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  Peace with Justice
Click here to read the Peace with Justice sermons presented by our youth on Sunday May 18, 2008.
  The Quigg Family
Learn more about missionaries Stephen and Gail Quigg ...
The Advance

The United Methodist Church is involved in hundreds of missions programs around the world. The Advance for Christ and His Church (often just referred to as "The Advance"), is an official program of The General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, for "voluntary, designated second-mile financial giving where 100% of your gift goes to the ministry of your choice." For more information click on through to The Advance for Christ and His Church.

If you have a particular missions interest, try The Advance Search Page which can help you to identify specific Advance projects that you might wish to support.

For more overall missions information click through to Mission Programs of The General Board of Global Ministries.
 
   The Missions Committee: Chair - Kathy Mulholland  

The missions committee responsibilities include overseeing the designations for our monthly communion offerings, deciding what missions projects our congregation should support and informing the congregation about the projects, keeping the congregation aware of special projects of UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief), and keeping our pledges of designated amounts to support Open Door, Amistad, and Habitat for Humanity.

In the recent past we have helped with peace vigils, hung 1000+ paper cranes in Fellowship Hall to honor the victims of 9/11, 2001, collected both back-to-school supplies and also Christmas gifts for Amistad children (including a Spanish New Testament for each one), established a prayer board in the back of the sanctuary, supported missionaries in Japan, and highlighted Advance Specials of UMCOR.

Some of the missions trips that our church has gone on in the past include the following:
  • June 1995, to Hull, Illinois, to help rebuild a flood ravaged church.
  • July 1996, to Hyndman, Pennsylvania, to help in flood recovery efforts.
  • January 2000, to Honduras, to help in rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Mitch.
  • July 2006, to Metarie, Louisiana, to help in the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Katrina
  • July 2008, to Waynesburg, Pennsylvania to work with the Greene County PA Habitat for Humanity chapter.

If anyone would like to join the Missions Committee, please see Kathy Mulholland or Pastor Evangelista. We're always welcome to expanding the committee and expanding our outreach!