(908) 273-5549 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m.
(908) 273-5549 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m.
At Christ Church, we turn faith into action. Over the years, we’ve helped launch and sustain nonprofits that now serve thousands — from hunger relief and affordable housing to education and refugee support. Born as callings within our community, these ministries have grown beyond our walls.
Family Promise began in Union County, NJ in 1986, when founder Karen Olson turned compassion into action to address family homelessness. Christ Church was the first church to host families in need of shelter. Ever since, our congregation has remained a committed partner—offering volunteers, funding, and friendship as Family Promise has grown from a local ministry into a nationwide movement.
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Bridges was founded over 40 years ago by Christ Church members, Geoff and Ginger Worden, who sought to build relationships with people experiencing homelessness. What began as sandwich-making gatherings in our kitchen has grown into an award-winning organization that provides outreach, housing, and advocacy across New Jersey and New York. Christ Church continues to volunteer, fund, and partner with Bridges in service and solidarity.
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Good Grief was born in 2004, and found its first home at Christ Church, where our members offered space, support, and connections to help nurture a small peer-support program for grieving children and families. Today it has grown into a statewide leader providing free grief counseling and education. Our congregation remains closely involved, volunteering and partnering with Good Grief as it continues to bring healing through hope and community.
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One World One Love began its work with refugees and asylum-seekers in 2016 and found a long-term home at Christ Church the following year. Now based in our building, the nonprofit helps newly arrived families in New Jersey build stable lives by furnishing homes, offering language and job-skills support, and surrounding them with a caring volunteer network. Many Christ Church members are active partners in this work, living out our call to welcome the stranger with generosity and hospitality.
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GRACE Kitchen was founded at Christ Church in 2016 by member Amanda Block to address food insecurity for local families. What started as a volunteer-driven effort within our congregation grew into GRACE Kitchen, expanding partnerships and impact across the community and serving thousands of people with food insecurity each week. Christ Church continues to support this work through volunteers, funding, and advocacy for neighbors facing hunger.
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Christ Church launched Cornerstone School in 2009 to provide a nurturing, play-based early childhood education rooted in curiosity, creativity, and care. The preschool embodies our church’s long tradition of investing in education as an expression of faith in action.
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Founded by Rev. Julie Yarborough in 2023 and rooted in the faith-inspired mission of Christ Church, ESHIN is an interfaith, all-volunteer nonprofit that develops healthy, secure, high-quality affordable housing in Union, Essex and Morris counties.Many Christ Church members serve on its board and volunteer, living out our commitment to justice by creating tangible homes and thriving communities.
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