Taking seriously our call "to be servants in the service of the whole human family", Eastgate Congregational UCC reaches out to the world in a variety of ways.

Each month the Christian Outreach Committee packs and delivers nine medium bags of food to the Emergency Feeding Program (EFP), an outreach ministry of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. We also provide two Infant Bags each month. One bag contains specific infant foods, and the other contains iron-enriched formula. Most of these bags stay in the local Bellevue community.

Used clothing collected from members of the congregation is sorted and passed on to a number of clothing banks in the area.

Last summer we collected "Kid Friendly" food for the EFP and school supplies for the local Congregations for Kids organization to help low-income students get off to a good start in the new school year. We also participated in a Habitat for Humanity build at Patterson Park with the local Together We Build Coalition of Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims. We continue to work with these three ecumenical partnerships in 2004.

Our 2003 Christmas Eve Offering was split between HOPELINK and the UCC Christmas Offering. In January 2004 we participated in the Souper Bowl Sunday collection of soup and monies which were donated to the Emergency Feeding Program.

In May 2003, several friends and members of Eastgate walked in Bellevue's 2nd Annual CROP Walk. This ecumenical event was the result of efforts by members of the five sponsoring congregations--Eastgate being one. The 3rd Annual CROP WALK is planned for May 15th, 2004.

In addition we participate in our denomination's special offerings for One Great Hour of Sharing and Neighbors in Need, and a percentage of our income is contributed to Our Church's Wider Mission (OCWM).

Other groups using our facility on a regular and ongoing basis include the Seattle Oriental Mission Church (a Korean congregation), the Russian Center for Spiritual Enrichment (a Seventh-Day Adventist congregation), the Eastgate Cooperative Preschool (part of the Bellevue Community College Parent Education Program), Alcoholics Anonymous, and the Girl Scouts.

Thanks to the many generous members and friends of the Eastgate congregation who make all of these outreach efforts a success.