These ministries are supported by our 10% Missions Allocation.
Use the expandable links below to find out about how we are making a difference all over the world and how you can get involved.
UMC Children's Home
The Children's Home makes a difference in the lives of children by providing services like: residential programs, foster care, family preservation & support services, adoption, and spiritual life and development. It has helped to transform the lives of thousands of hurting children since 1890. The need continues, however, and there are hundreds of other children who require our help. By supporting the United Methodist Children's Home, YOU can make a life changing difference.
Use this link to find out more information.
Upper Sand Mountain Parish
Upper Sand Mountain Parish is a cooperative ministry of eight small membership, rural United Methodist Churches serving near 1000 square miles of Southern Appalachian Alabama. The cooperative seeks to strengthen member congregations that they may better serve their members and to provide local and global opportunities for them and others to become involved in service and community development ministries.
For more information, click here.
Alabama Child Caring Foundation
The mission of ACCF is to provide immediate medical care and ongoing medical coverage for needy uninsured children who are not eligible for Alabama’s governmental programs.
The Alabama Child Caring Foundation is the funding mechanism for the Alabama Child Caring Program. Blue Cross provides all administrative support for the Foundation so that every dollar contributed goes directly to providing healthcare coverage for children. Blue Cross also matches every contribution dollar for dollar.
For More information, click here.
The Funk Family, GBGM Missionaries to Bolivia
John and Suzanne Funk are missionaries with Huntsville/Madison connections. For the past three years, they have been serving at Rio Colorado Agricultural School in Yucumo, Beni. In 2010, they return to Bolivia to start a new church. Keep an eye out for a 2011 mission trip.
Mark Lemons, GBGM Missionary serving Henderson Settlement
The Henderson Settlement is a mission in South Eastern Kentucky that provides basic needs to the people of Appalachia. They reach out to over 3,000 people of all ages and stages of life each year. Mark Lemons is the Executive Director of the settlement who oversees the settlement’s ministries in Frakes, KY, and White Oak, TN.
Kybartai Partner Church, Lithuania
Trinity has developed a relationship with a small (under 100 members), church in Kybarti, Lithuania, a small city about two miles from the Russian border.
Over the years, Trinity has sent mission teams, provided resources for the purchase of a new building, helped with continuing education for its pastor, and has helped lead efforts to rebuild the church on its historic site to help return Methodism as a recognized denomination in the country.
For more information, go to the Lithuania UMC website and click on the church link for Kybartai.
Central Conference Pension Initiatve
Approximately 2,000 retired pastors, lay workers and surviving spouses in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe are struggling to survive—growing their own food, relying on their children and even creating products to sell.
The Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) is a long-term solution that provides retirement financial security for dedicated church leaders and surviving spouses who would otherwise have little or nothing. This is an outreach to provide for God's faithful servants who minister in countries outside of the U.S.
For more information, go to the Central Conference Pension Initiative website.