Our Partners

Calvary Community Church of the Nazarene has always been committed to helping families in our community. 

Beginning 2013, Calvary leadership and members began to respond in new ways to a yearning to do more to reach  neighbors. Several new compassionate ministry programs began to develop and new partnerships were formed with other community-based organizations with the common goal of aiding the refugee and homeless communities of the Greater Rochester Area.

In 2016, Calvary’s Board and ministry leaders began discerning and discussing a new compassionate ministry program where all of its compassion programs would fall under one umbrella, serving the needs of our communities. Calvary spent a year in prayer and planning a compassionate ministry program to help meet those needs. The slogan “loving our neighbors” was adopted this year.

In June 2017, a part-time Director of Compassionate Ministries was hired to help implement and develop the Venture Compassionate Ministries program.

Calvary remains a committed and vital partner. Find out more about Calvary  HERE.

Foodlink's mission is to leverage the power of food to end hunger and build healthier communities. Foodlink has a 40-year history of mobilizing a diverse network of community partners to address both the symptoms and root causes of food insecurity throughout the Greater Rochester and Finger Lakes region of New York. We are transforming lives, advocating for equity, and creating healthy futures for every community we serve.

Find out more about Foodlink HERE.

The Upstate New York District of the Church of the Nazarene is comprised of more than 40 churches. As a community of faith, we are commissioned to take the Good News of life in Jesus Christ to people everywhere and to spread the message of scriptural holiness across the lands.

Find out more about the Upstate NY District of the Church of the Nazarene HERE.

Following the example of Jesus, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) partners with local Nazarene congregations around the world to clothe, shelter, feed, heal, educate, and live in solidarity with those who suffer under oppression, injustice, violence, poverty, hunger, and disease. NCM exists in and through the Church of the Nazarene to proclaim the Gospel to all people in word and deed. 

Find out more about Nazarene Compassionate MInistries HERE.