Missions Outreach of College United Methodist Church
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. School supplies are collected each July and August for children. Save your Moser’s receipts, grocery bags, and egg cartons to donate to Agape.
• Benevolence Ministry – helps church members and local persons with urgent and specific needs.
• The Bridge – 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.
• Casserole Ministry – Meals are provided to those returning home from the hospital or for other special needs.
• 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.
• 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.
• Health Kits for the Festival of Sharing – In the face of natural diasters, violence, or poverty, these kits can mean the difference between sickness and health for people in the U.S. and around the world. The church will be collecting these kits to take to the Festival of Sharing in the fall. Each kit contains: 1 hand towel, 1 sturdy comb, 1 toothbrush, 1 washcloth, 1 bar of soap, 1 metal nail file or nail clipper with file, 6 bandaids. Seal all items in a one gallon plastic bag with zipper closure.
• 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.
• Military Care Packages – sends care packages to service personnel from our church. Contact the church office with names and addresses to be added.
• Nursing Home Ministry – Saturday morning visits to area nursing homes for social activities. Bingo prizes are always needed.
• 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.
• Share-A-Christmas – provides Christmas gifts, winter coats, food, and hygiene supplies for several needy families in the community.
• St. Louis Children’s Crisis Nursery in Wentzville – 1Provides a 24 hour safe haven for children birth through 12 years old whose families are facing crisis. Volunteers are needed. Donations of new socks, underwear, diapers, wipes, Barbies of all cultures, toy cars and trucks, board games (ages 2-11), older boy and girl items, toothbrushes & toothpaste are also needed.
• 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. Hotel sized samples are perfect sizes for their guests. Save them as you travel.
Mission Projects Outside our Community
• 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.
• 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. Current kit lists are available on the mission table in the back of the Sanctuary
• 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.
• New Church sponsorship in Mozambique – in coordination with other local Methodist congregations.
• 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.
• 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.
To learn more about the mission efforts of the United Methodist Church visit www.umc.org.