Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Missions
WHUMC is a mission-minded church. Many of our members are involved in a number of mission areas.
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.
THE MARY MARTHA CIRCLE CHALLENGE
There are 8 empty “Flood Buckets” left over from our church’s “Flood
Bucket Blitz” after Hurricane Katrina. The Mary Martha circle challenges
other groups of the church to fill at least one of the 5 left over
buckets. The Mary Martha circle is filling 2 flood buckets and the Youth
are filling 1 bucket. That leaves 5 that could be filled. What other
group will accept this challenge? Sunday School classes, another circle,
UMM, Prayer Teams, individuals? The office has copies of items needed to
fill a bucket and for each bucket, we need to send $1.50 for shipping
and handling. NOTE: BUCKETS ARE IN THE CLOSET ON THE SIDE OF THE NARTHEX
NEAREST THE STAIRS.
After Care 25th Anniversary Pictures.
Other AfterCare Pictures
ASP Summer 2008
This year’s ASP team went on their 25th Anniversary Mission Trip.
They headed to Tennessee the week of June 29 - July 5.
Sunday, July 6 at 6:00 PM, the missions committee hosted the “Welcome back” dinner in Windsor Hall.
ADULT ASP WEEK-END
A group of 8 adults went to Jonesville, VA April 17-19th and worked on
replacing siding and guttering a home. Much was accomplished in 2
days of work. Pictures
VOLUNTEERS IN MISSION
The Roanoke District is sending a VIM medical mission team led by Jean Broyles of Northview UMC to the Boca Costa region of Guatemala where Jim and Diane Thompson are missionaries. Mickie and Bill Kagey are members of the team that serves the indigenous Mayan people.
Suggested donations are: socks, lip balm, school packs without paper, toiletries (motel freebies), toothbrushes, toothpaste, deflated soccer balls, stuffed animals, and baby clothes. All medications used will be carried by the team and will be purchased with cash donations and Roanoke District funds. Thanks for your support of this mission.
Other Missions Opportunities
Expanded Shepherding Ministry
The Shepherd ministry is expanding. Currently we
provide shepherds for all adults in our church. Soon we will have
shepherds for all 36 youth from 6th grad through college age. The job of
shepherd is not difficult and can be extremely rewarding. This expanding
ministry is simply a job of loving and communicating with our younger
members. To help you out we will meet with all of the shepherds in
February. We want to keep the flocks small (3-6 youth per shepherd), so
we hope many of you will prayerfully consider giving a small portion of
your time to this important ministry.
Contact Anne Kidd at 772-4886 or ckak1@cox.net or Phyllis Butts at
774-8062 if you are willing to love a youth.
Hurricane Katrina Recovery Mission
A Hurricane Katrina Recovery Mission Trip occurred February
2 - 10, 2008. The team went to Slidell, LA to assist in the
ongoing recovery efforts.
Henry Fork Service Center: Campbell’s soup labels are collected for this program for children and youth in Franklin County, Virginia.
Society of Saint Andrew-Potato Project: each Advent season members of the church support this mission by saving their change in special potato project banks. The Society of Saint Andrew is a national nonprofit hunger relief ministry. Through their gleaning projects and potato projects they saved 25,480,885 pounds of food for the hungry.
Ronald McDonald House: WHUMC provides support to the Ronald McDonald house by collecting aluminum soda can tabs. The aluminum is recycled and the proceeds provide a home-away-from home for families of seriously ill children undergoing medical treatment in Roanoke.
Salvation Army Christmas Doll Project: each year women of the church create outfits from sportswear to formal gowns for over 100 18” dolls to be given to underprivileged children in the Roanoke Valley.
Relay for Life: WHUMC has a team that walks in the Relay for Life supporting the American Cancer Society.
Trinity UMC Community Outreach Program: The United Methodist Women and other groups in the church provide 5 to 7 dinners each year for the children and youth at the community outreach program.
2008 DISTRICT MISSION TRIPS
May 17 - 25
Medical/Construction /VBS team returning to the Boca Costa Mission in Guatemala. Contact Jean Broyles (366-9065 / LVQDAY@aol.com) See www.bocacostamm.org
June 25 - July 5
Youth trip for Senior High Youth to Blackfeet Reservation in northwest Montana. There will be spots for Adults and college aged young adults. Contact Tim Craft (819-9386 / tim@bonsackumc.org) See www.youthworks.com and www.roanokeumy.org
July 6 - 12
Trip to McDowell County, WV to work with Hands of Hope. Contact Marvin Gilliam (563-4278 / mandjgilliam@verizon.net) See www.holm.org