Social Justice & Outreach

“Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with your God” (from Micah 6:8)

Forest Hill has a long tradition of working for change, from our decades-long peacemaking efforts to constantly combating hunger in our neighborhoods.

OUR MISSION PARTNERS

From our own Forest Hill neighborhood to the larger City of Cleveland Heights and even wider regional-wide missions, Forest Hill Church is actively involved in faith-based and other non-profit organizations such as:

  • Interfaith Hospitality Network
  • NOAH (Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope)
  • The Covenant Network
  • We Believe Ohio
  • Boulevard School Tutoring Program
  • The Home Repair Resource Center

Read about the organizations we partner with to further justice, peace, and love in the world around us.

Fighting Hunger

Learn about Hunger Sundays, the FHC Food Cupboard, Grocery Certificates, and now our latest hunger initiative–Abundance Acres–an on-site vegetable garden to feed the hungry.

Providing Housing

Four times a year we open our church and our hearts to guests of Family Promise (formerly known as Interfaith Hospitality Network or IHN.) Read more here.

Peacemaking

There are all kinds of ways to support peace–throughout the world and in our own homes and families. Learn about Forest Hill’s commitment to civility to all areas of life.

Sustainability

Biblically, Christians are called to be stewards of God’s creation. Forest Hill has long recognized the importance of showing how the green movement is God’s way. Read about our long and on-going efforts to increase sustainability at Forest Hill Church and throughout our region.

The Big Give

Read about the exciting adventure Forest Hill embarked on to follow the lesson in Jesus’ Parable of the Talents to double our “talents” and return them to God for mission and service. In 2009, each worshiper received $50 and was asked to return it one month later along with anything they earned with it.

BENEVOLENT GIVING

Forest Hill Church gives generously of its time, talent, and money. Read about the organizations currently receiving support from our congregation here. To learn more about these organizations, contact a member of the Ministry of Justice & Mission. We welcome anyone who wants to put their faith into action and become involved at any level.

THE CHURCH’S BROADER MISSION

Forest Hill Church reaches beyond our walls, our city, even our country, by supporting individual members’ mission work and The Presbyterian Church (USA).

One Great Hour of Sharing

Since 1949, Presbyterians and other Christians have taken a Lenten One Great Hour of Sharing offering to minister to the needs of the less fortunate, as Jesus calls us to do. This year’s offering supports 3 Presbyterian programs:

  • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance for victims of conflict and natural disasters in places like Haiti and New Orleans
  • Presbyterian Hunger Program provides direct food relief and long-term development assistance in the U.S. and overseas
  • Self-Development of People makes grants to the poor to create grass-roots community organizations and small-scale enterprises

A portion of local church One Great Hour of Sharing returns to the Presbytery of the Western Reserve — for a Hunger Action Enabler working with local churches, or grants approved by our local Self-Development committee to groups such as the Council Gardens Tenant Association on N. Taylor Road’s cooperative fruit and vegetable gardening project. The need is great, especially this year. When the One Great Hour of Sharing offering is received on Easter Sunday each year, please give generously!

We hope you enjoy this music video from PlayingforChange, summing up our passion for world-wide and local social justice and outreach.