Local Missions
Local Ministries
Bread for Life www.southingtonbreadforlife.com
This Southington-based program provides hot meals at noon-time Monday through Friday to those who are hungry. Each client also receives a bagged, take-home meal containing a sandwich, fruit and dessert, and other food staples. Bread For Life also runs a food pantry where people can pick up groceries for their family from time to time. Click on the link below to read more…
February 5, 2009 Thank You Letter from Bread for Life
Souper Bowl of Caring www.souperbowl.org
The Souper Bowl of Caring is a youth-led, grassroots movement of caring, the result of thousands of young people joining together to fight hunger and poverty in their communities. Since 1990, $34 million has been raised for charities across the country. Money raised here at Zion is donated to Bread for Life.
Manna Fund
Money collected for the Manna Fund, which is overseen by the Southington Interfaith Clergy Association, is given to Southington Social Services. They in turn use these funds to help needy Southington families with emergency situations, including paying heating or electric bills.
Prudence Crandall Center www.prudencecrandall.org
The Prudence Crandall Center will provide caring support, beneficial information and individual advocacy to women, men and children who are victims of domestic violence, provide emergency shelter to women and their children who are victims of domestic violence, and educate our community to reduce and ultimately eliminate domestic violence.
Friendship Service Center of New Britain, INC. www.friendshipservicecenter.org
The Friendship Service Center in New Britain works to end homlessness in their community.
“From that humble start, the Friendship Center has grown to encompass a Continuum of Care philosophy of offering services for those who are poor, hungry and homeless. The growth process is a story in itself, each added service an act of faith always keeping in mind the original dream born fruit in the heart and mind of our founder.”
-Ellen Perkins Simpson
Birthright www.birthright.org
Birthright helps…any girl or woman regardless of age, race, creed, marital or economic status, who feels distressed by an unplanned pregnancy. Birthright is there…for every woman who calls for help. Whether that call is for nothing more than an anonymous pregnancy test or for friendship and support lasting through the delivery and beyond, Birthright is there. Every woman is special and deserves to be treated as an individual.
Cheshire Prison Ministry
Each year at Christmas-time, Zion’s Missions team assembles gift bags for those incarcerated at the Cheshire Correctional Institute. Click on the notes below to read more…
Workbook Thank You – March, 2009
Zion Nursery School Scholarships
College Scholarships to Graduating Seniors
Each year Zion awards one (or more) scholarships to Zion members who are graduating seniors entering college the following fall semester. Students fill out an application as well as write an essay to be considered for the scholarship award. These scholarships are presented annually at the Southington High School Awards Night Program.
Love Fund
This fund is used to assist those in our congregation and at times, those in our community, who are in financial need for items such as rent, food, or electric bills.
In 2003, the LOVE Fund was created here at Zion.
Here’s what it stands for:
Loving others as God has loved us.
Optimizing God’s blessings for others.
Valuing all of God’s children.
Envisioning God’s kingdom on earth.
Women’s Brunch
Each May around Mother’s Day, a Women’s Brunch is held. The men of the congregation serve the women and their daughters breakfast. The money is used to support the various missions of Zion.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Southington Community Services (SCS) provides support services to Southington residents and serves as a link between private providers, human services and governmental agencies