Missions

Echo Hill is serving the community in a wide variety of activities.
Here are some of the opportunities for helping our neighbors.

Donations of groceries and funds for local food banks are collected every month and
distributed to the Linn Community Food Bank (located at First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids) and Marion Food Pantry (located at First Presbyterian Church in Marion)

Volunteer opportunities in the community:

Ecumenical Community Center – Helping Hands Ministry and
CompuPlace Office help, computer teaching for people with disabilities, etc. Contact 319-366-2561 or admin@ecc-cr.net

Family Promise of Linn County – Echo Hill will be a host site for homeless families when the local program begins later in 2011

Marion Cares – Bible teachers for TxT Time, assistance with after-school programs. Contact 319-377-5344 or joe@marioncares.org

Polk Elementary School – contact enrichment coordinator at 319-558-4798 Lunch Buddies – Contact through Big Brother Big Sisters at 319-377-8993 or www.beabigcr.org

Mission Support

Echo Hill Presbyterian Church supports a number of mission programs, both locally and around the world, including such organizations as:

Bread for the World (www.bread.org)

Camp Wyoming (www.campwyoming.net)

Ecumenical Community Center (www.ecc-cr.net)
includes Helping Hands Ministry

Family Promise of Linn County (www.familypromise.org)

Linn Community Food Bank

Marion Cares (www.marioncares.org)

Marion Food Pantry

Olivet Neighborhood Mission

Presbyterian World Mission (www.pcusa.org)

Seminary Student Support

Witnessing Ministries of Christ (www.witnessingministries.com)