Category Archives: Giving

Donation procedure charitable giving

• Fall 2020 Stewardship FAQs

  Posted on October 13, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Giving

    Click the question to be taken to the answer:   What is different about FCCW’s financial needs in the pandemic and as we approach 2021?  Where have we saved money, and where have we found we needed more money?   What is FCCW doing to help those who are experiencing particular need (financially) in […]

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  Just Peace Offering

  Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Worship

  The recipient this year of our annual Just Peace offering was Haley House of Roxbury. Haley House addresses basic human needs through five interconnected branches including a soup kitchen and food pantry, as well as a housing program offering affordable housing for low-income families and formerly homeless individuals. Once again, the generosity of this congregation […]

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  Warm Up America! Made With Love

  Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Environment, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities

  We are planning to “yarn bomb” a homeless neighborhood this January with handmade hats, gloves and scarves. You can help! We need knitters and/or crocheters to make adult-size hats, scarves and mittens which we will hang from trees and fences. You can use any pattern you like, and the only rule is that the yarn […]

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  FCCW COVID-19 Financial Response Fund (FRF) is open

  Posted on July 17, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach

  The FRF is set up and ready to receive requests. The response to the Easter Offering was what we have come to expect from this generous congregation. So, we believe that we can respond in a meaningful way to those for whom the virus has meant financial difficulties. The fund is intended to support the […]

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  Father’s Day Card Fundraiser

  Posted on June 3, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Youth

  This Father’s Day, honor your father or those special men in your life through the act of giving back. We all try to teach our children that it is better to give than to receive – by giving a donation on your father’s behalf, you will prove to him he has taught you well!   For […]

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  Habitat for Humanity Spring 2020 Update

  Posted on May 15, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Small Groups, Volunteer Opportunities

  Unfortunately, we are cancelling the work day in Andover scheduled for May 30. We hope to be setting up more days in the fall. As you can guess, the work on homes by Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity and the other Habitat units in the area has been terribly disrupted by the pandemic. In the last 12 […]

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  Good News From Your Church Treasurer

  Posted on May 14, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Giving

  Greetings to all. In last week’s note I mentioned that that our Financial Resources Ministry recommended and our Leadership Team approved submitting an application for a Payroll Protection Loan from the Small Business Administration through our banker, Winchester Cooperative Bank. I’m delighted to tell you that our application was approved and that we have received nearly $94,000 […]

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  Local Food Pantry Needs Help

  Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Volunteer Opportunities

  The Woburn Council of Social Concern is being hit with a high demand from laid off workers. They are handing out food boxes and need more supplies. If you can, please help. The Outreach Ministry is collecting donations weekly over the next three weeks. There are large while coolers in the alcoves at each outside side the […]

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  Mother’s Day Card Fundraiser

  Posted on May 1, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach

  This Mother’s Day, honor your mother or those special women in your life through the act of giving back. We all try to teach our children that it is better to give than to receive – by giving a donation on your mother’s behalf, you will prove to her she has taught you well!   […]

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  Church Finances in an Uncertain Time – A Note from your Treasurer

  Posted on May 1, 2020 by Sarah Marino in Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News

  As we continue to collectively live through the COVID-19 pandemic, and daily headlines focus on the impact to our economy, you may be wondering how the church is holding up financially these days. The short answer is that we are in reasonably good financial shape. Here are three particular points that I would emphasize to our members: […]

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