BETHEL – The West Parish Congregational Church is sponsoring a CROP Walk Sunday, Sept. 16, to raise funds for the interfaith work of Church World Service.

Walkers will gather at 12:45 p.m. on Park Street, across from the West Parish Congregational Church.

The nondenominational effort has walkers gathering pledges and walking a distance of 5K around the village of Bethel.

CROP Walks, which stand for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty, are the foundation for the work of Church World Service. Thanks to the many walkers around the country, trained staff can respond to national and international disasters immediately.

Church World Service provides assistance to more than 80 countries, responding also to the devastation of hunger, poverty and disease.

In addition, 25 percent of the money raised in Bethel will go to the local Good Shepherd Ministry in Lewiston for its work with hunger relief in Maine.

For more information, contact Jane Chandler at 665-2264 or Christine Trefethen at 836-2164.