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Habitat for Humanity
First Church Team helps to build houses
First Church has a long tradition of mission outreach with Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity. Habitat allows people who do not quality for conventional mortgages to become home owners. To qualify for a Habitat home, the future homeowner must need housing, have a job so he/she can pay the mortgage, and partner with Habitat with 150 hours of building (sweat equity) and promoting the program. Habitat does not charge interest on the mortgage loan and the house is less expensive because of volunteer builders. Habitat truly helps people help themselves.
The church provides building teams once a month for homes in the Hartford Area. One team is currently working the first Thursday of each month and another team the first Saturday of selected months. In 2008 Habitat is rehabilitating a whole block of houses in New Britain.
In addition to physical labor, First Church participates in a major yearly fundraising event and is always the first or second highest church financial supporter. Anyone interested in helping our Habitat program should contact the church office (233-9506) and your message will be forwarded to the proper organizers.
Our Habitat for Humanity teams work on the third Thursday each month and on one Saturday every three months - no carpentry talent or experience required - contact Betty Leete at embleete@aol.com
Remember to Call Us if a Loved One is Sick
If you or someone else in our church family goes to the hospital, please contact us, or have a nurse contact us, as soon as soon as possible so we can pray for and minister to you and your family. Due to the new privacy laws, the hospitals will not notify us, and their patient rosters are no longer available to us. You can phone all three ministers at Church at (860) 233-9605.
