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I’m always inspired by our staff and volunteers who work with our mission programs. I especially love it when they share some of their stories with me. Here’s a good one:

One of our neighbors in need asked for help to pay his phone bill. He was a delivery driver — the kind that brings food orders when you use an app. His phone was absolutely essential to his work: no phone meant no work.

This friend was living in his car, really struggling financially. In a conversation, we discovered that this man had musical training, but had fallen on hard times. He was quickly connected to our wonderful music program. He joined our choir and is now one of our section leaders.

He now has stable housing. All because of the encouragement and generosity of Second Church members and friends like you.

Paying a phone bill, assisting with rent and utilities—they all can be a matter of life and hope for our friends and neighbors in need. To help them, we need your help.

Please consider supporting the Home Campaign this year with a donation that can make the difference between home and homelessness. Click HERE and select "Home 24" from the drop-down menu to make a Home Campaign gift today. Thank you for your generous heart!

Home Campaign supports:

If you would like to financially support our "HOME" ministries, please select "Home24" in the drop-down menu on our E-giving page.

 

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    SAWs Ramp Building
    Impacting the lives for low-income and disabled individuals, one ramp at a time.

    Help build a ramp and change a life!

    Volunteer opportunities are available for ramp builds. No experience or tools are required! SAWs will provide the leadership and the materials. We just ask that you are willing to learn and serve others. Youth age 12 and up are welcome to volunteer with a parent/guardian. This is the perfect service project for a family with older children.

    Volunteer opportunities are posted each month online at SAWSRamps.volunteerhub.com. They are available on a first come, first serve basis and are open to anyone interested.

    SAWs© is a nonprofit, volunteer organization founded in 2003. Originally started in Indianapolis, our organization serves clients across Indiana, as well as Arizona and Virginia. We specialize in building wooden wheelchair ramps for low-income, permanently disabled individuals. With the support of our donors and volunteers, lives are changed one ramp at a time, and, in less than six hours, we transform a client’s life FOREVER.

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    Home Repairs for Good
    (formerly NeighborLink Indianapolis)
    Providing free home repair services to low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities in Marion County.

    NeighborLink Indianapolis is now Home Repairs for Good! 

    Home Repairs for Good provides critical home repairs for homeowners 62 and older or with a disability living in Marion County at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty line. They provide these repairs at no cost to the homeowner so they may age in place safely.

    Home Repairs for Good has served more than 3,000 people in Marion County and completed over 4,000 home repairs since it began in 2013. By providing these services, they are helping low-income homeowners stabilize their home for their own ability to age in place and in an affordable space (the home they already own), as well as provide an asset to their future generations rather than a burden.

    Learn more about the homeowners we serve.

    Home Repairs for Good helps fill the gap within the social services space for owner occupied home repairs. As gap fillers, they partner with other home repair-oriented organizations like SAWS and Habitat for Humanity to ensure homeowners are able to be helped.

    Watch a video about volunteering with Home Repairs for Good.

    Whether you’re handy, or just have a heart to serve, there are a variety of volunteer opportunities with Home Repairs for Good. Shifts are flexible, generally in three-hour segments, great for groups, and opportunities are available early April to early November. Groups are customized experiences, generally book four-six weeks out and can include youth 12-17 years old with accompanying adult supervision, providing an opportunity for families and youth groups to volunteer. Visit Home Repairs for Good’s website at homerepairsforgood.org to sign up for a shift or schedule a group to volunteer.

    Home Repairs for Good is a mission partner identified by Second’s Task Force on Local Partnership Ministries in 2020. The task force was established to consider new opportunities for mission work in our local community, Washington Township, and to consider ways to adapt existing mission projects so that they focus more directly on our local community.

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    Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis
    Eliminating homelessness in Greater Indianapolis with an Apartment Shelter Program, Diversion Program, and AfterCare.

