Outreach Ministries for 2010
Local Family Support Ministries Betty Young, Coordinator
Includes providing financial support, meals, labor and other assistance for members of our local community who have experienced difficulties and are struggling physically, financially, emotionally or otherwise in need.
Projects
Funeral Meals Edith Lam, Joyce Evers, Flora Mae Gay
Love Offerings
Fire Loss
Senior Ministries Donna Rae Botkin, Coordinator
Plan a program of activities to administer to the needs of shut-ins, nursing home residents, and homebound seniors in our community.
Projects
Community Senior Citizens Edith Lam
Local Church Senior Citizens Donna Rae Botkin
Card Ministry Flora Mae Gay, Sue Floyd
Visitation Betty Young, Lydia Huffer
Identify and Communicate Needs Flora Mae Gay, Delton Botkin
Includes supporting agencies, schools, and organizations that deliver religious education in settings other than churches.
Projects
Weekday Religious Education
Church Supported Colleges
Grandparents Day Barbara Michael
Twenty Something Ministries Melissa Simmons, Coordinator
Age appropriate Christian programs targeted to appeal to young adults in our community who have graduated from high school and have not yet started their own families.
Projects
Wesley Foundation Dinner Glen Langston
Harrisonburg Pregnancy Center
Christian Rock Concerts
Singing Ministries Martha Vogely and Betty Young, Coordinators
Includes special programs of ministry by song for the community.
Projects
Community Gospel Sings Martha Vogely, Betty Young
Inspirational Fellowship Ministries Sue Floyd, Coordinator
Includes support for ministry through fellowship activities for specific groups.
Projects
Ladies Inspirational Fellowship Together (LIFT) (Sue Floyd)
United Methodist Fellowship Edith Lam
Get to Know Your Neighbor Day
Contacting Inactive Members Sue Floyd
Homecoming
Food Ministries Ruthie Snyder, Coordinator
Provide food, necessary items, and volunteers for community organizations dedicated to ministry through feeding the hungry.
Projects
Food Banks Ruth Snyder, Padi Burtner, Martha Vogely
Valley Mission
St. Andrews Potato Project
Hunters for the Hungry
Childrens Ministries Kristal Harlow and Michelle Young, Coordinators
Provide support for childrens centers and individual child support including collecting needed commodities, providing volunteers for workdays and addressing other childrens ministries.
Projects
Childrens Mission Fund Kristal Harlow, Michelle Young
The Lighthouse Childrens Center
Compassion International Project Melissa Simmons
Shoe Box Project
Henry Fork
Recreational Fellowship Ministries Delton Botkin, Coordinator
Provide opportunities to minister to the community through the use of recreational activities
Projects
Church Softball Team Charles Curry
Basketball Games
Fishing Bill Crummett
Camping
Travel Ministries Charles Curry and Sue Floyd, Coordinators
Organize pay-as-you-go trips for the community to attend religious, cultural, educational, and/or other events of interest, and minister through travel.
Prison Ministries Joyce Evers, Coordinator
Includes support for ministry to the needs of incarcerated individuals and their families.
Projects
Red Apple Project Joyce Evers
Community Outreach Ministries Joyce Evers, Coordinator
Includes activities that involve residents of the community in social, spiritual, benevolent, and fellowship activities such as the community.
Projects
North River Ministerial Association Activities Joyce Evers
Community Lenten Services Glen Langston
Community Thanksgiving Service Glen Langston
Easter Sunrise Service Glen Langston
Lawn Party Joyce Evers
Firewood Project Joyce Evers
Facilitate the distribution of good clothes that are no longer wanted to individuals within the community who have a need for them and can purchase them for a nominal fee.
Projects
Clothing Closet
Community Yard Sale Barbara Michael, Krystal Harlow
Participate in supporting areas in need of assistance due to natural disasters.
Projects
Mission Trips
Disaster Relief Kits Krystal Harlow
Haiti Earthquake Relief
Mission Education Rev. Glen Langston
Mission Sundays will be held periodically throughout the year. Guest speakers will be invited to come and share their mission experience. United Methodist mission projects and other agency projects will be presented to the congregation for information and possible involvement. Educational materials will be collected and a mission resource library created.