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MISSION AND OUTREACH MINISTRIES
We are "mission minded" locally and globally!
Do you have a heart for serving others in the name
of Jesus Christ? Then, this is a place for you!
We believe that all believers are uniquely gifted
for serving God and called to ministry!
We strive to equip our church
for ministry in the community!
We hope to empower our people to
serve from their hearts and the needs of others!
Local Mission Projects
• Agape Ministry - a community ministry providing food, clothing,
food and takes donations to purchase food the third Sunday of
every month. CUMC also provides volunteers, coats, school supplies,
and financial support. Yarn is collected to make afghans for
clients. Salvation Army bell ringers are needed. The "Souper
Bowl" collection is taken each year on Super Bowl Sunday. "Stuff
the Bus" school supplies collection is every August. Save
your Moser's receipts and grocery bags for Agape.
• Dental Kits for Agape Ministry - Our church-wide Festival of
Sharing project to collect much needed dental supplies for Agape Ministry clients.
Pick up a mission kit bag at church to fill in August and September.
• Turning Point - CUMC groups and individuals volunteer to support this local
shelter for women and children. Donate hygiene and cleaning supplies
and children's books.
• Nursing Home Ministry - Saturday morning
visits to two area nursing homes for social activities. Bingo prizes
are always needed.
• Share-A-Christmas - provides Christmas
gifts, winter coats, food, and hygiene supplies for several needy
families in the community.
• College Cares - sends care packages to
college students from our congregation. Care packages are also
provided to individuals in special need in the hospital or away
from home.
• Casserole Ministry - Meals are provided
to those returning home from the hospital or for other special needs.
• Military Care Packages - sends care
packages to service personnel from our church. Contact the church
office with names and addresses to be added.
• Prayer Chain - through the e-mail or telephone,
sends joys and concerns of our church family and others. Contact
our church office to join. Cards of support and prayers are sent
to persons that we are praying for.
• Prayer Quilt Ministry - quilt blocks
are made and dedicated for those battling illness. Quilters are
needed to make the blocks.
• Mission Candle - For $10, the mission candle
is lit in the church worship service in honor or in memory of someone.
Donations go toward various Methodist ministries each month. Contact
the church office to have the candle lit for a loved one.
• Benevolence Ministry - helps church members
and local persons with urgent and specific needs.
• St. Louis Children's Hospital - 12 inch
comfort pillows are made for the children needing extra support
in their hospitalization. Tiny preemie hats are knitted or crocheted
for the newborns in their ICU. This is an on-going project.
• Centenary Cares - a Methodist ministry
to the homeless in the city of St. Louis. Socks, coats, gloves,
hats, sweatshirts, canned fruit, and hygiene supplies are collected.
Hotel size soap, shampoo, etc are especially needed. Volunteer
opportunities are available.
• Epworth Home for Children - a Methodist
ministry located in Webster Groves, provides special care to
older children that are unable to live with their families. A
dorm is sponsored by a church group. Bath & body items are
collected every February.
• Kingdom House - a Methodist ministry to
the needy in St. Louis. Auction items for their spring golf tournament
can be donated. Save Campbell labels for their day care program.
Mission Projects Outside our Community:
• New Church sponsorship in Mozambique - in coordination
with other local Methodist congregations.
• Heifer Project International - Money is collected
to sponsor the purchase of a specific animal for HPI. Educational
materials are on the mission table.
Visit www.heifer.org.
• Festival of Sharing - held at the state fairgrounds
every October. An interfaith in-gathering of donations and supplies
for ministries in the US and abroad. Kits, eyeglasses, blankets,
wheelchairs, Best Choice labels, etc. are collected and distributed
at the Festival. New kit lists will be available in February.
Visit www.umocm.com/festival.
• Church World Service - A quilt is made each year
to be auctioned at the Festival of Sharing to provide blankets
and Tools of Hope for refugees and victims of natural disasters
all over the world.
Visit www.churchworldservice.org.
• One Great Hour of Sharing - a yearly offering
every March to support United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR).
Visit www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor.
• Volunteers in Mission (VIM) - Teams are being
formed to meet a variety of needs in Missouri and in other states.
Teams have ministered in Hannibal, Kentucky, Kansas City, and Alabama.
• Nothing But Nets - for $10 a bed net can be
purchased to protect a family in Mozambique from malaria. This
was a recent Vacation Bible School project.
Visit www.nothingbutnets.net.
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