• Miracle Kitchen – Twice a month, volunteers serve a hearty lunch for the homeless at the Hyannis Salvation Army Center.
• Faith Family Kitchen – The FFK team prepares and serves 200+ meals once a month as part of a consortium of Cape Cod churches.
• Holiday Meals – Our church, working with the Cotuit Fire and Rescue, provides full holiday meals for many local families in need at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
• Shopping Cart Brigade – Our Shopping Cart Brigade performs and collects food for the local pantry at Cotuit’s annual 4th of July parade. 
• Feeding of the 5000 – Our church has risen to the challenge of inviting friends and family to gather 5000 nonperishable food items to support local food pantries.

• Habitat for Humanity – Our church has assisted in many local builds through Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod supplying manpower, devotions, and snacks or lunch.
• Elise House – Following our participation in Overnight of Hospitality through Homeless Not Helpless, we created a connection with the residents of Elise House.

• Alcoholics Anonymous – AA hosts two meetings per week at the church – Monday night at 7:30 and Friday night at 8:00.
• Narcotics Anonymous  – NA hosts one open meeting at the church for those in recovery from Substance Use – on Friday at 6:30pm.
• No Wrong Door Policy – We have been active in education and advocacy about the No Wrong Door policy, where people cannot be turned away who actively need treatment from Substance Abuse Disorder.  
• Christmas at Emerson House – We are involved in creating gifts for residents at the  Emerson House, a transitional house program for women in recovery and their children.
• Magnolia New Beginnings – We sponsored a month stay at a sober living program.
• Worship & Learning – CFC recognizes the deep healing that happens for those in recovery from dependence on alcohol or drugs.  We have explored the traditions and principles of the 12 Step program through worship and the reading of “Breathing Underwater” by Richard Rohr.  

Cotuit Federated Church is happy and grateful to be of support to those in recovery.

• Reading About Diversity – Partnering with a local elementary school, we wondered how we could support their children and teachers.  The response? Read to our children from stories that reflect the diversity of experience in their culture and background.  So we have created a library for them, and monthly readers go into the school to share these stories with the children.
• Safe Harbor – Adopting and rehabbing a unit at the shelter for families that have experienced domestic violence, we support a safe and secure shelter for children and women.
• Diaper Drives – Annually, we collect diapers that are distributed through local social workers and A Baby Center.

• Christmas Gifts – In Advent, we collect gifts for children and teens which have been distributed through a variety of avenues.

• Camp Scholarships – Every spring we collect spare change to “Make Cents for Kids.”  These donations are used to offer camper-ships to young people wanting to attend one of our affiliated United Church of Christ or United Methodist Church Camps.
• College Scholarships – We offer two college scholarship opportunities to young people who are seeking college education: the Cotuit Women’s Fellowship and the Jessie Phillips Scholarship.  We support our young people in following their vocational calls and using their God-given gifts.

• Worship at the Royal of Cotuit – Monthly, our pastor and volunteers offer worship, communion, and a blessing to people at a local nursing home.
• Kay’s Cupboard – During a medical emergency, Kay’s Cupboard lends crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, etc. needed during recovery.

• Going Green – A regular featured article in our newsletter offers ideas for being environmentally conscious.
• Beach Clean-up – Our children and youth participate in cleaning up the beaches as we learn about caring for the earth.
• Coffee & Composting – In our on-going effort to care for God’s creation — our earth — we sip our java from biodegradable hot cups at Cotuit Federated Church! Additionally, we serve Fair Trade Coffee so that farmers can receive a fair price for their coffee beans by eliminating the middle man.  

• The church rummage sale is a community effort. Treasures donated from all around the village are “recycled” into new, loving homes in the fall.  

• Knowing we can save lives through donating blood, Cotuit Federated Church hosts drives for both Cape Cod Health Care and Kraft Family Blood Donor Center (Dana Farber and Brigham Women’s Hospital).

• Israel/Palestine – Traveling with Educational Opportunities, our delegation explored the “fifth gospel,” the land where Jesus walked.   
• Brooklyn – Our Team partnered with agencies and food pantries to serve local people in need and also assisted in Super Storm Sandy recovery work.
• Joplin – Following the EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, we sent a team that partnered with Habitat for Humanity to do recovery work.
• New Orleans – Following Hurricane Katrina, we sent teams to help do recovery work.

• Confirmation Class – Our confirmation class visits other houses of worship to learn and explore.  Past visits have included: a Jewish synagogue, a Islamic mosque and cultural center, a Buddhist service, and other Christian and Catholic churches.
• Interfaith and Ecumenical Services – Our congregation has participated in ecumenical services for Good Friday, Thanksgiving, and other holy days.  Interfaith worship, like the Sabbath for our Lives, have been meaningful ways to worship and act together.  We have also attended interfaith events hosted by the Sisterhood of the Cape Cod Synagogue, and the Community Seder hosted by the Falmouth Jewish Congregation.
• Barnstable Interfaith Build – Our congregation worked with other congregations to raise funds for an Interfaith Build with Habitat for Humanity on Sesame Street.

We partner with local service agencies and NGOs to expand our reach.  Some of our partners include:

• Cape Cod Council of Churches  –  For over 50 years, the Cape Cod Council of Churches has served low-income individuals and families throughout Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Our mission “To serve God by Serving Others” is central to the various programs and ministries that help touch the lives of thousands of Cape residents every year.
• Duffy Center At Duffy Health Center, our mission is to provide comprehensive, integrated health care and support services to persons who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness on Cape Cod, and to improve the quality of life for vulnerable populations through community collaborations, leadership, and advocacy.
• Homeless Not Helpless – A non-profit corporation founded in 2007 to offer a helping hand to those in need of short and long term help. HnH offers affordable, supportive housing, educational training and other tools to help our homeless become productive members of society.

We are engaged in on-going international mission partnerships and disaster recovery work through our parent denominations and through Church World Service.  You can learn more about our global reach at the following sites:

• Global Ministries 
• United Methodist Committee on Relief  
• Church World Service