MISSION PROJECTS

CHRISTO: HS & adults go for 8 days in July to do repair work; in 2007, they went to La. In 2009, they went to Iowa. In 2010 they traveled to Philadelphia. In 2011 will be traveling to Washington D.C..

Home Mission: JH & adults do repair work within the county for 4 days in June or July

Christian Café: free meal on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 4 to 6.

Table Talk: bring shut-ins to church for a meal once a month on the second Tuesday at noon.

Spiderweb: support tutoring, clothing bank, etc. for El. & HS students and families in Jefferson Area Schools and Ashtabula County

Pinetown, S. Africa: established a "sister church" (financial support, e-mail contact, etc.); several members visited in the fall of 2004 & several more in Feb., 2007.

SERRV: A market for handcrafted items from artisans in developing countries to provide them meaningful income. Host a market here 2 times a year

St. Herman’s: youth and adults take meals once a year to this men’s shelter in Cleveland

30 Hour Famine: teens raise money for their fast & the money goes to children in developing world countries for famine relief (through World Vision in ‘07) ‘08–to Matt Cramer’s Orphan Relief & Rescue in Liberia

SouperBowl of Caring: teens raise & use the funds to provide the meal at St. Herman’s

Living Gift Market in Nov. each year to benefit Heifer, Int., Habitat for Humanity in Ashtabula Co., & Nothing But Nets

Collection Mittens for Spiderweb at Christmas time

At Christmas "adopt" several families for the county-wide project HALO at Christmas, encourage individual families and groups to also "adopt", UMW Mary/Martha Circle makes quilts for the families personal supplies and clothing for Catholic Worker drop-in center in Cleveland and collect socks in the winter on "sock Sunday"

support Manna, the area food bank

Blanket Sunday offering through Church World Service

Encourage financial support to students in El Salvador to enable them to attend school

United Methodist offerings throughout the year (Human Relations Day, One Great Hour of Sharing, Native American Ministries Sunday, Peace with Justice Sunday, World Communion Sunday, & United Methodist Student Day)

Fourth Sunday Change Collection of loose change to support Kelly Crowell who are in mission through Coalition of Christian Outreach at University of Pittsburgh & Matt Cramer who is working with orphanages in Liberia, Africa

Sunday school offering goes to:

Liberia Orphan Relief and Pinetown, South Africa