We provide financial support to several community organizations. A portion of the proceeds from all fundraising activities is also dedicated to supporting community and international missions.
Additional ways we provide support:
•Back-to-school supplies
•Mittens, hats, and scarves at Christmas
•Clothes for a clothing boutique throughout the year
•Christmas gifts for a local family in need
•Weekly support of food cupboards
UCP SUPPORTS ...
Pittsford Food Cupboard and the Community Food Cupboard of Rochester
Our community brings food donations to worship every Sunday of the year. Those donations are taken to either the Pittsford Food Cupboard, which serves the needs of Pittsford, Brighton, East Rochester, and certain areas within the City of Rochester, or the Community Food Cupboard of Rochester, which serves the communities of Northeast Rochester and Irondequoit.
For more information on these two organizations,
visit their websites: https://www.pittsfordfoodcupboard.net/ and https://rochesterfoodcupboard.org/.
For more information on these two organizations,
visit their websites: https://www.pittsfordfoodcupboard.net/ and https://rochesterfoodcupboard.org/.
Greater Rochester 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.
For more information on Habitat, please visit their website.
Cameron Community Ministries
Cameron Community Ministries is an Urban Outreach Community Center in the Lyell-Otis Neighborhood of Rochester. Its mission is to make a difference in people’s lives through education, health care initiatives, and empowerment. Cameron offers youth after-school and summer programs, free hot lunches daily, an emergency food pantry, and a clothing boutique.
For more information, please visit their website.
For more information, please visit their website.
Elderberry Express
Elderberry Express provides free rides to Pittsford seniors aged 55 and over for appointments such as medical visits, necessary appointments, and grocery trips. This service helps seniors remain in their homes and stay independent. All the drivers are volunteers.
Pastoral Emergency Assistance Fund
UCP also maintains a pastoral 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.
For more information on FPGROC,
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 the sale of its coffee, volunteers from the congregation, and financial donations.
For more information, please visit their website.
For more information, please visit their website.