Stewardship 2025
There is still time to turn in a pledge for 2025. Call the church office to have a pledge form/time and talent form mailed to you. They are also available in the back of the sanctuary.
For more information visit: https://www.ucc.org/giving/ways-to-give/our-churchs-wider-mission/our-churchs-wider-mission-basic-support/
Ways to Donate
You can bring or mail your offering to the Church.
You can donate using Givelify by using the button below. (Givelify accepts credit cards or ACH withdrawals from your checking account.)
You can donate using TEXT TO GIVE; Giving via text is simple! Send a text message with an amount to 707-383-7980. You'll instantly receive a return text to walk you through the process.
Council & Committees
Serving on committees and church council is a very important part of an active church. Most church activities are impossible without a structure supporting them. Our council is a governing board, and the committees provide that structure. If you're interested in serving on a committee, please let our pastor or moderator know.
F.I.S.H - Food Pantry in Santa Rosa
They give wholesome groceries to anyone needing a helping hand — struggling families, seniors, disabled, homeless, unemployed, and working people. Everyone is eligible to receive food and no one is turned away empty-handed.
First Congregational Church collects food donations in the church narthex and sends them to F.I.S.H.
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Our church supports Redwood Empire Food Bank in several ways, including monetary donations. Our Outreach Team also arranges group work days from time to time there! If you're interested in joining us next time, email our church office at office@fccsr.org and we will contact you. It's a fun, busy, and day and rewarding day!
Other ways to give time and talents
We know that community doesn’t just happen by itself. It has to be nurtured, supported, and brought together. This is true in faith communities, as well.
Fortunately God blesses individual people with a wide variety of talents, knowledge and resources. Our congregation has a number of existing ways in which some of those talents, knowledge and resources can be used, meaning there are a myriad of ways to share these and other gifts. What have you to share? What would you like to share? Are you an artist, a singer or musician, a lover of poetry or books, or wonderful with children? Do you have special gifts of organization or like working with a committee? Your unique gifts are important and when you're ready to share them, we're here.
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good."
1 Corinthians 12: 4-7
Thank you!
Generosity is a spiritual practice and we are grateful that you are choosing to practice it with First Congregational United Church of Christ, Santa Rosa.
By joining with others who have also been generous, you enable this church to continue its over 125 years history of making our world a more inclusive, peaceful, and just place.
We realize there are many places where you can invest your gifts, so we strive to be good stewards of all of our resources and do as much good as we can, by all the means that we can.
"But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”
1 Chronicles 29:14