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About
Discover Community
Welcome to Discover Community — your hub for connection, stories, and information. Here you can explore our church’s history, meet our staff, find FAQs and visitor information, watch past services, submit prayers, and see upcoming events and meetings. Whether you’re new or part of our longtime church family, this is your place to learn, connect, and belong.
Rooted and Rising Washignton Park
Community UMC partners with Rooted & Rising – Washington Park Food Pantry to help provide food, hygiene items, and essential supplies to families in need. Through ongoing collections, volunteer support, and financial gifts, our congregation works to ease food insecurity and share God’s love in practical, compassionate ways. Together, we’re helping our neighbors find stability, nourishment, and hope—one bag at a time.
Rooted & Rising-
Washington Park
Mission
Rooted & Rising – Washington Park believes in the dignity, potential and worth of all people and is dedicated to helping individuals and families meet their basic needs, establish stable foundations, and pursue their dreams. We are united in our mission to build a nurturing, thriving community where all people feel welcome, supported and a sense of belonging.
Through quality housing, childcare, food security, basic resources, and neighborhood engagement, we are committed to listening to and elevating the voices of our neighbors, serving with humility and compassion, and working with our partners to build a more stable, equitable and prosperous community for all Washington Park residents. We walk alongside our neighbors to help put down roots and rise to reach our community’s fullest potential.
Community Impact
Every donation helps our neighbors. In August, Rooted & Rising’s Community Food Center served 439 households and 1,283 individuals, including 602 children and teens, 525 adults ages 18–59, and 156 adults ages 60 and older.
On September 22, Jeff delivered 308 pounds of food, hygiene products, and miscellaneous necessities collected by our Community UMC family—even cat litter! These everyday essentials offer practical support to households working to make ends meet.
Thank you to everyone who donated and to Jeff for making the delivery. Together, we’re sharing care, meeting needs, and helping our neighbors feel the support of community.
How you Can Help
October Needs
Needs
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Hygiene: deodorant, toothpaste, bar soap, individually wrapped toothbrushes, and razors
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Lunch: Mac n cheese, rice a roni, hamburger helper, canned soup,
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Dinner: canned chicken and salmon; canned corn, collard greens, yams, and green beans
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Extras: pasta sauces, salad dressing, seasonings, flour, sugar, snacks, etc
Thank You
Your donations may be left inside the marked bins in the entryway off the courtyard during the week (M-Th 8:00 am-3:30 pm and Fri 8:00 am-2:30 pm). On Sundays, the courtyard door is unlocked from 8:00-11:00 am, so you may also bring your donations when you come to Church or leave them in the Narthex and someone will take them down for you. *** “Rooted & Rising – Washington Park” staff and their clients appreciate all the food and hygiene items that CUMC continues to donate monthly. Thanks for your generosity and ongoing support! (Keep filling those bags.)