First Congregational UCC is a mission-oriented church. We participate in many local projects to serve our neighbors. Especially in the area of serving the hungry and homeless, we often open our church or team up with other faith communities to bring friendship and stability for those in crisis.
Other special projects take place on a frequent basis! Someone in the church has an idea; it is shared and embraced; new ministry is offered; great friends are made. Come and be part of our exciting effort to serve God’s people wherever they are.
Community Support Offering - On the third Sunday of each month, we collect a separate offering during the last hymn of worship. The money collected is used to keep a supply of healthy, shelf-stable bag lunches for anyone coming to the church asking for food.
Keep Them Warm - We run an annual collection of coats, blankets, and other warm items and donate them to local organizations such as Centro Cultural and the Inukai Family Boys and Girls Club.
Refugee Sponsorship - Supporting a Palestinian refugee currently living in Indonesia and in the process of being resettled in Canada.
Greater-Than Food Market – Free Food Market at Lincoln Street Elementary School. The second Wednesday of every month the non-profit Greater Than packs and distributes boxes of food for families. We volunteer to help set up and package food boxes or help manage a food station.
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HomePlate Youth Services
HomePlate supports the positive development of young people experiencing homelessness or housing instability through community building, education, access to services and resources, and youth empowerment. Hillsboro UCC was a member of the original steering committee and became the first host site for the weekly drop-in program. We continue to host HomePlate's Thursday night drop-in, which provides a hot meal, showers, and resources to youth.
Inukai Family Boys and Girls Club
Hillsboro's Inukai Family Boys and Girls Club provides after-school tutoring and activities for school-age children and maintains Washington County's only free clothes closet.
Interfaith Movement for Immigrant and Refugee Justice
IMIrJ’s mission is to accompany and equip communities and people of faith in Oregon to advance immigrant justice through the direct accompaniment of immigrants facing detention and deportation, policy advocacy at local, state, and national levels, and purposeful organizing. Through networks of relationships, we create a more just world for immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers by taking immediate humanitarian action and long-term collective, intentional action.
Habitat for Humanity
In the past we have partnered with other UCC congregations to build a house for a family in need.
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Rio de Dios Church
Home Plate Youth Services