Closing church hands out $200,000 in donations

Staff photo / Bob Coupland

The First United Church of Christ will celebrate its last worship service at 11 a.m. Sept. 28. It handed out donations to 10 organizations from its remaining $200,000 in funds on Sept. 14. From left are Lauren Webb of Someplace Safe, Gracie Busko of Community Serve Us, Meghan Reed of the Trumbull County Historical Society, Bethany Cluckey of the Animal Welfare League, Kevin Stringer of Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, Ron Schoch, president of the church congregation, the Rev. Gerald Gammon, church pastor, Leah Elliott of Warren Family Mission, Tia Ciferno of Bella Women’s Center, Mike Iberis of Second Harvest Food Bank, Brendan Byers of Oakland Center for the Arts and Jason Cooke of Healthy Hearts and Paws. WARREN — The First United Church of Christ on East Ma