Community Missions

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations

Matthew 28:19

We are committed to living out our Christian calling to love and serve those in need.
For more information about how to become involved with any of the community programs and ministries below,
please contact the church office and we will talk with you about how to get started.

From UCP to Family Promise of Greater Rochester

Thank you to everyone in the UCP Community who donated to the 2024 Family Promise school supply drive. Your generosity helped prepare children for a good start to the school year.

Pies for Greater Rochester Interfaith Builders

We are selling pies for Thanksgiving 2024.  All sales benefit Greater Rochester Interfaith Builders.  Pie prices remain the same -  $20 each. Thank you for your support!

Choose from these varieties: Apple Crumb, Rumbleberry (raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry),  Pumpkin,  Pecan,  Strawberry Rhubarb. Orders are due Sunday, November 3.
Pick up at UCP will be Friday, November 22, between 3:30 and 6 pm.

2024 Pie Order Form: https://storage2.snappages.site/WWXJ47/assets/files/2024-Pie-Sale-Order-Form.jpg


LOCAL OUTREACH PROJECTS

Pittsford Food Cupboard

The Pittsford Food Cupboard serves the needs of Pittsford, Brighton, East Rochester, and certain areas within the City of Rochester, NY.

Their motto is
Feeding Hope, One Family at a Time.

Each week, we collect a variety of non-perishable items such as paper towels, canned goods, peanut butter, and boxed goods with our weekly offering to donate to the Pittsford Food Cupboard.

For more information, please visit their website.

Rochester Community Food Cupboard

The people in our church bring donations of food every Sunday of the year, which are taken that week to either the Pittsford Food Cupboard or the Community Food Cupboard of Rochester, serving the Northeast Rochester and Irondequoit communities.

For more information, please visit their website.

Cameron Community Ministries

Cameron Community Ministries is an Urban Outreach Community Center in the Lyell-Otis Neighborhood of Rochester, NY. Ninety-eight percent of residents in this neighborhood live in poverty.

Their mission is to provide hope to our community through emergency services, engagement, education and empowerment.

Cameron offers youth after-school and summer programs, free hot lunches every day, an emergency food pantry, and a clothing/housewares facility.
For more information, please visit their website.

Coffee Connection

The Coffee Connection empowers women in recovery from addiction through their work as interns and employees in a nonprofit wholesale and retail coffee business, selling only fair trade, organic coffee. Our church supports this program through sale of their coffee, volunteers from the congregation, and financial donations.

For more information, please visit their website.

And More:

Fairport Baptist Home
Flower City Work Camp
Veteran's Outreach Center
Elderberry Express
We also maintain an emergency assistance fund, supported by gifts given on Communion Sundays, the first Sunday of the month.

Family Promise of Greater Rochester

Family Promise of Greater Rochester (FPGROC, formerly RAIHN) is a not-for-profit, interfaith, culturally competent organization that assists families to achieve sustainable independence by supporting them with tailored services including shelter, food personalized case management, and a diverse network of caring volunteers
For more information on FPGROC,
please visit their website.

Flower City Habitat for Humanity

Habitat's mission is to seek to put God's love into action by bringing partners together to build home ownership, communities, and hope. Habitat homeowners help to build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.
As of April 2020, Flower City Habitat has built or renovated over 240 homes, including over 90 in the Greater JOSANA neighborhood. As work continues in the Greater JOSANA neighborhood, Flower City Habitat is now working with several partners to help alleviate the issue of vacant and abandoned properties across Monroe County.

For more information on Habitat, please visit their website.