"Whatever you do for even the least of these, my brothers, you do for me" Matthew 25:40
It's not the number of people we touch;
It's the number of lives we change.
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The mission of Cooperative Christian Ministry
is to
provide immediate assistance
to members of our community who are experiencing crisis
in the areas of food, shelter, or finances
while
providing them access to resources
that will empower them to move beyond crisis.
Support for the Ministry is provided by churches, civic groups, organizations, and individuals that give their time and money to aid the people of Concord, Kannapolis, and Cabarrus County.
Before September 1981, the people in our community who found themselves in crisis often went from church to church hoping to find someone who could help. Because the church staff had no means of validating their needs or of knowing how to best apportion their limited funds, the situation often ended in frustration for both parties. In response to this situation, seven Concord churches; All Saints Episcopal, Central United Methodist, Concord Associate Reformed Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, Forest Hill United Methodist, St. James Catholic, and St. James Lutheran, organized a steering committee to establish a crisis assistance ministry for Cabarrus County.
On September 1,1981 the doors of the Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry opened with a handful of volunteers, and a fierce belief in the rightness of its mission. The small office provided financial assistance as well as canned food and clothing, and the needy soon learned that they would be received with grace and compassion when they came for help.
Today, CCM continues to provide financial assistance, food, and counseling.
The Ministry's core values are Prayer, Excellence, Encouragement, and Community and are further described in the Core Values page.
CCM continues to operate only through the generosity of its supporters.
Listed below are the needs for the Cooperative Christian Ministry food pantries in Concord, Bethel Baptist Church in Kannapolis, and inside the Department of Social Services building for the upcoming month as of May 5, 2008:
Our Crisis Center in Concord will serve as the warehouse for most of the food. We will gladly accept all donations at that site from 9 am to 4 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 am to 2 pm on Wednesday.
Bethel Baptist Helping Hands food pantry, located at 1209 1/4 Opal Street in Kannapolis, accepts donations from 9 am to 1 pm on Monday and Thursday.
To sign up, go to www.foodlion.com
and do the following:
After registering with Food Lion, each time you shop at Food Lion and use your MVP card, a portion of your total grocery purchase will be donated to CCM.
Instead of gifts for himself on his 8th birthday, Andrew asked his friends and family for food to give to those not as fortunate.