Missions
Each month we focus on raising financial support for an individual mission.
Each month we focus on raising financial support for an individual mission.
January
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Sue Koljeski, who served as an international missionary in Ghana, has been our January Mission partner for the past 8 years. Sue retired this past year. The Mission Committee is currently working on her replacement in the international field. Any monies received in the January mission designation of your offering envelope will be dedicated to this new mission.
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February
Agape Family Shelter
www.lebanonrescuemission.org/our-ministries/agape-family-shelter
Agape Family Shelter is a branch of the Lebanon Rescue Mission that provides shelter, food, and counseling for homeless women and their children. We give financial support through a special offering.
www.lebanonrescuemission.org/our-ministries/agape-family-shelter
Agape Family Shelter is a branch of the Lebanon Rescue Mission that provides shelter, food, and counseling for homeless women and their children. We give financial support through a special offering.
March
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) /One Great Hour of Sharing - www.umcor.org
Since 1940, when UMCOR’s forerunner was established to meet the needs of those suffering overseas at the onset of World War II, we’ve continued to respond to those in desperate need—today throughout more than eighty countries around the world including disasters right here in the US
Since 1940, when UMCOR’s forerunner was established to meet the needs of those suffering overseas at the onset of World War II, we’ve continued to respond to those in desperate need—today throughout more than eighty countries around the world including disasters right here in the US
April
Appalachian Missions
www.heartandhandhouse.org
Through the Heart and Hand Ministry, annually we travel to Barbour County, WV in order to provide hands-on assistance with home repairs and building projects that will provide low income families with safe, affordable and adequate housing.
www.heartandhandhouse.org
Through the Heart and Hand Ministry, annually we travel to Barbour County, WV in order to provide hands-on assistance with home repairs and building projects that will provide low income families with safe, affordable and adequate housing.
May
Gretna Glen Camp & Retreat Center www.gretnaglen.org
Gretna Glen is blessed to provide a place apart that transforms lives. Each year we host 10,000 summer campers, volunteers, school group students and retreat guests. We are so grateful that this 200 acres is set aside for opportunities for children, youth, and adults to grow closer to nature, build relationships, and grow in their faith. Gretna Glen is a Christian Camp and Retreat Center located just east of Hershey, PA amidst the beautiful forest and stream of Mt. Gretna, PA.
Gretna Glen is blessed to provide a place apart that transforms lives. Each year we host 10,000 summer campers, volunteers, school group students and retreat guests. We are so grateful that this 200 acres is set aside for opportunities for children, youth, and adults to grow closer to nature, build relationships, and grow in their faith. Gretna Glen is a Christian Camp and Retreat Center located just east of Hershey, PA amidst the beautiful forest and stream of Mt. Gretna, PA.
June
Jubilee Ministries www.jub.org
Jubilee Ministries is all about Life Change...We “Rebuild, Restore and Renew” lives that are broken and caught in cycles of addiction, incarceration or homelessness. We minister to men and women inside prisons, we minister to the families of those in prison, we minister to men released from prison, and we minister to homeless families. We share God’s love and the wonderful message of hope found in Jesus Christ! More information is available at https://www.jub.or
Jubilee Ministries is all about Life Change...We “Rebuild, Restore and Renew” lives that are broken and caught in cycles of addiction, incarceration or homelessness. We minister to men and women inside prisons, we minister to the families of those in prison, we minister to men released from prison, and we minister to homeless families. We share God’s love and the wonderful message of hope found in Jesus Christ! More information is available at https://www.jub.or
July
T.J. Renninger - Disciple Makers
www.dm.org/
DiscipleMakers is a Christian campus ministry based in Pennsylvania. Our goal is to raise up the next generation of leasers for the church by training college students in Bible study, gospel-driven discipleship, and evangelism.
www.dm.org/
DiscipleMakers is a Christian campus ministry based in Pennsylvania. Our goal is to raise up the next generation of leasers for the church by training college students in Bible study, gospel-driven discipleship, and evangelism.
