Missions & Outreach
As a church that cares for others both at home and around the world,
we have an extensive program of Missions and Outreach. Our mission teams have, in recent years,
traveled to Minnesota, New Mexico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky as well as to
countries such as Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Russia. We also provide goods
and/or services monthly to local ministries such as Wesley Community Center, Huber Heights Fish,
and annually to the Festival of Sharing. We provide and serve meals to the homeless in Dayton
through lunches at St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Homefull St Vincent's Hotel. Another outreach
ministry we provide is for education by tutoring students from a Huber Heights Elementary School
and for newcomers to our country by sponsoring and manning the Huber Heights English Language
Program (HELP). People from all over the world have been welcomed in learning not only English
as a second language but practical skills for independence in our community.
Our current Outreach activities include:
- Jackson Area Ministries
Seeds are collected annually and given to JAM for distribution to 19 county ministries
throughout southeast Ohio for growing nutritious vegetables for their families.
- Homefull/St. Vincents
Prepares and serves home cooked lunches monthly to women residing at St. Vincents.
Collects and delivers personal care items for women and families at Homefull St. Vincents.
- Homefull Huber Heights
Provides children reading programs and lunches to the children of Homefull families
residing in Huber Heights. Provides bus tokens for these families' transportation needs
- Monthly Food Collection
Food is collected the first Sunday of each month for Fish or Wesley Community Center Food Pantries.
- Produce and Plant Sharing Table
Church members bring in extra produce and plants from their gardens during harvest.
The produce is available for anyone who can use it. Free will donations are used for
other outreaches at Sulphur Grove.
- First Responder Appreciation
Cookies and Certificates of appreciation are delivered to area policemen, firemen and EMTs each year
- Adopt A Family
Families from a local Community Center are "adopted" at Christmas by members of the congregation.
Each family member is given a gift and the family is provided food for a week.
Food is by Angel Food Ministry. Opportunities are available to attend a Christmas party
with the families at the Community center.
- Thanksgiving Food Collection
Food is donated by the congregation and taken to St Peters, Wesley Community Center and
Huber Heights Fish Food pantries for distribution to needy families
- Festival of Sharing
Collected funds and items such as Flood Buckets for flood victims are collected from the
congregation and delivered to this West Ohio Conference project.
These items are distributed locally, nationally and worldwide.
- Collection of Items
Campbell labels and box tops for education are collected and sent to McCurdy
and Henderson settlement. These are used for vehicles and other items needed
at these missions.
- Other Support
Monetary Support is provided for a Missionary couple in Africa, Wesley Community
Center, Fish Huber Heights, and McCurdy School in New Mexico.
- Recent Mission Trips include:
- Youth:
- 2003 Indian Reservation in Martin, South Dakota
- 2004 Service over Self Mission (Local area repair of facilities)
- 2005 Hurricane Repair Work in South Florida
- 2006 Russia (Education)
- 2006, 2007 Costa Rica (Education)
- 2006,2007 Memphis, TN (Repair)
- 2008 Minnesota (Repair)
- 2008 Heifer Ranch, Arkansas
- 2009 Rutland, Vermont (Repairs)
- 2010 Dominican Republic (Construction)
- Adults:
- 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009 and 2011 Haiti ( Medical and Construction, St. Mark's Church,
Archaie, Haiti was begun in 2009 and finished in 2011 )
- 2003-2010, two teams in 2008, McCurdy School in New Mexico (yeaching and repairs)
- 2004-2010 Dominican Republic (Medical, Dental and Construction working with
Haitian immigrants and Dominicans
- 2007 Russia (Education and Orphanage)
- 2010-2011 Henderson Settlement, Ky (Construction, green house and thrift shop)
- Future Mission Trips Planned
- McCurdy School, New Mexico, October 2011 and February 2012 (Repairs)
- Dominican Republic, Fall 2011 (Dental, Medical and Construction)
- Henderson Settlement, Ky, April 2012 (Construction, greenhouse, office and thrift shop)
- Haiti, Spring 2012 (Medical and Construction)
- The United Methodist Women, the Chancel Choir, the Youth, the Children's Sunday School, the
Christian Unity Committee, and other groups of the church also support the mission
projects through their prayers, their presence, their gifts and their service.
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