GREENSBORO – The Greensboro United Church of Christ directs its activities toward meeting three main goals: To make a real difference in the lives of church members and the wider community; work for social justice; and demonstrate fellowship and love for one another.
2024 goals focused on keeping the church doors open for wellness classes, town meetings, gatherings and celebrations.
Meeting the needs for food security, a satellite distribution center opened through the Cabot Neighbors in Action food share, with 26 households now picking up their food in Greensboro for a total of 61 individuals served.
Monthly Nourish our Neighbors contributions, the 24-hour Little Food Shelf and continued support for the Hardwick Food Pantry help to ensure a constant flow of healthy food to the community.
The church built on the community’s love of celebrations by serving over 100 pancakes on “Fat Tuesday”, 340 grilled cheese sandwiches for participants at the annual Village Trick or Treat event, over 80 lunches for the Women’s Holiday Luncheon and attracting a late-summer crowd for its S’mores and Weenie Roast.
In support of the Greensboro Farmers Market, Equal Exchange coffee, chocolate, and olive oil were sold there.
Hundreds of homemade cookies were offered to those celebrating the Funky Fourth and four sessions of Silence and Soup provided time for reflection as well as nourishing fellowship.
Working with others in the community, the church offered a jigsaw puzzle event and obtained generous door prizes and donations for the Food Pantry, made and sold pies for the Greensboro Nursing Home, walked with AWARE to support their mission and hosted a variety of concerts and performances by local talents such as The Civic Standard, Bread and Puppet, Highland Center for the Arts and Rural Arts.
Bringing an awareness of social justice, the book and lecture series focused on Christian Nationalism, racism, environmental protection and holocaust reflections based on Pastor Ed Sunday-Winters’ and Jeff Pierpont’s trip to Poland.
Throughout the year, the church flies flags and attends public events to honor and highlight its Open and Affirming commitment, recognition of public servants and support for the rights of all people, including migrant workers.
The church visited the Green Mountain Monastery on Hillcrest Road with a pilgrimage for a celebration of Thomas Berry and an annual retreat was held there to listen to members of the community provide insight to help leverage and improve the church’s work.
Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m., now both live and online. To stream the service, visit guccvt.org
