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Home - Mission & Outreach - Our Christmas Eve Offering Our Christmas Eve Offering ~ A Tradition of Generosity

Following a tradition that began in 1961, each year Federated Church donates the entire offering collected at its four Christmas Eve services to an organization or cause whose program or goal would be significantly impacted by this generous gift.  None of the money is used for Federated's operating expenses.

Organizations are invited to apply to be the recipient of the offering starting in late September with a deadline of the third Sunday in October for all applications.  Our Mission & Service Commission reviews all applications and selects the recipient in November so an announcement can be made prior to the Christmas Eve services.


 2012 Transitional Housing, Inc  $40,000  A Cleveland-based program that works to end the cycle of homelessness by providing homeless women with a safe environment, programs and services that promote self-sufficiency and independence without regard to race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
 2011 The Stitching Hope Project of JustHope Ministry in Nicaragua $31,800  A program designed to assist women in Chacraseca, Nicaragua in the development of a multi-faceted enterprise which will enable them to work together creating both fabric art articles for export, and utilitarian items for local sale.
2010     WomenSafe, Inc $41,945 A provider of emergency shelter and support services for survivors of domestic violence throughout Northeast Ohio.
2009 Seeds of Literacy $37,077 A Cleveland-based program that provides one-to-one tutoring in basic education and GED preparation for adults who are motivated to change their lives.
2008    Youth Jobs Partnership program of Scranton Road Ministries  $37,280 a workforce development initiative operating in the Cleveland Public Schools focused on creating employees with a commitment to excellence.  The program creates a highly-competent workforce with marketable skills and a solid work-ethic, and transitions each graduate into either gainful employment or further training.
2007  MedWish International    $49,100  dedicated to saving lives & the environment through the recovery and recycling of donated medical supplies area healthcare providers must discard
2006 Back Bay Mission, Biloxi, Mississippi (UCC)    $52,300 to hire a staff person to specialize in housing rehabilitation in the wake of the Katrina devastation
2005 Northeast Ohio Adoption Services    $46,400 provide adoption and foster care services to teens and school-age children in the child welfare system by recruiting, preparing and supporting specialized families
2004 Youth Challenge    $54,800 to bring together children with physical disabilities and youth volunteers who enrich each other's lives through one-on-one participation in adapted sports and recreational activities
2003 Applewood Centers, Inc.  & Chagrin Falls Park Community Center (shared by two programs)
   $55,500 to help teenage girls with dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental illness (Applewood) and to help the youth of the Chagrin Falls Park through added recreational programming (CFP Community Center)
2002 South African Ministries (shared by four programs)    $74,300 Sparrow Rainbow Village AIDS Hospice for children, Forest Hills Dutch Reformed Church, YouthNet, Nederburg School
2001 Interfaith Hospitality Network    $56,000 to help renovate the space for a new West Side Family Center to provide services for homeless families in Cleveland
2000 St. Paul's Express at St. Paul's Community Church    $59,900 the After School Prevention Resources drop-in program for at-risk teens
1999 Mark Simone Medical Fund   $141,000  for expenses related to Rev. Mark Simone's (Youth Pastor) liver transplant
1998 St. Paul's Community Church    $51,200 to replace the roof on our sister church on  Cleveland's near west side