Church and Community
United Christian Church provides a meeting place for a number of service-oriented and community-oriented organizations. Almost every day of the week there are activities and meetings, including those listed below. Our church is a busy place!
Emergency Relief Association
United Christian Church provides rent-free space to the Emergency Relief Association (ERA), a separate nonprofit corporation. Primarily a food cupboard, ERA also distributed funds for assistance with rent, utilities, prescriptions and other emergencies.
The Emergency Relief Association is operated by a board of directors and volunteers from several churches. It derives its income and food supplies from state grants, a federal food program, and donations from individuals, religious congregations and other organizations.
Lower Bucks Consumer Club - NAMI
The Consumer Club is a social group that welcomes individuals with mental disabilities on Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m. Participants enjoy social opportunities such as games and crafts as well as a meal on Sunday. The Consumer Club is affiliated with NAMI, an organization that is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases. More information about NAMI can be found at www.nami.org.
The Counseling Center
Established in the spring of 1978 by First Christian Church as The Human
Growth Center, The Counseling Center is a private, non-profit counseling center which provides
a full range of psychotherapeutic, educational, and consultative services
to the people of the greater Bucks County area. Located in Holland,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, it is led by a community-based volunteer
board of directors and an interdisciplinary staff of outstanding professionals
from a variety of mental health professions. The Counseling Center
offers its professional services on a sliding scale/ability-to-pay
fee basis. At The Counseling Center, clients
are seen not simply as patients, but rather as persons of intrinsic
value; human beings involved in an experience of growth toward self-actualization.
Phone number is 215-322-2586 and website is www.counselingtcc.org .
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Sunday.
Al-Anon and Alateen
Al-Anon and Alateen meet Thursday at 7:00 p.m. |
