Helping those in Need...

A Baby Center
MaryPat Piersons
ABC provides critical basic items such as diapers and clothing for infants and toddlers up to the age of three. Donations are always welcome as we serve over 500 babies monthly and give out thousands of diapers! Baby wipes, wash cloths, towels, clothing are urgently needed! Please see our own website for more info.

Hands of Hope
Cathy Driscoll
We provide emergency assistance with food, clothing, rent, utilities, household items, linens, infant formula, and heat to low income and no income families and individuals. We receive generous donations from local churches,individuals, businesses, civic organizations,the Greater Boston Food Bank, FEMA, local municipalities, grants and through revenue generated at our onsite thrift shop located in West Harwich at 49 Route 28. For Assistance please call 508-432-1312. Monday-Friday 10AM-4PM

Bridge to Hope
Linda Bradstreet

BTH is a mentoring ministry for women at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility.The Bridge to Hope Program also aims to reach formerly incarcerated women and match them with Christian women who volunteer and are trained to be Bridge to Hope mentors. The program is supported by: Barnstable County, Barnstable County Sheriff's Office, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Cape Cod Foundation, CHAMP Homes, and many more. Please see our website for more.

Street Outreach Project
Tom Naples
Tom advocates for clients' rights to services and benefits. He resolves barriers towards securing appropriate housing placements and alternatives to living on the streets whether its CHAMP Homes, a nursing home placement, boarding house, or a shared apartment. Tom works with the Office of Veterans Affairs staff to assist the large population of veterans living on the streets, on beaches, in camps, woods, and abandoned vehicles. Together they work to secure safe placements and needed treatments. Tom serves an increasing number of homeless teens and homeless mothers with babies who were living in their cars with their children. Your donations to support this work are welcome.

Covenant to Care
Miriam Erickson
Advocating for foster families on the Cape. Congregations “adopt” a foster family in their area and support them in ways that the family chooses. That could be providing a night out for pizza, “extras” like piano lessons and birthday parties or simply a phone call to lend emotional support. Covenant to Care is funded by donations from private businesses and individuals.

Overnights of Hospitality
Jill Scalise
The Overnights of Hospitality have been providing nightly safe shelter for up to 7 homeless men and 5 homeless women 7 nights a week since January 2003. Over 40 Cape Cod churches are involved in the Overnights. More than 200 volunteers from these faith communities participate in the Overnights every month. We work with both Falmouth Housing Corporation and Homeless Not Hopeless to develop affordable housing on Cape Cod.

Chaplaincy
Richard Vought

The Pastoral Care Team at CC Hospital wants you! We have a need for volunteers Thursdays and Fridays, from 8-Noon. I will gladly train anyone who is interested. Please call 508-771-1800 extension 25287 or email me. The chaplaincy program works with inmates at the Barnstable County House of Corrections. It also works through the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod and Cape Cod Hospital to aid the healing process of the over 1600 patients and families it serves each year.

"On Good Faith" TV show
Rev. Jonathan Ahnquist
The show airs Tuesdays at 11:30 AM and Friday at 7:30 PM on Channel 17 - The Cape Cod Community Media Station. 

Through these ministries, the Council has demonstrated its ability to identify unmet needs in the community, create a response to meet the need, and engage the community through partnerships with the Council to help develop programs that reach out to our sisters and brothers in need. The Council enjoys a solid relationship with congregations who provide volunteers to staff its ministries, clergy who serve on the Board of Directors, and faithful financial support to ensure the continuation of its ministries. We are also blessed with the support of local businesses, individuals, grants and partnerships with organizations.