    Family Promise works to eliminate homelessness in Greater Indianapolis. The Apartment Shelter Program has expanded to house 24 families, and the Diversion Program works with 20 families at a time. In addition, the AfterCare program provides follow-up case management and workshops for two years after clients secure housing. Learn more at fpgi.org.

    Home Sweet Home, Family Promise's largest annual one-day fundraiser, returns for its 25th anniversary on September 26, 2024 at a new location!
    More than 340 people came together last year to celebrate and support the housing programs of Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis, and we hope to grow even more this September!  Save the date to join us that Thursday evening to enjoy a silent auction, a gourmet dinner, open beer/wine bar, and the hallmark of the event — a delectable dessert auction.  All proceeds have supported programs like the Apartment Shelter Program, Diversion, and AfterCare — including the Family Assistance Fund of $250,000+ that breaks down barriers for families to secure housing out of homelessness by covering things like first month's rent, utility bills, even work uniforms and bus passes!  It will be a magical night, and we hope to see you there! 

    Second is the Champion Sponsor for this event.

    Contact:
    Lisa Enright
    (317) 253-6461
    LEnright@SecondChurch.org

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    Northside Mission Ministry
    Utility and Rent Assistance

    Utility and Rent Assistance

    The Utility and Rent Assistance Program (URAP) partners with the Fay Bicard Glick Community Center and the Washington Township Trustee Office to offer emergency financial intervention. In these “gap” situations, a little assistance goes a long way, often preventing a family from losing their housing or having their power shut off. Our partners provide vital case management with URAP families to ensure long term stability.

    Northside Ministry cares for the poor and those experiencing hardship in Washington Township by building relationships to develop food security, to work toward economic stability, and to participate fully in the life of the community.

    Check out this profile of Northside Mission Ministries in Responsive Congregations, a publication of the Project on Religion and Urban Culture 2.0, a joint initiative of the Polis Center and IU School of Liberal Arts. You'll see how the Holy Spirit has moved within our congregation to shape this vital ministry "To create transformational change in the place that Second Church has called home for nearly two centuries, among people who—members or not—belong to its community."

    Located on the northeast corner of Second Presbyterian Church, Northside Food Pantry is open to Washington Township residents on the following days:

    • Tuesdays, 12:30-3 p.m.
    • Wednesdays, 4-6:30 p.m.
    • Saturdays, 10 a.m.-Noon

    If you would like to help at the pantry, please sign up online. We are limited to ten volunteers per shift, so we are managing our volunteers closely with SignUpGenius. In addition to food pantry hours, volunteers are needed to unload deliveries and stock shelves.

    For more information or to volunteer, contact Lisa Enright.

     

     

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    Habitat For Humanity
    Providing safe and affordable housing for families in our community.

    Greater Indy Habitat brings people together people to provide safe, affordable housing for families in our community. For more than 35 years, Second has partnered with Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity to sponsor an annual multifaith build and participate in other Habitat activities throughout the year.

    If you would like to contribute to this important work in our community, please designate "Habitat for Humanity" in your donation to Second.

     

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    Umoja Partnership
    Transforming Communities One Child at a Time

    Providing shelter for vulnerable children and their families in western Kenya

    Umoja Partnership works with orphaned and vulnerable children in western Kenya. When a beneficiary's family needs shelter, the community gathers to build a semi-permanent home with a tin roof, wood frame, and mud walls made from clay made onsite. 

    For more than fourteen years, members of Second have joined with other faith groups in Indianapolis to support the work of the Umoja Partnership in western Kenya. The Kenyan staff provides food, shelter, empowerment programs, and education fees for orphaned and vulnerable children.

    Second is a founding member of Umoja Partnership, an interfaith organization dedicated to transforming communities one child at a time. Formerly known as Global Interfaith Partnership, Umoja is a partnership of many faiths, from different cultures, on two continents, united in service to change lives by keeping children in school. You can learn more at UmojaPartnership.org.