Outreach

Loaves & Fishes + Pantry

First Christian hosts Loaves & Fishes, a free community meal the third Sunday of each month from 4-6pm. Please use the lower level entrance.

In January 2021, we expanded our Loaves & Fishes takeout meal to include a take out bag with a selection of shelf stable food items from the Akron Canton Regional Food Bank that help those in need stretch their food budget.

Bulldog Bags

First Christian Church of Stow is honored to support the Stow-Munroe Falls Bulldog Bags program. The first Bulldog Bags were sent to homes on January 29, 2016 and the program has continued to grow. They are supporting over 500 students in Pre-K through grade 10. They have expanded beyond the original weekend bag, with breakfast, lunch and snack items, to include Bulldog Cupboards at the middle and high school levels and the family-sized monthly Bulldog Boxes for continued support in the summer. For more information on Bulldog Bags go to: http://www.bulldogbags.org/
Each month we collect a specific item to be donated to Bulldog Bags for distribution.

Family Promise

First Christian Stow is a supporting congregation for Family Promise of Summit County, we work in partnership with a host church, St Stephens Lutheran Church in Stow, to provide volunteers for about 4 weeks a year. Family Promise of Summit County helps homeless families with children stay together and achieve sustainable independence. For more information on Family Promise go to: https://www.familypromisesc.org/

Week of Compassion

Week of Compassion is the relief, refugee and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. Each year in February, congregations across the United States and Canada collect a special offering for Week of Compassion. Funds received through the offering allow the Church to respond to disaster when it occurs, enabling Week of Compassion to immediately provide grants for urgent needs like emergency supplies, water and food. For more information about Week of Compassion visit: https://www.weekofcompassion.org/
First Christian Church of Stow also hosts a bake sale one Sunday in February with all proceeds going towards our Week of Compassion Special Offering.

Christmas Ingathering

The Christmas Ingathering program, which has existed for many years provides a box of nonperishable food, $50 voucher for perishable groceries, gifts for children and an adult gift for every adult in the household. In 2019, 50 families were served which included 42 families with children, totaling 97 children served! This huge outreach program would not be possible without the generosity of our community sponsors and congregation members.