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Missions Team
League City United Methodist Church supports many local, national and international missions. Please let us know if you would like to help in any of these areas...
IKE RECOVERY AND LOCAL MISSIONS TEAM EFFORTS
- We will continue efforts in Galveston working through UMCOR but not every Saturday.
- We will send out email notice and worship guide notice in advance when we organize groups but otherwise folks can sign up per below.
To assist with IKE recovery, sign up at the Texas Annual Conference web site shown below. Teams will be coming from all across the US to help in this long term recovery process but we at LCUMC need to continue to help our neighbors in Galveston at every possible opportunity.
UMCOR IKE RECOVERY signup @ http://www.txcumc.org/ > click on the "Volunteers and Responders sign up here" tab
- We want to differentiate between "IKE recovery" mission and our "Church and Community" mission.
- We are starting to get requests from church members about projects and expect some from our more local community as well.
Church and Community Mission
If you or someone you know needs help with home repairs, general upkeep around the house, or has special access or security needs (hand rails, wheel chair ramps, security lights, etc) please contact the church office at 281-332-1557
or Curt Thompson at 281 316-1384
or Travis Meredith at 281 728-8608
American Red Cross
Throughout the American Red Cross — whether it's providing relief to victims of disaster, blood to hospital patients, health and safety training to the public, or emergency social services to U.S. military families — we are better prepared than ever to live up to our reputation as America's most trusted charity. And it is the support of compassionate Americans that enables us to succeed.
Bay Area Habitat for Humanity
Bay Area HFH is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged.
Boy Scouts of America - Troop 606 - Pack 603 - Pack 615
The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, incorporated on February 8, 1910, and chartered by Congress in 1916, is to provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness.
Girl Scouts of America Troop 606
What is Girl Scouts of the USA? We are the world's largest organization for girls — just for girls. We serve over 2.7 million of them around the globe through a program of five levels that span ages 5 to 17. The Girl Scout Research Institute explores issues affecting girls and encourages practical applications to benefit them. We're also where girls turn to discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together. Girl Scouting gives girls opportunities to build skills for lifetime success. Whether in science, sports, or the Girl Scout Cookie® Sale, we are showing girls how to set goals and reach them.
Gramps, Granny n' Kids
CHAMPS
Christian Alliance
The Christian Alliance for Humanitarian Aid, Inc. is an ecumenical group of concerned lay people working together to make a difference by providing desperately needed relief cargo in natural and man-made disasters around the world. The devastation experienced by natural disaster leaves the local inhabitants in a state of disarray and confusion with nowhere to turn. Few governments are prepared to deal with such devastation and a state of paralysis comes over the affected area. The Christian alliance extends the hand of love in the name of Jesus Christ to all people by providing their emergency needs at the time of crisis. We believe that when touched by the compelling love of Jesus, people respond.
Church World Service - Nicaragua Mission Trip
Founded in 1946, Church World Service is the relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations. Working in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS supports sustainable self-help development, meets emergency needs, aids refugees, and helps address the root causes of poverty and powerlessness.
Devereux
The purpose of the Devereux Foundation is to provide high-quality human services to children, adults, and families with special needs which derive from behavioral, psychological, intellectual or neurological impairments. Services will be provided in a caring and humane way to foster human potential and to contribute to the person's health, social, psychological, and educational well-being.
Galveston County Foster Parents' Association - Three Wishes for a Child Program
Houston International Seafarer's Center
Begun in 1972, this program has eight full-time multi-lingual chaplains who visit ships docked at the Port of Houston and hold nightly services for seafarers. In addition, the program has Bibles in over 40 languages, sponsors an annual Christmas box program, trains chaplains for the maritime ministry, offers transportation for seafarers, provides sports programs and a gift shop area. The center is open seven days a week. The center is located on the upper level of Wharf 23.
Interfaith Caring Ministries
Interfaith Caring Ministries, an assistance coalition supported by local congregations, organizations, businesses and individuals, was founded in 1985 to respond to needs of neighbors in crisis within the Clear Creek and Dickinson Independent School Districts. The mission is to help people in crisis and to facilitate their path to self-sufficiency. In 2000 ICM provided 17,000 units of service to clients. This includes over 2980 food orders, 900 housing and utility bills, 1039 employment counseling services, 5298 referrals, 608 school supply packages, 1481 free immunizations, 1504 WIC appointments, 409 nurse practitioner visits, over 1000 home visits to seniors, hundreds of Christmas gifts to 556 children and 26 single parents received Childcare Scholarships to continue their education.
United Methodist Children's Home
The United Methodist Children's Home (UMCH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing behavioral healthcare for youth 12-17 years and their families for the state of Arkansas.Caring for children and families for over 100 years, the Children's Home has expanded services to include Residential Group Homes, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center, Parenting Workshops, Family Preservation, Foster Care and Children & Family Counseling.
Overseas Missions Society
Partners in Mission
Private Sector Initiative
Shalom Zone Ministries
A Shalom Zone is a defined geographic area within the community in which churches work toward systemic change by collaborating with community organizations and community residents to develop economic prosperity; coordinate community resources; empower community leaders and residents to plan for their community's future; and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
United Methodist Action Reach-Out Mission by Youth (UM ARMY)
U.M. ARMY is an opportunity for youth and adults to experience Christian growth through mission, worship and fellowship. Participants combine their strengths to meet home repair and maintenance needs of those unable to help themselves. It is for students who have completed at least one year of High School.
United Methodist Committee on Relief
To aid in extending Christ's love, United Methodists have established the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) as a channel for sharing the compassion of their Lord wherever God's people are in need. Today, UMCOR's ministries--aiding refugees, providing relief in disaster areas, and confronting the challenge of world hunger and poverty-- are helping to heal the hurts of humanity in more than 100 countries.
Women's Resource and Crisis Center
The mission of Women's Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County is to promote the safety and well being of women, children and families and to advocate for the prevention of family violence and sexual assault.
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