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Helping Children Affected By Poverty – Supporting NC Public Schools

About Us

Congregations For Children (C4C) is a statewide initiative of The United Methodist Church focused on reflecting the love of Christ to our neighbors by helping children in public schools who are living in poverty.

Congregations For Children is an effective way for churches to increase their outreach to their community mission field. The C4C model is based on best practices and is designed to set up churches for success and help them to avoid common missteps. Even if your church is already involved in public school ministry in some manner, C4C can help you to expand and strengthen what you are already doing.  Today, over 80% of the 800+ United Methodist churches in the NC Conference are participating in school-church partnerships. We believe that by adopting the C4C model, churches can increase their effectiveness and success in those ministries.

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Our Mission

K-3 Literacy

  • Volunteer tutors
  • Collecting/donating books
  • After-school tutoring programs
  • Summer reading camps

Basic Needs

  • Food
  • Clothing
  • School supplies

Positive Adult Role Models

  • Lunch buddies
  • Morning greeters

Advocacy

UMAPS is a statewide initiative of The United Methodist Church, formed to advocate for public education throughout North Carolina.

Success Stories

Watch a short video about Harbor United Methodist Church in Wilmington and their C4C Partnership with Mary C. Williams Elementary.

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Latest Posts

2020 North Carolina Education Primer

March 22, 2021

The Public School Forum of North Carolina has provided the 2020 North Carolina Education Primer as a fact-based introduction to educational policy in NC. It serves as a primary resource for elected and appointed officials as they tackle education policy issues in the General Assembly, in their local communities, or in their schools. The Primer…

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2021 NC Child Health Report Card

March 5, 2021

On February 16th, NC Child and the NC Institute of Medicine released the 2021 Child Health Report Card. Among key findings that relate directly to our NCCUMC Congregations for Children (C4C) initiative are the facts that 44% of NC children live in poor or low-income households and 67% of NC schools have turned to distance learning. Quoting…

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Introducing the C4C and UMAPS Website

February 1, 2021

You are invited to the unveiling of the merger of NCCUMC’s two laity-led and clergy-supported ministries focused on supporting our public schools – Congregations for Children (C4C) and United Methodist Advocates for Public Schools (UMAPS). To emphasize their natural relationship with each other, they are now housed together within the updated C4C website. In addition to…

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All Children are Our Children: The Community’s Role in Education Webinar

January 15, 2021

On December 1, 2020 an excellent Zoom webinar was presented by Knollwood Baptist Church in Charlotte as part of their ongoing “Faith in the City” series.  “All Children are Our Children: The Community’s Role in Education” focused on the partnership among the Winston-Salem/Forsyth Public School System, Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, and the nonprofit organization “Imprint…

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Soapstone UMC Creates Remote Learning Space for Local Students

January 5, 2021

Soapstone United Methodist Church in Raleigh (Capital District) began the “Soapstone Schoolhouse” in September 2020 to meet the needs of local students and families who made the sudden shift to remote learning this year. With the church sanctuary and classrooms unused by their traditional ministries, they were able to offer their space to 23 students in the…

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Community Connectivity Grants

December 11, 2020

Eleven churches and two NCCUMC organizations that work directly with public school children received over $9,000 to enhance during- and after-school programs that provide safe and supportive learning spaces equipped with sufficient internet access.

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C4C is a proud partner of FAST NC. Florence Aid to Students and Teachers of North Carolina (FAST NC) is an effort led by a bipartisan group of current and former North Carolina education leaders to help the state’s public schools as students and educators struggle to return to normal following Hurricane Florence and its impact.

C4C is supported by The Duke Endowment.

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