<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"> <title>Welcome to the Nekoosa United Church of Christ</title> <style type="text/css"> .style1 { color: #FFFFFF; } .style2 { color: #000066; } </style> </head> <body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);" alink="#ffffff" link="#ffffff" vlink="#ffffff"> <table style="text-align: center; width: 100%; height: 139px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"> <table style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 102); width: 100%; height: 139px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><big> <big style="font-family: 'comic Sans MS'; font-size: 28px;"><span class="style1">Nekoosa United Church of Christ</span><br class="style1"> <small><span class="style1" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'comic Sans MS';">205 Market Street - Nekoosa, WI&nbsp; 54457&nbsp; | Phone 715-886-3371<br> </span></small></big></big><br style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="style1"> <span class="style1" style="font-family: 'comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14px;">Sunday Worship: 9:30&nbsp;&nbsp; Church School: 9:45 - 10:45&nbsp;&nbsp; Nursery Care: 9:15 - 10:45</span></td> <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img style="width: 176px; height: 100px;" alt="" src="nekoosaucc2.jpg"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: left; width: 100%; height: 313px;" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 79px;"> <div style="text-align: left; width: 120px;"> <table style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 102); width: 147px; height: 400px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle;"> <a href="index.html" style="text-decoration: none; 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text-align: left; font-family: 'comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14px;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px;" class="style2">Mission</span><br> <br> <table style="text-align: left; width: 100%; height: 596px;" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> <table style="text-align: left; width: 100%; height: 366px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b>Nekoosa</b></st1:placename><b> <st1:placename w:st="on">United</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></b></st1:place><b> of Christ</b><b style=""> is committed to reaching out to the world</b> in ways that share the passion of Christ in a world that needs both His Healing and Grace.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>We promote a mission consciousness and conscience with the church. We promote the understanding of and support of Our Church&rsquo;s Wider Mission throughout the church. We recommend to the church council what special benevolence offerings shall be received and promoted within the church as a whole. We supervise any local mission projects in the church. We make recommendations to the church council for the expenditures of monies designated for mission purposes from the Investment Earnings Fund. </p> <p> <b style="">Some of our local, State and World Outreach funds go to:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.bread.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">Bread For The World</a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://cueseminaries.org/About.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">CUE - Mid-America <span class="SpellE">Semininaries</span></a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.familyctr.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">The Family Center, Inc. - Wisconsin Rapids</a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""> <a href="http://www.harvestofhope.org/welcome/index.php" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">Harvest of Hope</a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Love Gifts - Tri-City area </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Mary House of Hospitality - <i>Oxford Prison Ministry</i> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""> <a href="http://globalministries.org/mission/missionaries/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Global Ministries Missionaries - <i> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mark <span class="SpellE">Behle</span></span></i></a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.pbucc.org/interior_default.asp" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">UCC Christmas Fund</a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.habitat.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">Habitat for Humanity - Wisconsin Rapids</a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Infant Needs Pantry - <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"> Wisconsin Rapids</st1:place></st1:city> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.rmhmarshfield.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">Ronald McDonald House - Marshfield</a> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.theneighborhoodtable.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">The Neighborhood Table - Wisconsin Rapids</a> </li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><b style="">There are five annual ways our church can give to advance the Conference, National and International dimensions of God&rsquo;s mission in the UCC. We are batting<span style="">&nbsp; </span>5 for 5.<br> </b> </p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <li>One Great Hour of Sharing</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Strengthen the Church </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Neighbors in Need </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">The Christmas Fund </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Our Church&rsquo;s Wider Mission Basic Support </li> </ul> <p> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b style="">Nekoosa</b></st1:placename><b style=""> <st1:placename w:st="on">United</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></b></st1:place><b style=""> of Christ Serves through providing space and assistance to the following:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Rainbow Preschool </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">AARP - American Association of Retired Persons </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">The Nekoosa Senior Citizens </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">AA - Alcoholics Anonymous </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Wood County Energy Assistance Department </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Life Line Screening </li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><b style="">Members of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"> Nekoosa</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">United</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Christ also serve the wider community by volunteering at or for:</b></p> <ul> <li><o:p></o:p>SWEPS - <st1:placename w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"> South</st1:placename></st1:place></st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Wood</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype> Emergency Pantry Shelf</li> <li>Meals on Wheels</li> <li>Nursing Homes</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul> <br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br> </body> </html>