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Ames UCC has a long history of practicing both justice and mercy as acts of faith.
Merciful acts are those which soothe body, mind, and spirit. They include feeding people on the third Saturday of each month at Food at First, giving away 20% of all monies raised in capital campaigns, and delivering meals to those in need through Meals on Wheels and at the Emergency Residence Project. To learn more about and participate in any and all of these activities, please subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter here.
Acts of justice are those which prevent the need for merciful acts. Meaning, they end systems of abuse and create opportunities for equality. To that end, we are a member of AMOS: A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy. AMOS is an alliance of 30 churches and social service agencies in Story and Polk counties. As the AMOS Web site reads:
"AMOS seeks to channel individual action into a responsible and powerfully-organized force for the common good. Through face-to-face, one-on-one meetings, AMOS members build relationships with members of their communities. In the process, they cut through divisions such as race, religion, and socioeconomic status, and discover the passions and concerns that unite us all.
AMOS pursues an agenda with multiple issues and responds to the concerns and pressures people feel. These concerns and pressures are identified through hundreds of small-group conversations, and are then explored in depth by investigative issue teams who research the facts and develop possible solutions to the problems.
AMOS then acts publicly, bringing the power of organized people to decision-makers to implement the AMOS agenda. Through this three-step process, hundreds of people re-enter public life and reclaim responsibility for their future here in central Iowa."
In 2016, our participation in AMOS lead to the creation of the Story County Housing Trust Fund Task Force, co-chaired by Pr. Eileen. The outcome of that effort will be, in nine to twelve months, an application to the Iowa Financial Authority for monies to build affordable housing in our county.
To learn more about how AMOS works, contact Pr. Eileen.
Merciful acts are those which soothe body, mind, and spirit. They include feeding people on the third Saturday of each month at Food at First, giving away 20% of all monies raised in capital campaigns, and delivering meals to those in need through Meals on Wheels and at the Emergency Residence Project. To learn more about and participate in any and all of these activities, please subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter here.
Acts of justice are those which prevent the need for merciful acts. Meaning, they end systems of abuse and create opportunities for equality. To that end, we are a member of AMOS: A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy. AMOS is an alliance of 30 churches and social service agencies in Story and Polk counties. As the AMOS Web site reads:
"AMOS seeks to channel individual action into a responsible and powerfully-organized force for the common good. Through face-to-face, one-on-one meetings, AMOS members build relationships with members of their communities. In the process, they cut through divisions such as race, religion, and socioeconomic status, and discover the passions and concerns that unite us all.
AMOS pursues an agenda with multiple issues and responds to the concerns and pressures people feel. These concerns and pressures are identified through hundreds of small-group conversations, and are then explored in depth by investigative issue teams who research the facts and develop possible solutions to the problems.
AMOS then acts publicly, bringing the power of organized people to decision-makers to implement the AMOS agenda. Through this three-step process, hundreds of people re-enter public life and reclaim responsibility for their future here in central Iowa."
In 2016, our participation in AMOS lead to the creation of the Story County Housing Trust Fund Task Force, co-chaired by Pr. Eileen. The outcome of that effort will be, in nine to twelve months, an application to the Iowa Financial Authority for monies to build affordable housing in our county.
To learn more about how AMOS works, contact Pr. Eileen.