Ministries
Little Blessings Child Care Center – has had to close
The first Licensed Plus center in the state, Little Blessings has the capacity to serve 71 children, ranging in age from six weeks to five years old. It has five separate classes, managed by a professional staff with intern assistance, a cook, and a maintenance worker.
We are a mission of Christ Church and thus share bookkeeping and administrative work with both parish and diocese. The organization is owned by and housed in Christ Episcopal Church. An Advisory Board, which includes a Chairperson, two staff representatives, two parent representatives, two parishioners, and two community members, meets regularly to govern and oversee the Center. The Director of Little Blessings attends Board meetings as a non-voting member.
Please click on this link to get to the Center’s webpage: https://littleblessingsnh.org – this gives more information on the closing of Little Blessings
Seacoast NAACP
The Seacoast NAACP has been meeting at Christ Church the first Monday of each month, and also on Zoom, except the Second Monday when the first Monday is a holiday. Starting Sept. 8, 2025 and throughout our Pilgrimage, the NAACP will be meeting at 6:30 PM at Langdon Public Library, 328 Nimble Hill Road, Newington, NH 03801, and on Zoom
All are welcome. please contact us at seacoastnhnaacp@gmail.com for the meeting time or the zoom link.
For further information see the Seacoast NAACP website
Seacoast NAACP
PO Box 1261, Portsmouth, NH 03802-1261
603-436-6099
https://seacoastnaacp.squarespace.com
The NAACP has been making democracy work since 1909 when it was founded by a group of Back and white folks.
Our mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
The wheels of justice should move fairly for all. – Russell Nelson/NAACP
Immigration Ministry
Christ Church has hosted a refugee family during their first year or more in our country. Typically, the family comes to us after journeying through the many long and arduous hoops and hurdles of the official immigration process. This social justice work is collaborative, shared with other organizations in the seacoast region. We recently housed an Afghan family of six for a year and a half in the old rectory before they moved on (and up) to their own apartment nearby.
Our work with such families, besides offering them a safe refuge with an opportunities to recuperate from past horrors and integrate into our society and culture as best as they see fit, offers us windows into cultures beyond our doors, offering us greater insights in how we might live and express Christ in all that we do for others, our neighbors, which is our spiritual calling.
We continue to support the work of the Episcopal church in this area through the Episcopal Migration Ministries
Racial Healing/Social Justice
We are part of a small Social Justice group that meets about once a month to discuss how we might further God’s work of justice in our area. Contact Betty at christchurchportsmouth@gmail.com, if you would like further information about this group.
We also participate in the Episcopal Church Province 1 Becoming Beloved Community Network. Information about this can be found on the Province 1 website