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Below
are several ways FUMC is involved in ministry to our local community and
beyond. If you would like to participate in any of these activities, unless
otherwise noted, contact Rev. Troy Sims
at 940-766-4231 or by e-mail! |
Simple
projects you can do on your own:
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Monday
afternoons during the school year from 3:30 to 4:15, a group of volunteers
assist 2nd graders at Bonham Elementary School in their reading skills. If
you are intersted in helping with this program, contact Joyce
Barham at 940-766-4231 or send her e-mail.
FUMC
and several Sunday School Classes support Faith Mission financially
in order to help them provide for the homeless.
Habitat
for Humanity is an ecumenical non-profit organization that First United Methodist
Church has had a long partnership with. We have been active in the building
of several Habitat for Humanity homes from the ground up.
Periodically,
FUMC and some Sunday School Classes provide funds to the Heifer Project.
Heifer provides animals, such as goats, water buffalo, chickens,
bees, etc., to people in need around the world. The animals provide the products
needed for the individuals and families to survive. Think of it this way:
give a person a chicken to eat, the person is fed for a day; teach a person
to raise chickens, and the person will have a meal of eggs everyday and /
or be able to sell eggs to others!
Our
former pastor, Bruce Weaver (1972-81) organized Interfaith Disaster Services
right after the devastating tornado in 1979. This group later became the current
Interfaith Ministries. FUMC supports this ministry primarily through
financial donations and by helping to stock their food pantry. In addition,
several church members volunteer to work at Interfaith to support
it in a number of different ways.
Mt. Calvary
UMC Power Meals
Currently,
two Sunday School Classes (Exodus Class
& Living the Questions Class)
and one group of men are taking turns to provide meals monthly at Mt. Calvary
UMC to help provide for the disadvantaged and homeless of our community. In
addition to the food provided, Mt. Calvary UMC provides a Bible study for
those who eat.
Many
individuals and several Sunday School Classes help provide funding for this
program designed to provide children in need with backpacks filled with nutritious
and easy to prepare (kid friendly) food on weekends. Backpacks are discreetly
distributed to children on the last day before the weekend or holiday vacation.
Salvation
Army
Every
December, FUMC provides gifts for children for the "Angel Tree Program"
sponsored by the Salvation Army. Individuals supply gifts for one or more,
and some small groups, such as Sunday School Classes, also sponsor gifts for
anges. In 2007, FUMC provided gifts for 135 local "angels!"
Wichita Falls
Area Disaster Recovery Committee
Following
the floods in and around the Wichita Falls Area in the summer of 2007, the
WFADRC was created to help fulfill the unmet needs of the flood victims. To
date, FUMC has provided funding, supplies, and volunteers to help meet the
needs of those in our community. Similarly, FUMC has acted as a liason (working
with the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church) between the
WFADRC and UMCOR to receive funding to help cover operating expenses.
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