Special offering for October 2025

United Religious Community (URC), 501 N. Main Street, South Bend, IN  46601    574-282-2397   www.urcsjc.org

Our Mission:

To encourage religious cooperation and understanding
To seek to effect constructive social change
To serve as advocates for those seeking to meet life’s basic needs

• Goal 1: Make Saint Joseph County a more connected and welcoming community by facilitating understanding, collaboration, and friendship between religious communities.

• Goal 2: Put into action the values of Saint Joseph County’s religious communities by undertaking projects of social good which address unmet needs in our community.

• Goal 3: Give witness to the shared values of Saint Joseph County’s religious communities through media and other forms of communication.

• Goal 4: Through visionary leadership and excellent stewardship, attract the resources necessary to assure URC’s enduring contributions to Saint Joseph County.United Religious Community Board Of Directors

• The URC developed the Refugee RESET Committee to reestablish refugee resettlement in South Bend, St. Joseph County, and nearby communities. The URC became a part of the Church World Service’s network of nearly 50 sites in 24 US states.
• URC launched its programming in late 2021, to help ove4 35 Afghan clients who had to flee the country following the government’s collapse. After the war in Ukraine started, URC has assisted over 150 Ukrainians to settle in the area.

• In January, 2024, the URC began work in the State Department’s Reception and Placement (R&P) Program. URC helped 83 refugees to resettle in the last fiscal year, and was committed to resettling 100 in FY 2025.

• As of January 20, 2025, the URC resettled 41 clients. The recent change in US Administration has caused a pause in resettlement. URC is working to learn more about the pause, its length and effects on clients that the organization was ready to