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Missions The Mission's supported by Wesley UMC range from local community rebuilding, to regional efforts, and as far reaching as international spiritual and financial support. The entire church has a desire for people to meet and have a relationship with Christ. The support of missions and evangelism is evidence of that. MAIN TOPICS:
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Africa University
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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This is the UMC's only university on the continent of Africa. Your gifts are training the leaders for Africa today that will reshape the continent tomorrow. This fund provides the resources to build and maintain this great school of learning. Wesley is currently supporting financially.
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Angel Tree
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Written by Administrator
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The Angel Tree Project has helped over 5 million children since 1982. Those children have one or more parent in prison - with little or no way to provide even a small Christmas each year. Wesley UMC Seaford has been an Angel Tree supporter for many years. This year (2006) was no exception. As this project wraps up for another Christmas holiday, please watch this presentation to learn more about the program you have been supporting. And thank you, from all of those who were touched by your gifts.
Coordinators: Jessica Hearn and Joan Neal
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Betel Hispanic Mission Church
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Betel is a little mission church in Georgetown that holds services in a sparsely remodeled warehouse. Their minister is Rene Knight originally from the Dominican Republic. The congregation's goals include doing more community outreach, growing their congregation from 70 to 100 members and to become financially independent. The Hispanic Mission Taskforce, in which Wesley UMC participates, provides both financial and promotional support. The Task Force depends on continuous contributions from churches and individuals. Currently less than 15 of 108 churches in the District contribute regularly to the Task Force. The Task Force helps to raise money by conducting Chili Luncheons at various churches. Come out Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. to worship God with our Hispanic brothers and sisters in Christ! Dios te bendiga!
For more information: Pastor Fred Duncan |
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Blanket Sunday
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Each spring a collection is taken for Church World Service for the purchase of tools and blankets. Five dollars ($5.00) will purchase one warm blanket for a homeless person or tools and seeds for a struggling farmer in a third world country. A coordinator is needed for this yearly event.
For more information: http://www.churchworldservice.org/tools-blankets/index.htmI |
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Camp Pecometh
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Wesley UMC has been maintaining a cabin on the girls' side of the camp for several years. Past improvements have included painting the interior walls, porch restoration, and curtains. We are recruiting for a coordinator that is handy with home repairs and has carpentry skills. Please contact Pastor Ed or Bonnie Kendall if you are interested.
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Campbell Soup Labels
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Cut and save your Campbell soup labels and place them in the container at the back of the church. Labels are bundled and sent to Red Bird Mission in Southeast Kentucky to be redeemed for school supplies, sports equipment and 15 passenger vans.
For more information: http://www.rbmission.org
Coordinator: Peggy Martinez |
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Canned Fruit Sunday
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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St. John's UMC stocks a food pantry to help meet the needs of our neighbors. We can share in this effort by remembering to bring a can of fruit every 1st Sunday of the month to help replenish the shelves. Please leave your cans of fruit in the church vestibule. Coordinator: Arinda Belote |
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CROP Walk
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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A CROP Walk was held in the Fall of 2004 after several years of being dormant in our area. Members of our congregation pledge to walk 3 miles, identifying with people in other lands who must walk at least that distance every day for food or clean water. Sponsors support walkers with donations. All money raised is distributed worldwide (75%) and locally (25%) through Church World Service. Walkers, sponsors, and a coordinator for this yearly event are needed.
For more information: http://www.cropwalk.org/
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Glasses for Masses
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Glasses for the Masses (GFM) was formed in 1985 by Fairview UMC as a mission to supply eye glasses to Mark Waltz in Paraguay. Glasses are distributed to over 30 missions throughout the world. There is an on-hand supply of over twenty-thousand pairs of glasses. They also help missions by loaning a vision instrument called a Focometer. God brought them enough donors so they could purchase seven of these from InFocus I Houston, TX. There are three of these machines available to loan for short term missions. The following countries have been served by this outreach: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Ukraine, and Venezuela. Wesley will conduct a glasses collection about every two years to send to Fairview UMC. If you are interested in coordinating this outreach, please contact Bonnie Kendall.
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Henderson Settlement
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Henderson Settlement reaches out through more than 60 different ministry activities (programs) to families in four different counties in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee. Lives of more than 3,000 rural people are touched each year in all ages and stages of life in communities where 80% of the people fall into the low-income or poverty level categories and real unemployment runs between 40 to 50%. Wesley UMC currently financially supports the work of Henderson Settlement.
For more information: http://www.hendersonsettlement.com
A coordinator is needed to correspond with Henderson staff for updates. |
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Hope for the Children of Africa
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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The needs of children in Africa are tremendous. They need help in locating their parents, who have become victims of land mines and other explosive objects. Children with handicapping conditions have been abandoned. Children have been sold into prostitution, which leads to pregnancies, abortions, infections and often death. Children as young as 10 have been conscripted into the army. They are taken from their homes, desensitized, trained to kill and fight the battles of adults. Wesley is currently supporting this mission effort financially.
