GROUPS

These groups operate locally and LOS supports them. We have supported these groups as a church, and we believe in the work that they do. Each group has its own needs in terms of talent and treasure. You can learn more on their websites.

As good stewards of God’s resources, Land of the Sky UCC tithes its offering back into our community and the world.  Outreach dollars have supported the following organizations: Helpmate * Christians for a United Community * Beyond Coal Campaign * Christians for the Mountains * Asheville GO! (Green Opportunities) * Campaign for Southern Equality * A Therapist Like Me * All Souls Counseling * Association for a More Just Society * Our Voice * Pisgah Legal * WNCAP Homeward Bound * Buncombe County Foster Care Association * Veteran’s for Peace * Prisoner Assistance* Nuestro Centro * Room in the Inn * Center for Participatory Change * Tranzmission * The Creation Care Alliance * The Racial Justice Coaliation * MotherLove, YWCA * Emergency Housing Assistance * Special Offerings of the UCC: Neighbors in Need, Strengthen the Church, One Great Hour of Sharing, the Christmas Fund * WNC Association of the UCC * Southern Conference of the UCC * Our Church’s Wider Mission

Other ways to get involved and ways that LOS UCC is involved in our local community:

Assisting on volunteer days for BeLoved’s Tiny House Village * Participating in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace March * Attending the annual MLK Prayer Breakfast * Hosting community potlucks and social justice film screenings * Helping garden our raised beds * Dining Out for Life through the WNC AIDS Project * Providing hygiene kits to those living on the streets or experiencing a natural disaster * Assembling school kits for refugee children * Volunteering at 12 Baskets or Haywood Street Congregation * Becoming a Foster Parent * Tabling at Blue Ridge Pride Festival * Walking in the CROP Walk * Helping to Lead Worship at Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women * Providing Christmas gifts to foster children through our giving tree * Earth clean-up with Asheville Greenworks * Writing a letter to Robby on death row * Writing advocacy letters on important justice issues * Sacred conversations on race * Maintaining our food pantry on church grounds * Donating your car to Working Wheels * Being a part of Faith 4 Justice or Faith Communities Organizing for Sanctuary * Attending protests and raising your voice against the many issues of justice