Offerings to the Church Periodical Club (CPC) on CPC Sunday - the first Sunday in May - or any Sunday following are used to fund the ministry of the printed word. Bibles, Prayer Books, books for seminarians, educational materials, medical textbooks, agricultural manuals and books for those in local and global mission are some of the publications the CPC supplies.

In addition, through its Mile of Pennies (MOP) program, CPC awards grants to provide for the needs of children aged preschool through high school. MOP fund-raising is geared for Sunday School and youth group projects, but adults are certainly welcome to add their coins to the collection. Requests may be made for books, workbooks, manuals, videos, CDs, Vacation Bible School and audio-visual materials. One mile of pennies equals $844.80. MOP grants are awarded up to that amount. Grant applications are endorsed by a CPC representative.

CPC is an affiliated organization of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. It is the only organization in ECUSA dedicated solely to providing free literature and related materials, both religious and secular, to people all over the world who need and request them who have no other source for obtaining such literature and materials. The CPC operates at all levels of the church — national, provincial, diocesan, parish.