Missions

WHUMC is a mission-minded church.  Many of our members are involved in a number of mission areas.

List of supported missions

Appalachian Service Project 2010

The Appalachian Service Project Team will be gone the week of June 27th. A welcome home party will be held for this special group of young people on:

Sunday, July 4th - Immediately following the 11:00 o’clock service - Windsor Hall
For information about the summer 2010 ASP program, please contact David Benson at 774-7124

Mission Highlight

KATRINA REBUILD TRIP PLANNED

Housing reservations have been made for the week of May 8 -15
at the Presbyterian Outreach Center in Slidell, LA to return for our 4th trip to assist in repairing homes damaged by hurricane Katrina.

Volunteers from Fincastle UMC have been invited to join us in this effort. We hope to have about 15 people to go on this trip. If you are interested in participating, call John Stokes at 473-1578 or Vince Clinevell at 774-5846.

All volunteers who plan to go are asked to attend an information meeting immediately after church (12:15 AM) in the church library.

2010 Lenten Offering Menu - GOAL: $12,500

After Care Ministry: For over 25 years a strong team of volunteers from among our membership have provided a warm social setting where adults with mental disabilities can come together twice a month for fun, games, music, arts, crafts and a meal. Recipients of this ministry, come mostly from local group homes and independent housing, and are referred by Blue Ridge Behavioral Health Care. Goal: $1500

Appalachian Service Project (ASP): Another outreach project of Windsor Hills UMC for over 25 years, ASP involves sponsoring a team of youth and adults for a week each summer who travel to Appalachia to repair homes and make them safer, drier and warmer. Our involvement in ASP provides a wonderful opportunity for our youth to grow in character and sensitivity. Goal: $2,500

Disaster Response Fund: This fund enables volunteers from our congregation to exemplify Christian love in action through short-term mission service trips. In the past four years, teams from Windsor Hills UMC have labored significantly to rebuild homes damaged by hurricanes in Pensacola, FL and in Slidell, LA. A return trip to Slidell is planned for May of this year. Goal: $1500

Kairos Prison Ministry: engages trained teams of volunteers who present an introductory 3-day weekend course in Christianity to incarcerated men and women. “I was in prison and you came to visit me” Matthew 25:36. Goal: $150

Local Missions: By nature, many local outreach needs are fluid and unpredictable. Our Local Missions fund, new in 2010, will enable the missions committee of Windsor Hills UMC to address requests that come in throughout the year which are not addressed by our church or mission budget. Goal: $2000

Military Family Support Cente, located at 302 1st Street, S.W. Roanoke, provides support to the families of our mobilized military who live outside the support radius of a military base. Goal: $1000

Roanoke Area Ministries (RAM), is an ecumenical organization which serves as an advocate for the homeless and poverty-stricken, helping people in need through programs including emergency financial assistance, employment counseling and placement, a hot noon-time meal each day and shelter for the homeless. It’s aim is to empower people to move from dependency to self-sufficiency and in so doing, help to build a stronger, healthier community. Goal: $1250

Roanoke Jail Ministry: This fund helps support ministries to incarcerated male and femail inmates who are serving time in our local jails. Goal: $500

Roanoke Rescue Mission reaches out to hurting people in the name of Christ. In 2009 our local Rescue Mission assisted over 20,000 persons by providing a variety of effective ministries, including: Emergency Shelter, Meals Program, Recovery Programs for Addiction, Recovery Learning, and Legal Services. Goal: $1250

Roanoke Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN): This outreach mobilizes 30 local churches and over 1,000 volunteers to return homeless families with children to independence by providing temporary housing, meals and skills development. IHN also provides case management to assist families in overcoming causes of homelessness and creating goals for employment, housing, and education in their return to independence. Goal: $500

Trinity COP Summer Camp Fund provides scholarships to underprivileged children and youth of Roanoke to attend Camp Alta Mons

 Ongoing Mission Programs

AfterCare Social Club: In the spring of 1983, AfterCare was formed to provide a social setting where adults with mental disabilities come together for fun in games, music, arts and crafts and refreshments. The AfterCare Social Club meets twice a month at the church and also goes on special outings for pizza, baseball games, bowling, shopping and a picnic. Club members live in homes for adults, in group homes or independent housing and are referred by Blue Ridge Behavioral Health Care. 20 church members volunteer with this ministry that has provided more than 200 club members with program since WHUMC participation in the program.

UMCOR Kits for Conference

All kits or bulk items need to be at the church by June 1. Boxes for kits will be in the library. This June 1 deadline will give me a week to inventory, pack and label the boxes. Tom Lee is again in charge of collecting kits at the Virginia Annual Conference to be held June 8-11 at the Roanoke Civic Center. For each kit we must send $1.00 for shipping and handling.