The Feeding Ministry
On the 2nd Thursday of each month we send a team with food to The Little House Ministries campus (our local Homeless shelter). Food is aquired through donations and is prepared in our kitchen. Prep time starts at 2pm and dinner is served at 5:30pm. Our hope is to add an additional Thursday to our schedule, so there are plenty of opportunities to serve. If you'd like more info, or if you think God might be calling you to serve the less fortunate please contact Larry Wood (904) 491-4900.
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The Mexico Mission Project
For the last 4 years we have sent many folks from our congregation over to Juarez, Mexico to serve the folks in a community development called Tierra Nueva. We have built homes, created a computer lab, run Vacation Bible Schools, offered free medical service and even started a scholarship fund for local students. But most importantly, we have built lasting relationships with our brothers and sisters in Mexico that have changed our lives and deepened our faith. We normally go during Spring Break. If you'd like some more information about this opportunity please e-mail Andy Foote at amfooteiii@yahoo.com
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Builders Care
A group that seeks to help rebuild and refurbish low-income houses and non-profit facilities. Contact Mac Morriss at (904) 556-2269 for more info. They do projects on the 4th Saturday of each month.
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THE RED BIRD MISSION
The Red Bird Mission has served the underemployed and frequently poverty stricken people of Appalachia since 1921. Over the years Memorial UMC has supported various branches of the Red Bird Missionary Conference through monetary donations, Volunteers in Mission, Work Camp teams, and a long-term participation in the soup label and box top ministries.
2008 (September) will be the fourth year in a row that we have sent a Work Camp team to Red Bird Mission. This team of 18 members will again participate in repairs in the community working on the roof, replacing floors, and possibly doing some interior painting. The team is also delivering a sizable monetary donation from our church to the Red Bird Mission School as well as some items for the Christmas Room and Community store. The team looks forward to sharing the memorable experiences that are so characteristic of this mission site.
For general information about Red Bird Mission e-mail Gracie at maurline@msn.com. For information about the soup label/box top ministries, contact Georgia Wert (904-321-1323) or Bonnie Schlossberg (904 491-8002).
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Paraguay Mission Trip 2008
Our on-going mission work with Missionaries Ed and Linda Baker. We will be sending a group in October. You can click on the pictures to the right to see the team. You can also go to their website to see pictures and read stories about what God is doing there. http://www.aguadevida.org/ If you are interested in this you can contact Carl Amos at 261-5896.
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The P.E.T. project
The focus of the P.E.T. project is to create Personal Transportation Devices for overseas victims of land mines, crocodile attacks, and other disabilitating accidents. Church members can come up to the workshop and learn to use all the tools neccessary to make these wonderful devices! Contact Jack Burk at 261-5691 for more details.
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