Missions

Agencies supported by Faith Mission:

Manchester First United Methodist Church supports a wide range of missions at home and around the world. Here's an overview of who we support with our time, talents and resources:

Special “Pass Through” Offerings

White Christmas: Providing holiday food baskets to the needy in Coffee County.

Gideons: Placing Bibles. www.gideons.org

Golden Cross: Funding benevolent care for seniors who have outlived their resources at McKendree Village in Hermitage, TN. www.mckendreefoundation.org

One Great Hour of Sharing: Endowing the administrative costs so 100% of disaster relief funds can be used when the need is greatest. www.onegreathourofsharing.org

Local Missions

Crisis Pregnancy Center: Located across from Coffee County Central High School, the center provides counseling to those in need. 728-6440 www.ramahinternational.org/tennessee.html

Contact Life Line: Telephone volunteers operate a 24-hour crisis hotline plus make well-being phone calls. 455-7133

Haven of Hope: Shelter and assistance for victims of family abuse. 728-1133

Good Samaritan: Food pantry and assistance as available. 728-5122

Habitat for Humanity: Assisting future homeowners with construction of their houses. 393-2383 www.habitat.org/cd/frame/frameset.aspx?url=www.cafes.net%2fhabitat

Partners for Healing: Low-cost health care for the working uninsured. 455-5014 www.partnersforhealing.org

Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center: Providing a voice for the smallest victims. 723-8888 www.coffeechildren.org

Shepherd’s House: Short-term shelter, food and clothing. 393-4818

FUMC Youth Missions:

Mission Trip to Chicago

Water for Bonnaroo

WE C.A.R.E.: Providing school supplies and health screenings for students. 728-5145

Food/Snack Bags for Transients outside of Good Samaritan hours

Regional Missions

Middle Tennessee State University Wesley Foundation

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~wesleyfo/index.html

TTU Wesley Foundation: http://orgs.tntech.edu/wesley/

Miriam’s Promise: Adoption, pregnancy and parenting help. www.miriamspromise.org

New Canaan Ranch: Helping men in recovery (931) 363-8705

Murfreesboro District UMC Mexican Pastor’s Salary Supplement

World Missions

The Mission Society (5 missionaries): www.themissionsociety.org

Mary Jane Miller, local missions and Bible study leader

Congo Methodist Church agencies

VIM (Volunteers in Mission): www.umvim.org

Russian minister

Church-wide Mission Trip

Eleuthra Islands, Bahamas (2007)

Also supported two college students for mission work through Campus Crusade for Christ (Chicago) and World Harvest Mission (Africa)

In addition to these budgeted items, our church and its members are involved in a number of mission projects. Notable among these are collecting food labels for Appalachia's Red Bird Mission (www.rbmission.org), preparing Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes (www.samaritanspurse.org) serving as CASA volunteers (Court-Appointed Special Advocates), delivering Meals-on-Wheels, working with Hospice of the Highland Rim, providing ongoing support to area nursing home residents, hosting and supporting all phases of Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting, knitting prayer shawls, collecting stuffed animals, clothing and toys for children at Christmas, ringing the bells for the Salvation Army, supporting the Sportsmen & Businessmen's Charity and helping establish drug-prevention and awareness programs in our community.

We also support and participate in our Murfreesboro District's twice-yearly mission trips to Matamoras, Mexico. To learn more about that, and in particular the Bless the Children program, please click here.

The 3RD AND 4TH GRADE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS is showing their mission-mindedness with several mission projects. These photos are from their recent collection of food for the GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRY in Manchester. A long-standing ministry tradition in our community, Good Sam provides food and help with utility bills to the poor and marginalized of our community. (Currently the 3rd and 4th grade class is doing the HEIFER PROJECT. Click here to learn more about the HEIFER PROJECT).