In addition to providing financial assistance to local, regional and international outreach projects, our church is involved in several exciting hands-on mission projects. Check out some of the examples below and consider joining us. We'd love to have you!
S uppers in the Community gives us the opportunity to prepare and enjoy supper with the residents of the Rutland Men's Dismas House one evening a month. This is a great evening of comraderie as we share a meal together.
 Help for the Hungry is an on-going food collection outreach ministry. The congregation is invited to bring non-perishable food items to the last Sunday of the month Worship Service. The food is then delivered to the Proctor-Pittsford Food Shelf.
 The Fidget Quilt Program is currently on hiatus. This has been an outreach to comfort people with Alzheimer's and dementia. Groups of people gathered at church to create 2 or 3 ft. square lap quilts. Colorful fabrics were sewn together and then tactile objects such as zippers, Velcro, beads that slide on attached strings, ruffles, small stuffed animals that fit into pockets, etc. were secured onto the quilts. The patients use these objects to occupy their fingers which are always on the move and repetitively touching things. The completed quilts have been donated to several area nursing homes, delivered to older family members near and far and have even been helpful to children on the autism spectrum. Here's what others have to say about the quilts: "We want to thank you and the ladies of the Proctor Union Church for the fabulous fidget quilts. They are adorable and so perfect for our residents. We are extremely grateful to you for your generous gift." ---Candy Fox, Activities Director at Genesis Mountain View Center and "On behalf of our residents with dementia, thank you so much for the fidget quilts. They will be used well by our residents. The time and your work on these is greatly appreciated." ---Susan Roland, Recreation Dirctor, Rutland Healthcare and Rehab Center. Our busy stitchers were even featured with photos of this mission project in an indepth article in Rutland Magazine.
 Our Prison Ministry has shifted gears from a many years tradition of monthly in-person visits with the men at the Marble Valley Correctional Facility. Our former pastor, Rev. Russ Gates, is a prison chaplain in PA. Russ forwards prayer requests to Union Church. Those requests are then shared with our congregation for prayer on Sunday. This new focus allows us to reach out in a prayerful way to those in need no matter the distance.
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