Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. —Luke 6:20-21
As followers of Jesus, we know the joy of giving ourselves away. Serving connects our faith to community and brings us into God’s transforming work. Plymouth has many chances to serve in our broader community and in our own church. Take a look through these opportunities and find a time to give yourself in love.
Hunger Offering: The United Nations World Food Programme
Two years of war in Palestine and Israel have damaged cropland, left families displaced, and cut off people’s access to basic needs. Throughout Gaza people are desperate to survive, spending their days looking for scraps, waiting in food lines, and even ambushing World Food Programme trucks for food. Here, 641,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. Our hunger mission offering will support the UN’s World Food Programme, dispatching trucks full of food to reach starving civilians inside Gaza. To cover basic humanitarian food assistance needs, more than 62,000 metric tons is required every month. In the West Bank, WFP is providing monthly cash vouchers to more than 190,500 people.
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.
Be a Worship Usher
Our worship depends on the hospitable presence of our ushers. They welcome us to worship, collect the offering, and make sure everyone is taken care of. Will you consider serving as a Sunday morning usher too? Sign up to be an usher one Sunday this fall by following the link or reaching out to Lesley-Ann.
More Volunteer Opportunities
Service for the well-being of others is an important way to act out our faith. Plymouth is proud to be partnering with these organizations listed below who work towards hunger relief, housing, education, and more. Click on the tiles below to explore the various ways to volunteer!
Apply for a Grant
The Christian Help Committee at Plymouth Church works to further God's mission by transforming the lives of people, primarily within our local community, but also at national and international levels. Current priorities include, economic empowerment, racial justice, anti-trafficking, housing, hunger and food insecurity, immigrants, families/youth, seniors in our community, disaster relief and education.
Grant applications for 2026 can be submitted starting November 1, 2025. Please have all your materials in by the deadline, January 31, 2026. Awards notifications will go out after our May 2026 annual meeting.
The Christian Help Committee nurtures relationships with outside partners and supports those partners through a variety of ways. The committee also works to engage congregants in Christian giving as volunteers, often in coordination with our grant recipient partners. Applicants should elaborate on how our Plymouth members could contribute with hands-on help toward their organization's mission, and provide a point-person contact for volunteer coordination.
Other Plymouth Ministries
Housing Resources
New York City is experiencing a housing crisis with residents unable to meet their basic needs. If you, or someone you know, are seeking information on shelters, food pantries, free meals, public showers, legal services and more, please click on the following guide provided by Coalition for the Homeless.