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Red Bird Mission
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Red Bird Mission provides Christmas Boxes for over 500 children in the poverty stricken area of Southeast Kentucky. Items should be collected in October in order to be received in time for packaging and distribution by Christmas.
For more information: http://www.rbmission.org (then select "Needs List" and "Christmas Boxes for Youth".
Coordinator: Denise Crockett
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Red Bird Mission
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Red Bird Mission, guided by Jesus Christ, empowers individuals and advocates justice by providing spiritual, educational, health, and community outreach ministries. In 2005 Wesley UMC has committed to supporting a full time missionary at Red Bird Mission through our prayers, presence, gifts and service. Jennifer Barbee Wilder is an elementary school teacher and has taught at Red Bird Mission School since 1992. Jennifer is married with two small children. She attends Jack's Creek UMC where she teaches Sunday School and leads music. Through our Covenant Relationship, Jennifer will be sharing with our congregation about the work that God is doing in Beverly, Kentucky. Please feel free to encourage Jennifer with cards and letters. Mail to Jennifer Wilder, c/o Red Bird Mission, HC 69 Box 700, Beverly, Kentucky 40913.
For more information: http://www.rbmission.org (then select "Mission Support & Missionary Bios" and "Mission Personnel Advance Special Numbers and Biographies")
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Red Bird Mission
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Wesley United Methodist Church Members visited Red Bird Mission in June 2007! The trip was a wonderful opportunity to share Christ, and help with construction projects around the region surrounding Red Bird Mission. Take a look at this short video of the Group's activities and the wonderful scenery in Kentucky!
For more information: http://www.rbmission.org
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Salvation Army
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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It is a proven fact that more money is collected in Salvation Army kettles which are manned with a bell ringer than those that are not. Can't you spare 2 hours during the holiday season to ring a bell and greet shoppers as they enter a store? If you are interested in doing your part to "ring" in the holidays, please sign up to be a bell ringer with the Salvation Army. Coordinator: Denise Rementer
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Salvation Army
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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The Salvation Army of Western Sussex County (located next to Food Lion) provides mesh Christmas stockings which members of our congregation fill with toys and necessary items for needy children ages 0 to 13. The value of the contents of the stocking should not exceed $20.00. Stockings are obtained in early November, made available to the congregation, and filled stockings are collected for delivery to the Salvation Army by early December. Coordinator: Tammy Steele
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Seaford Mission - Soup Kitchen
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Written by Administrator
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The Seaford Mission regularly attends Wesley UMC Prayer Breakfasts. The Mission is active in moving broken men into a repaired relationship with God. The Mission accomplishes this task through a disciplined live-in program and rigorous Bible teaching. The leadership of Mr. Paul Alexander has been key to the success of healing the lives of many men. The Mission is supported by many local churches, and Wesley UMC is encouraged by the results of their support. |
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Seaford Mission - Soup Kitchen
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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The Seaford Mission is a shelter which houses up to 25 men who are homeless, fighting an addiction, and seek spiritual restoration. Wesley UMC financially supports the shelter on a monthly basis. We also help in the soup kitchen every 4th Tuesday of the month by cooking and serving a warm, nutritious meal to the residents. Help is needed to assist current teams who cook and serve. Please contact Doris Cummings at 629-4182 if you are interested in helping. We are also looking for someone to attend the Advisory Board/Executive Board meetings the 1st Monday of each month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Shiloh House of Hope
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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Shiloh House of Hope, Inc. is a non-denominational, not-for-profit residential program for teens located on a beautiful piece of farmland in Southern Delaware. The program is modeled after the National House of Hope in Orlando, Florida. This non-denominational, not-for-profit residential program for teens is located on beautiful farmland in Southern Delaware that Lori Rider, Vice-President, generously donated to the site of Shiloh House of Hope.
Shiloh House of Hope is a safe haven where hurting teens are given a hope and a future. Through a Christ-centered, loving environment, teens will receive counseling and education that will bring about healing and restoration to them and their families.
The landscape of our nation is scattered with broken lives shattered by the destructive affects of child abuse, sexual abuse, drug abuse, self-mutiliation and more. Shiloh will provide a place where young boys and girls ages 13-18 can come and receive help for their hurting lives. Life coaches and counselors will be available, on-site, to offer assistance and guidance in the healing and restoration process.
For more information: http://www.shilohhouseofhope.org
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Society of St. Andrew and Harvest of Hope
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Written by Bonnie Kendall
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The Society of St. Andrew is an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to meeting both spiritual and physical hungers. They feed the hungry all year long by saving fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste and giving it to the needy. This is accomplished through their three operating programs, the Potato Project, the Gleaning Network, and Harvest of Hope. If you are interested in participating in a Harvest of Hope weekend, please contact Bonnie Kendall.
For more information: http://www.endhunger.org
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