Mission

Mission Action Efforts

Global Holiday Faire

This special ecumenical gift faire raises money for several non-profit organizations. It takes place each year on the 1st Saturday of December. Learn More here.

CROP Hunger Walk

First Christian Church of Vallejo is a sponsoring organization for this annual walk to raise money for CROP and local hunger relief agencies.

Johnson Ranch Garden

We grow fresh produce to donate to a number of local food banks including the Amador St. Hope Center and The Sparrow Project.

Common Ground

We are a founding member of Common Ground, a local community organizing effort.

Green Chalice

FCC Vallejo is a certified Green Chalice Church. From the Green Chalice website: "Out of our call to “do justice” (Micah 6:8), we strive to demonstrate the fullness of God’s shalom through living out our faith by caring for God’s creation.."

Vallejo Together

We have a strong working relationship with Vallejo Together which works with the un-housed population of Vallejo. Learn more here.

Mission Action Notes

September Donation

The Northbay Rapid Response Network (Serving Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties) is a 24/7 telephone hotline for immigrants and their families facing ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and possible risk of deportation. This hotline is one of a collection of similar urgent response outlets affiliated with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ). Once contacted, the Rapid Response Network dispatches trained legal observers to the suspected raid location. Network staff provide legal defense to impacted people and their families, witness to enforcement actions, and provide services to affected Northbay residents. Additionally, the Network provides education on knowing one’s rights, monitors conditions in detention facilities, and operates an Immigrant Legal Resource Center. The Rapid Response Network is a bulwark for upholding the rights of immigrants. We all need to be educated on our Constitutional Rights and the rights of our immigrant neighbors. Visit the website www.northbayop.org for more information. The 24hr hotline can be reached at (707) 800-4544.

Your Change for a Change of Clothing

We have a small collection can for quarters at the rear of the sanctuary. FCCV partners with Vallejo Together to serve our unhoused neighbors. Volunteers with Vallejo Together and other faith communities make visits several times each week to encampments around Vallejo. In addition to carry-in meals and social and spiritual support, the volunteers will assist unhoused persons with trips to local laundromats. Quarters are provided when needed to operate the washers and dryers. Clean clothes mean dignity and physical wellness for unhoused individuals. Please donate your change for a change of clothing for someone. Quarters only, please. We will forward the coins to Vallejo Together once a month. Thank you!

Little Free Pantry

Please remember our Little Free Pantry. We are always in need of bottled water, protein-rich snacks and single-serve canned meats and fish, and personal hygiene products for men and women. Thank you for caring. The Pantry is restocked multiple times a week with food, water and basic needs items for anyone who needs them.

Deep Green Commitment

FCCV's latest effort to fulfill our commitment to the Green Chalice ministry is to switch our electricity to 100% renewable sources. This is a new opportunity through MCE Clean Energy and their Deep Green program which we are very excited to join. This switch goes into effect in April, 2021. We are now a Deep Green Champion which means we are doing our part for the planet.

MCE, a not-for-profit public agency, provides customers like FCCV with a choice of cleaner, locally controlled electricity options. Their regular service provides 60% of customers' electricity from renewable sources (twice as high as typical energy providers). But, their Deep Green program provides 100% of the electricity from green sources like solar and wind. For a small monthly fee, our Administrative Council felt that it is well worth upgrading to the Deep Green program considering the immense importance of switching to clean, renewable sources.

We believe strongly in our commitment to caring for God's creation and this is a great effort towards that end.