Mission Trips

Mission Trips are life-changing opportunities to see, first-hand, the way some people have to live, to connect with them, to find our commonalities, and to make a concrete difference in their world. It is particularly moving for families to attend these mission trips together and First Congregational Church of Southington, CT is pleased to provide these opportunities.

This July several families from First Congregational Church are traveling to West Virginia with Appalachia Service Project to repair homes where poverty is more than double the national average. When the work is done, we’ll picnic, listen to blue grass bands, learn more about Appalachian life, and enjoy free time.

In the summer of 2011, a group of 12 went to Guayaquil, Ecuador to spend time with the girls of Fundación Sor Dominga Bocca and to work on the foundation’s aging building. Sor Dominga Bocca is a home for girls who have been removed from their families due to neglect or severe physical/sexual abuse. Often times, these families are too poor to care for their children. The foundation provides residential, advocacy, medical and psychological services to the girls, as well as an educational program for those who are not ready to attend school. FCC supports this miraculous work through Every Dollar Feeds Kids and The Ecuador Foundation Fund. Another trip to Sor Dominga Bocca is scheduled for July of 2012.

In the past, the youth of our church have been invited to make a difference in Mississippi, Mexico, and Washington D.C., to name a few places. This year First Congregational Church of Southington sent 16 of our youth and 3 adult chaperones to Miami, Florida to experience God through their work with the D.O.O.R. Program. This program, Discovery Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection, allowed our youth to work alongside others in the body of Christ in an urban setting. Each day they worked with a team in the city; working with homeless people or working alongside migrants in the field or working to improve homes in the local neighborhoods. Each day they spent time in reflection about what they learned and how they experienced their faith.