Missions and Outreach

What we do to further Christ’s commission to love and support others.

Many people find a connection to God through serving their neighbors.  We definitely believe in that here at EGCC!  There are so many ways to get involved in making the world a better place – from the food pantry, to visiting the homebound, to youth service trips and everything in between. 

We dedicate 10% of our annual pledges to Mission and Service Projects. Here are just a few of the ways we give!

Contact the office to find out how you can help.

We Work Locally

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EGCC supports many local service organizations, including:

  • Hosting East Granby’s Friend-to-Friend Food Pantry and maintaining a garden to provide fresh vegetables for the Food Pantry.
  • Donating to EG Social Services Back to School supplies, and support for local tragedies.
  • Our members generously make Christmas special for local families through our own Giving Tree, and the  Granby Adopt-a-family program. We also have a Christmas pageant for any local children who wish to participate.
  • Providing space and financial support for the EGCC Preschool.
  • Providing drinking water and a cheering squad at the East Granby Women’s Club Ridge run.

We Serve Regionally

We also  support  regional missions and community outreach,  including:

  • Hosting a monthly Red Cross Blood Drive, and weekly meetings of several AA groups.
  • Providing scholarship funds, leadership, and volunteer support to Heads Up! Hartford (a regional service summer camp for teens), and Silver Lake Camp and Retreat Center for youth.
  • Donating to Hartford-based Center for Leadership and Justice, North Central CT Network for Domestic Abuse, and the UCC’s Neighbors in Need offering.
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We Give Across the Country and Around the World

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EGCC participates and contributes to several national and global missions and outreach efforts, including:

  • Contributing financially to charities to support various immediate needs such as the Kentucky flood relief and Florida hurricane relief programs.
  • Contributing financially to humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
  • Supporting the Appalachian Service Project with donations, and mulit-generational service teams.
  • Our Church School includes an annual fundraiser for the children to learn about service to other parts of the world. 
  • Our members make Christmas donations to Church World Services for livestock, blankets, tools, seeds, water filters and more to families in need across the globe.

How Can You Help?

If you would like to participate and/or support these programs please let us know!

Contact the office to find out how you can help.

This is just a partial list of our missions donations, and is always changing as new needs arise.
Please click on these links to learn more about these organizations.

Current Missions

Clothing Shed

Reduce waste in landfills by dropping off tied bags of clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, blankets, towels, sheets, curtains, stuffed toys and the like. Donated items are ultimately re-worn by people who need them, both here in the U.S. and in 44 different countries worldwide.

In partnership with St. Pauly Textile Inc., EGCC offers a wood-frame Used Clothing Drop-Off-Shed for the community to use located in the church’s parking lot at 9 Rainbow Road (just east of the intersection of Rt 20 and Rt 187).

Donations are tax deductible, scan the QR Code on the Shed for the receipt.

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