Mask Collection – We invite church members to donate personal protective equipment (listed below) for health care workers at Tufts Medical Center. Please email srministry@bcec.net so the Social Responsibility Committee can arrange to receive your donation. To date, the social responsibility team has collected and delivered more than 2000 masks and 1500 gloves. Many brothers and sisters have also shared that they made their own deliveries to hospitals as well. Praise God and thank you for your generous donation so far. Please continue to pray for medical workers as they do their life-saving work under stressful conditions.
N95, K95 and N99 masks, procedure masks, surgical masks
Eye protection (face shields, goggles, safety glasses)
Precaution gowns
Hand sanitizer
Help with Making PPE – CareOne Assisted Living Facility (located in Brookline and Millbury) is looking for help with making PPE (personal protective equipment) gowns out of trash bags for their staff. If there are any interested parties, please contact srministry@bcec.net for coordination and pickups/dropoffs. Instructions to make the gowns are here -> https://youtu.be/u1CO1PUlJos
To learn about more ways to practically care for our communities, click here.
Online Giving
May the Lord bless you as you give to His work to bless others.
If you have not created an account, please signing up for online giving here.
If you previously created an account for online giving, please go here.
To expedite and secure the delivery of church offerings to BCEC, a PO Box has been set up. Effective immediately, church offering checks (no cash please) should be mailed to the following address:
BCEC
PO Box 600790
Newton, MA 02460
Thank you for your partnership. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand that we may prayerfully adjust our giving. For some, we may choose to give less. For others, we may decide to give more. Whatever your gift, thank you for your partnership.
Text 30131 to give:
You can now make an offering to BCEC using your credit/debit card by texting 30131. You can text-to-give to one of four funds.
To give to the General Fund, text “BCEC {enter dollar amount}” or “BCECGF {enter dollar amount}“
To give to the Missions Fund, text “BCECMF {enter dollar amount}“
To give to the Charity Fund, text “BCECCF {enter dollar amount}“
To give to the Expansion Fund, text “BCECEF {enter dollar amount}“
For example, texting “BCEC 100” will give $100 to the General Fund from your credit/debit card.
Please ensure you can pay your donation balance before using this method. If this is the first time you are giving to BCEC using a credit card, thank you! You will be prompted for setup information. Note a credit card fee of 2.65% plus $0.45 per transaction will be deducted from your offering. (The fee for online giving through e-check costs less at $0.35 per transaction. Thus giving via e-check would make your gift go further for BCEC. You may also consider increasing your gift to cover the cost of the transaction fees.
For more info, click here.
