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“Love each other as I have loved you...Serve one another humbly in love.”

Serving the world through partnership.

“Love each other as I have loved you..Serve one another humbly in love.”


In response to God’s love for us, The United Church serves others by partnering with missionaries as well as local and global Christian outreach organizations. We seek to do God’s will as set forth in New Testament scripture to “use whatever gift you have received to serve others” Galatians 5:13. 


The United Church provides direct support to individual missionaries in locations such as Thailand, Palau, South Africa and Congo. We support several programs in Los Alamos and throughout New Mexico. We also support six denominations and eight national and world missions. Each mission is evaluated on a yearly basis by the Missions and Service Board.


When online news is upsetting and the desperation of people seems overwhelming, we might ask, what can be done? That’s when we step up as people of faith to serve! 


Join The United Church in volunteering to meet the immediate needs of people in our region. This might look like: 

  • sorting in the Thrift Store
  • assembling Hygiene kits for asylum seekers
  • building houses in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico 
  • providing a meal and company to Los Alamos summer students
  • corresponding with a national or global mission partner.


Contact John Puckett through the church office to learn more about getting involved with the Missions and Service Board.

Serve the Local Community

Host a Christmas party at Truchas Preschool - Truchas preschool serves children from ages 3-5 in northern New Mexico. The bilingual program provides social, developmental and language skills with the mission of “children learning through playing”. For many years, The United Church has supported the preschool with visits, an annual Christmas party and monetary support. 


Help out at Monday Night @ the Pit - During the summer months in Los Alamos, graduate students, interns and other young adults meet, eat and play volleyball! Church members prepare a home cooked meal and build community with our summer visitors.


Volunteer at the Thrift Shop - The United Church Thrift Shop, operated by the Women's Christian Service Society (WCSS), is open for shoppers on Wednesdays from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. It is located in the basement of Craig Hall on The United Church Campus.

A Christmas party at Truchas Preschool

Engaging in our community and with our neighbors.

Los Alamos organizations we support include LA Cares, Los Alamos Young Life, and Group Home Development.

New Mexico outreach includes Navajo Ministries, New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranch, and La Jicarita Cluster.

"Love each other as I have loved you."

Looking to Volunteer?

Contact the church office to learn more about participating with Dignity Mission, helping out at the Thrift Shop or many other local opportunities.

Global Missions

Join the Dignity Mission group- Hygiene kits for immigrants are provided by church members who sew the bags and then a group gathers to assemble the kits. These kits are delivered to immigrant shelters in Juarez, Mexico.


Build Homes in Mexico - find out more here »

Reaching out around the world

Connect personally with one of the missions we support!

A dedicated Mission Correspondent for each mission allows the church to learn alongside each of its partners. The correspondent communicates regularly with a contact at the mission, prays for them, and reports to the board about their needs

The United Church provides direct support to six mission workers. For example in Thailand, Carol and Leith Fujii approach evangelism by investing in people and growing the church by training leaders. Leith is a theology and evangelism instructor in Bangkok and Carol teaches English there. Other missionaries we support serve in Palau, Congo and South Africa.

Long-standing partners

 We have partnered over the years with organizations such as:



  • Wycliffe Bible 
  • Widow’s Friend in Bangladesh
  • Near East School of Theology in Beruit and Athens
  • Bathania High School in Palau
  • Burke-Kibwezi Partnership in Kenya 
  • Church World Service disaster relief in Syria and Turkey
  • Mission Possibe in Ukraine and Romania

New partnerships

Recently we have also chosen to support: 



  • Kids Alive International - A Christian organization that works with traumatized and abused children in eight different countries in Africa, Central and South America.
  • Victoria Hospital - A Christian church and hospital complex that provides speciality health care for Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The site includes a vocational training program for men and women. 

Ready to learn more?

If your heart beats for missions around the world, and you’re interested in learning more about all of the missions we are part of, contact John Puckett.

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