Outreach Mission & Ministry

The mission of the United Methodist Church is ‘to make disciples of Jesus Christ’. The fundamental way we fulfill our mission is to reach out to people in the Name of Jesus Christ, to relate people to God, to nurture and strengthen them in their journey of discipleship, and to send them into the world.

Mission programs are not an option in the church; they are the foundation for spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. By the authority of the God of justice, mercy, and peace, the risen Jesus sends the church into the mission partnership with God (St. Matthew 28: 18-20).

At Memorial United Methodist Church we take the Wesleyan tradition of serving others very seriously. We understand participation in God’s mission as a function, duty, and privilege of all believers. For this reason we are involved in numerous outreach and mission projects locally, throughout the USA and around the world.

Our Mission and Ministry projects include:

Our Local Missions:

  1. St. Elizabeth’s House, Hartford – a homeless shelter which houses 71 and feeds an additional 170-200 daily. We purchase, prepare and serve meals for residents six times each year.
  2. Covenant to Care, Hartford and New Britain – We continue our covenant to ‘adopt’ the families of two local social workers and to provide for those families over and above the limits of the social welfare program. This outreach especially takes place around the holiday times of the year.
  3. Department of Children and Families Food Pantry, New Britain and Farmington – Through special events we collect food and deliver it several times throughout the year.
  4. Tutoring, DiLoreto Magnet School, New Britain – up to 12 members of our congregation go to the school three times weekly to help students with their school work.
  5. Avon Fuel Bank
  6. Habitat for Humanity
  7. Red Cross Blood Drives
  8. Our building houses counseling for families, children and adults as well as twice weekly AA meetings.

Our Global Missions

  1. Glenn and Roberta Hupprich – support for this missionary family in their work with African street children.
  2. Rev. Oksana Petrova – support for this missionary in her work with orphans in St. Petersburg, Russia.
  3. Prison Ministries – the collection and distribution of magazines to provide recreation for the incarcerated.

Our United Methodist Church Connection

  1. General Board of Global Ministries – through our apportionments, we support missionaries in many countries, a network of advocacy for children, enlistment and education of youth for Christian ministry, and support for missional churches.
  2. Higher Education and Ministry – through our apportionments, we support 13 theological schools, eight two-year colleges, one professional school, nine college preparatory schools, and numerous four year colleges and universities. In addition, we support Christian witness on campuses throughout the world.
  3. Health Services – through our apportionments, we support dozens of child care facilities, retirement homes, hospitals and nursing homes.
  4. Africa University – through our apportionments, we support the first United Methodist University on the continent of Africa.
  5. United Methodist Committee on Relief – through our apportionments, we support disaster relief at home and throughout the world.
  6. Volunteers in Mission (VIM) – mission trip to Biloxi, Mississippi January 2006

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