and member of 4 more
Children’s Hunger Fund
Children International
Children’s Refugee Fund
Choir
Churches
City of Hope
Clearwater Central Catholic High School
Clearwater Zen Center
Colleges and Universities
The community
Council of Indian Nations
Dali Museum
Daystar
Democratic Candidates
Democratic Party
Doctors without Borders
Eckerd College
Eden Theological Seminary
Edible Peace Patch Project
Emory University Candler School of Theology
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America World Hunger and Disaster Relief
Feed the Children
Feeding America
Fellowship of Reconciliation
FINCA
Fine Hats Museum
Florida Orchestra
Foster dog
FreeFall Theater
Fresh Air Fund
Glenville Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Glenville Thrift Store
Global Greening Project
Goodwill
Grinnell College
Habitat for Humanity
Harvard University
Heifer Project
Help neighbors
Holocaust Memorial
Hospitals and health organizations
Human Rights Watch
Humane Society
Hunger Program
Indiana University
International Rescue Committee
Kids Club Sports Soccer
Lakewood High School
League of Women Voters
Lil Smith Foundation
Listening
Meals on Wheels
Melanoma Foundation
Menorah Manor
Mercy Corps
Metro Wellness
Metropolitan Ministries
Mother with foster children
Mountain Top Lectures
MoveOn.org
MSF
Musical Groups
National Public Radio
Nature Conservancy
Neighborhood Clean Up
Neighborly Senior Services
New Dimensions
Operation Attack
Oxfam
Pet Pal Animal Shelter
Pinellas County Schools
Pilgrim United Church of Christ
Planned Parenthood
The Princess Martha
Public Radio and TV
Pumpkin Patch
Red Cross
Reiki
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights
Religious groups
Residential Community
Room to Read
Russian Heritage
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg Free Clinic
St. Petersburg High School
St. Petersburg History Museum
St. Petersburg International Folk Fair
St. Petersburg Opera
St. Petersburg Public Library
Salvation Army
Save the Children
Scholarship Committee
Scholarship Fund
Sheriff’s Youth Ranch
Sierra Club
Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian
Southeastern Fisheries Association
Southern Poverty Law Center
SPLC
Stonewall Democrats
Suncoast Hospice
Sunday School
Superkicks Karate Dojo
Technoserv
Theaters
Tutwiler Clinic
UNICEF
Union Theological Seminary
United Church of Christ
United Negro College Fund
University of Illinois
University of Rochester
Universities
Veterans Administration Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Visiting the Sick
WEDU – Public television
Wellesley College
West Coast Players
Westminster Shores
Westminster Suncoast
Witness for Peace
World Hunger
WUSF Public Radio
YMCA
And, of course, Lakewood United Church of Christ!
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