This is the archive of information about the groups that have received our monthly compassion offering. Money given through the church to compassion offering goes only to that month’s group. If you wish to give money to another organization, you should contact that group directly.

• March Compassion Offering: One Great Hour of Sharing
  by Orchard Ridge UCC
  March 1, 2023
  One Great Hour of Sharing®, an ecumenical offering sponsored in Lent by the United Church of Christ, provides humanitarian and disaster relief in the United States and around the world. When a disaster strikes or people are displaced or made refugees by violence or extreme poverty, you are part of the immediate response and the work …
• February Compassion Offering: Worker Justice Wisconsin
  by Orchard Ridge UCC
  February 1, 2023
  Worker Justice Wisconsin (WJW) is a Madison-based nonprofit that builds collective worker power together with faith and labor allies. Our worker center educates and empowers employees who do not have a union. We help them file complaints with state agencies, incubate worker-owned cooperatives, and train workers to organize their coworkers. With a mostly bilingual staff, WJW pays special …
• January Compassion Offering: Ethical Trade Company
  by Orchard Ridge UCC
  January 1, 2023
  Ethical Trade Co was founded in 2015 after our founders witnessed firsthand exploitation and human trafficking affecting people in southeast Asia. We met companies there that offered ethical employment opportunities to the people in their communities to prevent further exploitation. Feeling inspired, we set out to provide a marketplace for the products they were making …
• December Compassion Offering: UCC Christmas Fund
  by Orchard Ridge UCC
  December 1, 2022
  United Church of Christ retired clergy, servants of the church, have spent lifetimes baptizing and blessing, teaching and preaching, marrying and burying, and comforting and empowering God’s people.  The UCC Christmas Fund for Veterans of the Cross gives us the opportunity to sustain and empower them. Gifts to the fund help retired clergy, church staff, …
• November Compassion Offering: Neighborhood Schools
  by Orchard Ridge UCC
  November 1, 2022
  Our 3 neighborhood schools — Anana Elementary, Orchard Ridge Elementary, and Toki Middle School — are always in need of our support. And this is especially true in 2022, when budgets are tight and when so many families living in southwest Madison are stretched financially.   As you’ll see from this short video, each school is planning to make …