August
Youth For Christ
Youth for Christ is a worldwide Christian movement working with young people around the globe. Motivated by our own faith we give young people everywhere the opportunity to be followers of Jesus Christ. For more info go to https://yfci.org/about/
Youth for Christ is a worldwide Christian movement working with young people around the globe. Motivated by our own faith we give young people everywhere the opportunity to be followers of Jesus Christ. For more info go to https://yfci.org/about/
September
Lebanon County Christian Ministries (LCCM) www.lccm.us
LCCM provides food, clothing, emergency fuel, etc. to families in Lebanon County on a temporary need basis. Once a month volunteers from our congregation prepare and serve a noon meal to needy people in the city of Lebanon. Our congregation collects necessities, and provides support through our membership affiliation. We give additional financial support through a special offering. We also participate in the emergency shelter program offering our Fellowship Hall to act as an overnight shelter for the homeless two weeks every winter and spring.
LCCM provides food, clothing, emergency fuel, etc. to families in Lebanon County on a temporary need basis. Once a month volunteers from our congregation prepare and serve a noon meal to needy people in the city of Lebanon. Our congregation collects necessities, and provides support through our membership affiliation. We give additional financial support through a special offering. We also participate in the emergency shelter program offering our Fellowship Hall to act as an overnight shelter for the homeless two weeks every winter and spring.
October
World Communion - www.umcgiving.org/ministry-articles/world-communion-sunday
World Communion provides scholarships and grants to racial and ethnic-minority students for ministerial studies.
World Communion provides scholarships and grants to racial and ethnic-minority students for ministerial studies.
November
Family Life Counseling Centers (FLCC) Tanzania, Africa
Family Life Counseling Center (FLCC) in Tanzania, Africa began with the vision of Lucas and Limi Ndaro and is now being run by Dennis and Mary Mashiku. In 2010, CUMC raised funds and sent a mission team to Tanzania to assist in the physical construction of the FLCC. The center provided a successful entrepreneurial seminar and serves as a center for marriage and family counseling, HIV/AIDS counseling, microfinance counseling, parenting and spiritual growth. We are committed to continue to financially and prayerfully support the ministry as it grows to serve the emotional, physical, spiritual and financial needs of the local community in Nassa.
Family Life Counseling Center (FLCC) in Tanzania, Africa began with the vision of Lucas and Limi Ndaro and is now being run by Dennis and Mary Mashiku. In 2010, CUMC raised funds and sent a mission team to Tanzania to assist in the physical construction of the FLCC. The center provided a successful entrepreneurial seminar and serves as a center for marriage and family counseling, HIV/AIDS counseling, microfinance counseling, parenting and spiritual growth. We are committed to continue to financially and prayerfully support the ministry as it grows to serve the emotional, physical, spiritual and financial needs of the local community in Nassa.
December
Kristina Raine - Email: kristinalraine@gmail.com
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is an interdenominational ministry which establishes and sustains thriving Christian communities at colleges and universities nationwide. We support Kristina in her Ministry at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. More information is available at www.intervarsity.org.
Other Ministries of the United Methodist Church
Mission Work Camps
Cornwall Church has lent our support both physically and financially to mission work sites throughout the world. Our members have traveled to distant locales - including Africa, Jamaica, Granada and Puerto Rico as well as within the country such as to the Gulf coast of Georgia and East Coast of Maryland for Hurricane recovery - to personally work on projects with the local people and ministries.
Cornwall Church has lent our support both physically and financially to mission work sites throughout the world. Our members have traveled to distant locales - including Africa, Jamaica, Granada and Puerto Rico as well as within the country such as to the Gulf coast of Georgia and East Coast of Maryland for Hurricane recovery - to personally work on projects with the local people and ministries.
Heifer Project
www.heifer.org/about-heifer/index.html
This unique mission program helps the poor to help themselves by providing a source of income to feed their families. Animals, along with instructions in their care, are given to needy families all over the world. The first offspring are given away to other poor families in order to help them prosper. We feature this mission at Christmas as a part of our annual Alternative Gift Market.