Outreach Program Committees
Volunteers in Mission:
Includes local projects such as
flood recovery, extended trips for flood recovery or building
at camps in places like North Carolina, W.VA, etc.
Service/event projects:
PEP: programs, dinners
and entertainment for special needs adults. Project Linus:
knitting, crocheting, and quilting blankets for babies in
need. Angel Tree: gathering lists of desired Christmas
gifts for local people. SERRV/A Greater Gift: sale of
items from developing countries. IHN (Interfaith
Hospitality Network): hosting homeless families for a weekat
the church - evenings and morning care and feeding. AGM
(Alternative Giving Mart): sale of ornaments to give as token
of a monetary gift to an agency or program such as
Heifer Project, Church Word Service, AIDS prevention in
Africa, immunizations, etc. Special Opportunities:
collecting clothing/shoes, making UMCOR Kits, etc
Missions: Liaison
with Covenant Missionaries and others in service globally;
Support of Haitian mission school and clinic (including trips
to Haiti); Hospital Revitalization of Nyadire UM Hospital in
Zimbabwe.
Hunger: Monthly
collection of food for SHIM (South Hills Interfaith
Ministries); Allegheny/New Hope feeding on the Northside 4
times a year; Fill-A-Truck - collection of food to supply the
local food banks with a full of needed items to carry them
through the summer.
Church and Society:
involvement in issues of social justice
Contact
Sara Dickey at the Church for further information about
Missions. |
