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Missions and Volunteer Opportunities

Since Grace church is a mission church, reaching out is a priority of this congregation. Everyone is asked to participate in one of the following or invite others to get involved in a point of ministry not listed and yet discovered by the membership.

United Methodist Volunteers in Mission

PINE RIDGE MISSION 2008

Trip is scheduled for October 18-24, 2008.

If you are volunteering for the trip to Pine Ridge please fill out and mail the following forms:

Adult Medical Form-2008.doc

Pine Ridge Programs.doc

Pine Ridge Team Application 2008.doc

RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY.doc

Skills Assessment Form-2008.doc

For more information on the project site click on the Pine Ridge website link.

www.re-member.org

 

Coin Fund

Every month we have a specific focus on a mission project that receives the support of the congregation by placing coins in the mission fountain every Sunday. Change can make a change. Six of the Sundays support the denominational special offerings, and six Sundays support local outreach. A special offering is taken twice a year to supplement all of the above listed ministries, Easter and Christmas. From those offerings we add $100 to each of the above, thus raising just under $2000 a year with a minimal effort and a maximum effect.

LOCAL OUTREACH and HANDS-ON MINISTRY:

Each member of the church is invited to participate in the following hands-on ministries within our own community.

COMEA SOUP DAY: sponsored by Missions and Outreach on the last Thursday of the month.

COMEA BREAKFAST DAY: feeding breakfast to the homeless on the last Sunday of every month.

VOLUNTEERS IN MISSION: traveling to national and international worksites sponsored by VIM. This ministry includes construction, repairs, upgrades, VBS, etc. Our pastor leads teams to the Rosebud Indian Reservation every summer.

GREENSBURG KANSAS:  46 VIM team members went to the tornado damaged area and worked on three houses pouring foundations, putting up walls, and gave out hope.  In addition team members paid for a new water heater and installed showers at Haviland UMC.  16 ladders and scaffolding was purchased and donated to Disaster Recovery.

ROSEBUD RESERVATION: Rosebud work teams have been traveling to Mission South Dakota for the past 12 years and this year a group of 20 volunteers will be going to once again help with home repairs. Teams stay at the Tree of Life facility and work is done from one end of the reservation to the other. Teams work with families to do full house repairs and bring the homes up to date. The next team will be going July 21st.

KATRINA: Grace UMC has taken 6 teams to the Gulf area for Katrina Relief Efforts.  So far 162 people have gone on teams taking over $70,000.00 for repairs.

OKLAHOMA CHURCH: Grace church has a sister church at Grants Chapel, Oklahoma. This congregation is Native American. We have sent funds to help with construction, Bibles for study, children's books for church school. We traveled to Oklahoma to work on their new chapel in the fall of 2003.

MEDICINE BOXES: Once a year we assemble the materials and funds to send medicine boxes to the UMCOR depot in Louisiana for distribution worldwide. This ministry helps with disaster relief and is our support for UMCOR along with One Great Hour of Sharing.

HEALTH KITS: Our youth help sponsor health kits for UMCOR. Last year we sent 75 kits to the depot. The youth hosted this project and then assembled all the kits. The congregation assisted with the funding and the donations.

LOCAL OUTREACH: Provided for low-income families, homeless families and homeless individuals for emergency shelter, food, prescription medication and hardship moves please contact Kristina at 634-7472.  Cases will be verified thru an application process.  Community outreach programs available in Cheyenne include:

  • Comea House                      - 1504 Stinson Ave  -               (307) 632-3174

  • Home Away From Home        - 2600 18th St         -               (307) 634-2273

  • Safehouse Shelter                 - 1813 Carey Ave     -               (307) 634-8655

  • Needs, Inc.                           - 900 Central Ave     -               (307) 632-4132

  • Welcome Mat                       - 907 Logan Ave       -               (307) 634-8499

  • Salvation Army Sally House   - 601 E. 20th St       -               (307) 634-2769

  • Cheyenne Interfaith Hospitality Network - 2950 Spruce Drive -  (307) 772-8770

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