Local Agencies/Organizations Supported by our Congregation's time, talents and treasures:

 Alternatives for Battered Women; www.abwrochester.org

Calvary St. Andrews Church; www.calvarystandrews.org

Cameron Community Ministries; www.cameronministries.org

Camp Whitman; www.campwhitman.org

Community Microenterprise Center; Marilyn Tedeschi               585-244-4107       

Elderberry Express;               585-248-6237       

Flower City Habitat for Humanity; www.rochesterhabitat.org

Good News Jail and Prison Ministry; www.goodnewsjail.org

Grace House: www.sgmworld.org

Greater Rochester Community of Churches; www.grcc.org

People’s Ministry in Christ;               585-647-9735       

Pittsford Food Cupboard; www.stlouischurch.org/banners/pfc.htm

Pittsford Youth Services; www.pittsfordyouthservices.org

Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (RAIHN); www.raihn.org

Wilson Commencement Park; www.wilsoncommencementpark.org

 

A brief description of each agency follows:

·        Alternatives for Battered Women provides safe space, counseling and support services to abused women.

·        Calvary St. Andrews Church is a partnering church in our Presbytery with a vibrant inner-city presence and ministries to match. 

·        Cameron Community Ministries is a faith-based urban outreach program co-founded by the American Baptist Church and the Presbytery of Genesee Valley of whom we are a part. They strive to feed, clothe and nurture the residents of their community after school.

·        Camp Whitman is a summer camp and retreat center of the Presbyteries of Geneva and Genesee Valley.

·        Community Microenterprise Center is an incubator for small businesses providing office space, start-up loans, financial and business planning advice, and mentoring.

·        Elderberry Express is a free transportation service for senior citizens 55 and over from Pittsford and 81 Linden Knoll, Brighton. Clients may seek rides for appointments between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

·        Good News Jail & Prison Ministry provides chaplains and volunteers to local jails and prisons.

·        Grace House is a halfway house and home for men on parole as they seek to restart their lives outside prison walls.

·        Greater Rochester Community of Churches (GRCC) is an ecumenical association of churches, seminaries, religious agencies, and lay/clergy groups united for ecumenical ministry, interfaith dialogue, community ministry, advocacy, and service.

·        Habitat for Humanity – Flower City affiliate is a non-denominational Christian housing ministry welcoming people of all faiths or no faith to help eliminate substandard and poverty housing in Rochester, New York. Since its founding in 1984, FCHH has built or renovated more than 150 houses, and is one of the largest affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International in the northeastern United States.

·        People’s Ministry in Christ is a store-front church and missionary outreach in the Dewey/Emerson area of the city serving the spiritual needs of residents since the 1989 closing of Christ Presbyterian Church.

·        Pittsford Food Cupboard confidentially provides food to individuals and families in need.

·        Pittsford Youth Services seeks to build a community where every child feels valued and empowered.  PYS, founded by our church, provides professional social work services, preventive programs and advocacy for Pittsford youth and families.

·        RAIHN is the local affiliate of the Interfaith Hospitality Network founded 20 years ago to help low-income families reclaim and maintain their independence.  RAIHN provides “three hot meals and a cot” in rotating host communities throughout the area.  We will begin serving as a host congregation in March 2009.

·        .Wilson Commencement Park provides comprehensive, quality resources and services to low income, single parents and their children so that they can become independent, stable and strong parts of the community.