What We Do
Black River Middle and High School Students in
Line Dance at Dance sponsored by Church
Building Use as Community Outreach
Historically, building use in support of community need has been part of our outreach. The church was designed for a library under the belfry. With no library in Ludlow, we housed the free public library for its first 11 years. Currently, our community building outreach includes: Black River Good Neighbor Services meetings, Ludlow Area Community Garden meetings, ALANON, WIC (Women, Infants and Children federal program), Mountain Side House staff training, Ludlow Garden Club meetings, National Healthcare Decision Day workshops, concerts for the Okemo Young Artists Program (stringed instrument artists from across the country), UCC Conference meetings…. In the recent past others used our building: Census enumerator training, Cub Scouts, Toddlers Play Cooperative, therapy for a special needs person. Our building is rented for: piano lessons, Feminine Tone concerts, Ludlow Rod and Gun Club annual dinners, and non-member weddings, Medicare and supplemental insurance workshops.
Financial Outreach
We have a tradition of supporting local, national, and world financial outreach. Decisions are made by a small Outreach Committee chaired by a deacon. Recent community outreach has gone to Black River Good Neighbor Services, Visiting Nurses and Hospice, repair of Irene damaged ball fields in Ludlow and Proctorsville, … National outreach has gone to One Great Hour of Sharing, Hurricane Sandy relief through UCC, UCC Soldiers of the Cross (retired pastors), [UCC national fund-name escapes me]…. International outreach has gone to: disaster relief (Tsunami and Haiti), Kiva loans in Africa, Central and South America.
Organizations Our Members Serve
Historically, building use in support of community need has been part of our outreach. The church was designed for a library under the belfry. With no library in Ludlow, we housed the free public library for its first 11 years. Currently, our community building outreach includes: Black River Good Neighbor Services meetings, Ludlow Area Community Garden meetings, ALANON, WIC (Women, Infants and Children federal program), Mountain Side House staff training, Ludlow Garden Club meetings, National Healthcare Decision Day workshops, concerts for the Okemo Young Artists Program (stringed instrument artists from across the country), UCC Conference meetings…. In the recent past others used our building: Census enumerator training, Cub Scouts, Toddlers Play Cooperative, therapy for a special needs person. Our building is rented for: piano lessons, Feminine Tone concerts, Ludlow Rod and Gun Club annual dinners, and non-member weddings, Medicare and supplemental insurance workshops.
Financial Outreach
We have a tradition of supporting local, national, and world financial outreach. Decisions are made by a small Outreach Committee chaired by a deacon. Recent community outreach has gone to Black River Good Neighbor Services, Visiting Nurses and Hospice, repair of Irene damaged ball fields in Ludlow and Proctorsville, … National outreach has gone to One Great Hour of Sharing, Hurricane Sandy relief through UCC, UCC Soldiers of the Cross (retired pastors), [UCC national fund-name escapes me]…. International outreach has gone to: disaster relief (Tsunami and Haiti), Kiva loans in Africa, Central and South America.
Organizations Our Members Serve
- Black River Good Neighbor Services (food shelf/thrift store begun by church in 1960s)
- Windsor County Youth Services (youth shelters)
- Ludlow Community Garden (begun by church)
- LPC-TV (local access television)
- Black River Academy Museum
- Fletcher Memorial Library (first free library was housed in the church)
- Elementary Student Mentoring (Black River Area Community Coalition)
- FOLA (Friends of the Ludlow Auditorium)
- Rotary International
- Fletcher Farm School for Arts and Crafts
- Trillium Chorus with the Visiting Nurses and Hospice of Rutland, VT
- Meals on Wheels