Tempe First United Methodist Church

and the Wesley Foundation at

Arizona State University

On the Arizona State University campus at Forest & University Avenues

Tempe, Arizona   USA

Community Involvement & Missions Team

Our team provides the opportunity to participate in one or more projects which interest you.  Our focus is to find ways to help our church family address the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the community around us and to tap into the energy and generosity of our church membership through mission opportunities.  The following is a list of some of the programs that we have sponsored during the past year:

1. Homeless Shower Program.  Our church opens up its shower facilities in Baker Center and provides soap and towels twice each week so that the   homeless in our community have a place to shower.

2. Item-of-the-Month.  Each month, items such as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, soap and other personal hygiene and clothing items are collected to benefit the shower program.

3. Sack Lunch Program.  Approximately 72 lunches are packed and distributed to the homeless and hungry in the Tempe area through the Salvation Army and also through the church office.

4. Food Drives.  A food collection campaign in November benefits the hungry by supplementing local food banks.

5. Christmas Gifts.  Working through the Salvation Army, our church provides a little joy during the Christmas season by purchasing gifts for children who would otherwise have none.

6. UMOM Christmas Cards.  An alternative gift giving program where the giver makes a donation to the UMOM New Day Center in the name of a loved one and memorializes the gift with a UMOM card.

7. Habitat for Humanity.  Work teams from the church helped fund and build two homes as part of the Mighty Methodist Coalition during the past year, one for the West Valley affiliate in the Fall of 2002 and another in the East Valley in the Spring of 2003.  We hope to continue our six year association with Habitat.

We invite you to join with us in sharing God’s love through our outreach to the Tempe Community and world beyond.