From our doorsteps to the ends of the earth, life is transformed in loving others.

Why Equal Exchange?

During the month of October the Outreach Team will be serving samples of fairly traded coffee after each service.

From our doorsteps to the ends of the earth, life is transformed in loving others. The Disciples of Christ Coffee Project, a partnership between the Disciples Home Missions, Week of Compassion and Equal Exchange, is a way for our congregation to join hands with small farming communities across the world. You can put your faith into action by using fairly traded coffee, tea, chocolate and snacks and by learning about how our consumer choices impact the global community. Through the Project, farmers receive fair prices for their crops, affordable credit and long-term trade relationships with a trading partner they can trust, Equal Exchange. In addition, for every pound of fairly traded products Disciples order through the Project, Equal Exchange makes a donation to the Disciples Hunger Relief and Food Security Fund.

Disciples Home Missions, a General Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), is the enabling and coordinating division of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregational program and mission in North America. DHM's priorities include leader development, congregational transformation, faith formation and Christian vocations.

Week of Compassion is the relief, refugee and development ministry fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the US and Canada. WOC helps North American Disciples contribute to relief and development efforts world- wide. WOC also encourages and supports volunteer groups in "hands-on" mission and service opportunities in North America and abroad