Through Week of Compassion, North American Disciples reach out in the name of Christ to: (website)
- provide emergency and long-term assistance to people in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, droughts, civil war and other natural and human catastrophes. In a typical year WOC responds to a disaster about once every two days.
- respond with help, hope and hospitality to people who have been uprooted and displaced from their homelands by war, environmental catastrophe, famine and natural disaster. Many of the world’s 25 million refugees are children.
- support self-help programs of development and rehabilitation that empower people and communities to stand against and rise above hunger, poverty, disease, illiteracy, and other forces of injustice that deny and destroy human dignity. WOC supports projects in more than 80 nations on every inhabitable continent of the earth.
- encourage and support volunteer groups in "hands-on" mission and service opportunities. Annually, WOC partners with more than 50 Disciples work groups in mission projects in North America and abroad.
Samaritan's Purse (website)
We work with Samaritan's in preparing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child for distribution around the world.
Health Care kits for Global Ministries (website)
The common witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ responsible for nurturing relationships with international partners on behalf of Disciples and the UCC.
School Kits for for Children
Blanket Sunday for disaster relief (website)
The Tools and Blankets Program is a special mission oppiortunity that can involve all ages. Some 8,000 congregatons and groups across the U.S. hold Tools & Blankets events, providing more than $3.7 million to help people in some 80 nations, including the U.S. The right tool at the right time can make a world of difference in the lives of children and families faced with an emergency or struggling to keep food on the table.
Souper Bowl Sunday (website)
Utilizes Super Bowl weekend to mobilize youth to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities.
Disciples Mission Fund (website)
Click on links to find information about the Christian Church (disciples of Christ) and their work around the world.