Outreach Ministries
Mother's Morning Out
Have you ever wished you had a good friend to help you with the children?
Someone that has been in the neighborhood a long time?
Someone that could offer you a couple hours to catch up or take a break?
LET COLE MEMORIAL UMC BE THAT NEIGHBOR!
Our Church will be offering free childcare for families in the Derita neighborhood on November 14, 2009.
Who: Pre- registered children nursery through Fifth Grade
What: Free Mother’s Morning Out
Where: 2022 West Sugar Creek Road
When: November 14, 2009 from 10:00am- 12:30pm
There will be crafts, singing, games, snacks, stories & a short movie.
Please call 704.596.2356 today & sign up
Let our family take care of your family!!!
Sunday Night Suppers & Seminars
Beginning Sunday, September 20th, we will be hosting Sunday Night Suppers & Seminars which are open to the community. Pre-registration is required. The dinner meal is 5pm-5:30pm followed by activities for children, youth and adults. There will be a Children’s Community Choir for ages 5 through 5th grade. UMYF is for youth grades 6 – 12. The Adult Studies are beginning with community interest topics and speakers such as Crime & Safety, CMPD Gang of One, Homeless in our area & practical ways to help, etc. ... more information
Salvation Army Homeless Women Emergency Shelter
For the week of October 12-19, we will assist the Salvation Army effort to provide shelter for homeless women. Their emergency overflow shelter closed September 1st and they asked community churches to help meet the need. We will host 12 single women every night for all 7 nights, Oct 11-19. We provide transportation to and from the Salvation Army Center of Hope, dinner, breakfast, snacks, toiletries, fellowship and socializing, and sleeping in a warm, safe, Christian environment.
Don’t toss your expired coupons—bring them to the basket in the Narthex. We will send them to commissaries on U.S. military bases who allow their families to use coupons up to six months past their expiration dates. So, when cleaning our your coupons, sort out those that have expired and drop them in the basket. And to be extra nice, include a note of support for our troops.
Easter Eggstravaganza!
Our family at Cole hosts an annual Egg Hunt and Spring Carnival for our community. We celebrate that Jesus Lives! There are lots of candy, games, eggs cupcakes and neighbors. Church members also donate lots of goodies for the Cake Walk. The profits made from this year’s Cake Walk were donated OMS International and their work in Haiti. The funds were earmarked for radio missions, childcare and medical missions. Our celebration was April 12th and the weather was great! Everyone was reminded that we are truly an “Easter People”.
VBS
2009
Welcome to Studio GO! Game Show, where the kids experienced real service, real teamwork and real FUN! Our game show set offered great meals, a wacky Host and lots of prizes!
June 25th, 26th, & 27th the children participated in the excitement of Studio GO!, experienced God’s Word at Primetime Bible Challenge, met real life servants at Service Showcase, plus created fun –filled crafts and played challenging games. And, through it all, we hope they came to understand that with Jesus everyone wins! During this VBS retreat the kids were encouraged and motivated to go out and serve others. Joshua 1:9 was their reminder that God is with them no matter how or where they choose to serve!
Cole Memorial is a charter member of the Charlotte Room In the Inn ministry. Room In the Inn is a church-based homeless shelter ministry that is sponsored by the Charlotte Center for Urban Ministries. Cole Memorial provides meals, shelter, and a devotional in our gymnasium for an average of 12 homeless men every Thursday night from the first week in December through the last week in March. Volunteers for the meals and staying overnight are both needed and welcomed.
UNC Charlotte Campus Ministry (United Christian
Fellowship)
Cole Memorial is a Covenant Partner with United Christian Fellowship, a cooperative campus ministry sponsored by The Episcopal Church, The Presbyterian Church, The Lutheran Church, and The United Methodist Church. Learn more about UCF by visiting their website at www.uncc.edu/ucf.
Our 2009 Summer Mission Team returned from a week-long trip to Georgetown, SC where they completed home-building projects. View photos here.
Epiphany Prison Ministry
Epiphany Ministry is an ecumenical Christian ministry for young men and women who are in custody of the North Carolina Department of Corrections. Epiphany weekend events involve teams of adults and youth who work together to show the love of God to those attending. A variety of ministry opportunities are available from prayer support to serving as a weekend team member. Cole Memorial also serves as the host church for meetings of the Epiphany Board of Directors as well as the Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries Commission of the Western North Carolina Conference.
Saturn Nursing Home Ministry
Members of Cole Memorial visit the Saturn Nursing Home at 10:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month for a game of bingo and much needed social interaction and fellowship.
Operation Christmas Child
Our youth coordinate Cole Memorial’s participation in this annual collection of shoe boxes filled with Christmas gifts for needy children throughout the world. Operation Christmas Child is a program of Samaritan’s Purse.
C.R.O.P. Walk
Members of Cole Memorial participate in the annual Charlotte area C.R.O.P. Walk that raises money for hunger ministries locally and throughout the world. This annual event, held in October, is the largest of its kind in the nation.
Crisis Assistance Ministry
Crisis Assistance Ministry is a community-based ecumenical ministry that provides emergency assistance to residents of the Charlotte Mecklenburg area. Members of Cole Memorial participate in the ministry through monetary donations and as volunteers.
Bethlehem Center
The Bethlehem Center is a nationally renowned agency serving the Belmont Community in Charlotte through day care, elderly care, ministries with the blind, and other essential ministries. Members of Cole Memorial participate in the ministry through monetary donations and as volunteers
Community Blood Drive
The Cole Memorial sponsors Community Blood Drives in our gymnasium in the Summer months.
Disaster Relief
Members of Cole Memorial have the opportunity to provide assistance to victims of natural disasters throughout out the world through our support of the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the Disaster Response Team of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.
ReachOut Ministry
ReachOut Ministry is a United Methodist ministry with the Hmong Community in Charlotte. The ministry is housed at First United Methodist Church on North Tryon Street.