Mission
Winter Nights
Winter Nights families will be visiting CUMC for two weeks beginning Monday, March 12 and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church just down the street will be working with us to make sure our guests feel comfortable and cared for.
As always, everyone in our church can help in some way without being overburdened.
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Set up (l0AM) Monday, March 12 and take down (10AM).Monday, March 26
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Breakfast setup and cleanup - (6 - 7 AM) weekdays
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Help prepare weekend breakfast (8 - 10AM) or lunch (12:30 - 1:30 PM)
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Daily coordinator (4:30 - 9 PM)
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Homework help and activities (5 - 8 PM) Monday thru Thursday
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Sleep over (9 PM - 6AM) nightly
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Weekend help during day wherever needed
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Laundry - Monday, March 19 and Monday, March 26
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Donations of money for food and supplies. Please mark contributions “CUMC’ -- Winter Nights” and place in offering plate on Sundays. Any donation not needed for Winter Nights will be used for monthly homeless shelter meals.
Groups within our church can participate by preparing a meal or providing an activity (crafts, games, sports) during the evening or on the weekends.
Winter Nights rules require that all volunteers have their names run through Megan’s Law lists.
Currently there are ten families - 15 adults and 18 children - in the Winter Nights program. One of the adults is a senior lady. The children include 9 girls ages 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 6, 13 and 14, and 9 boys ages 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 16, and 16. Three of the moms are pregnant.
Winter Nights fills a great community need and you can participate right here at CUMC, so come take part, make some new friends, and get a wonderful, warm feeling for doing good work.
Signups will begin in February.
Our next planning meeting will be Saturday, January 28, 9:30 AM in Sherrill Hall. All are welcome.
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Guatemala Medical Mission:
Every year, nurses and doctors and other helpers go to Guatemala and serve hundreds of people who need medical treatment.
Guatemala Medical Mission July 2011
Guatemala Medical Team July 2011
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Prosperity Team-Prosperity Team: They are working on how to secure resources to support local and global missions.
Religion and Race: They become advocates for the equal rights of all races and the peaceful living together with all different races.
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Homeless mission: We cook and serve homeless people for the Single shelter, family shelter, and combined shelters. From October to April, we have Winter Nights to provide shelter for the homeless in this area in cooperation with other churches in this area. Once a year, we have memorial service for the homeless people who passed away that year.
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Meals on Wheels: We deliver meals to the home-bound people when they request the service.
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Heifer Project: We raise funds through Bike-A-Thon (about 10 thousand dollars a year) and buy animals for the poor farmers. Ox, Cow, Pig, Ram, Goat, Chicken, etc. will be purchased and delivered to the farmers.
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Habitat for Humanity: We build houses for the people in poor areas in cooperation with non-profit organization Habitat for Humanity.
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S.H.A.R.E.S: It is an acronym for Supporting Humanities, Arts, Recreation, Education & Sports in our community. We raise funds through our grocery shopping for local missions this way.
