Building Hope One Life at a Time
“The Lord said “Whom shall I send.” I said, “Here I am Lord. Send me”
We believe it is both a joy and a responsibility for every member of our church to find ways to demonstrate God's love through mission work. No matter our skills, time or age, we know that God has given each of us special gifts to share.
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Recent Mission Opportunities |
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Habitat for Humanity: We will be participating with other churches in building a new home right here in our community
Asbury Breakfast Ministry: The Asbury Dining & Caring Center is a major outreach ministry that provides meals and other services for the homeless and hungry in the Rochester community. Regular volunteers from Faith run the breakfast shift on the second Tuesday of every month.We also collect winter apparel that goes directly to the clients of the Asbury Breakfast Ministry.
Daycare Breakfast Outreach: Several times throughout the year we reach out to the Storybook Daycare Center by serving continental breakfast during the early morning hours as parents drop off their children.
CROP WALK: The Crop Walk is a nation-wide initiative that raises funds to supply food to needy people. Each year Faith members raise funds that stay within the area to support local families.
Circle Garden: The circle garden, located on a public strip of land separating Pinnacle and Winton roads, was started several years ago in response to a county-sponsored program that encourages the beautification of public areas throughout the greater Rochester area.
Rush-Henrietta Interfaith League: The Rush-Henrietta Interfaith League is made up of local religious leaders focusing on faith-driven activities that positively impact our community. All are invited.
Adopt-a-Highway: The cleanup of Stone Road, located a short distance from Faith, takes place one Saturday in the spring, summer and fall.
RHAFT – Rush-Henrietta Area Food Terminal provides food to local families in need. We collect much needed food, and encourage participation as drivers and packers.
FISH:We support through donations and volunteers Friends in Service Here (FISH). FISH provides free transportation for the poor, elderly and ambulatory disabled in Henrietta to medical and other necessary appointments.
Health Kits: An ongoing effort is the collection of donations for the purchase of materials used to create health kits. UMCOR provides Health Kits to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster.
Flood Buckets: We respond to the call whenever the United Methodist Committee on Relief makes an appeal for such items as Flood Buckets filled with cleaning supplies and other materials are provided to disaster victims in order to assist them in getting their homes back to a livable state.
Advent Giving Tree: Each year Missions collects gifts and money for local ministries as well as for several needy families. For example; ABW (Alternatives for Battered Women); CWS (Church World Service) to purchase blankets;
Building materials for a village in Peru destroyed by flooding earlier this year.
Habitat for Humanity: We've joined other churches in building a house in Rochester both financially and with our hands on site.
Support of our missionary in Mongolia: A portion of our tithes goes for the support of Helen Shepherd, a United Methodist missionary in Mongolia. Helen provides much needed hospice and nursing care in the city of Ulaanbaatar.
Special Offerings: We support the work of the United Methodist Church through our participation in six special offerings: One Great Hour of Sharing, Native American Sunday, World Communion Sunday, Human Relations Day, United Methodist Student Sunday, and Peace with Justice Sunday.
Volunteers in Mission: We support individual and group participation in the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (VIM) program. These opportunities provide the chance to engage in hands on mission and service throughout the world |
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We believe it is vital to our church family that our youngest members need to be fully involved in mission as well. Many of the activities we do as a church are intergenerational such as Habitat for Humanity, gardening, Christmas caroling and cookie baskets for our shut-ins, and the CROP walk. In addition we have opportunities throughout the year targeted to children and youth specifically. Some recent examples are:
Teddy Bear Collection: Teddy bears or other gently used stuffed animals are being collected and put in the church pews until Valentine’s Day when they will be distributed to fire department and ambulance services
Creative mission activities in Sunday school classes: Students have prepared food, cards and baskets for those in need in our congregation as well as had a field trip to help stock the Rush-Henrietta Area Food Terminal shelves
“Souper” bowl collection: Youth collect cans of food and money on Super bowl Sunday for Rush-Henrietta Area Food Terminal
Trick or Treating for UNICEF at Halloween: Boxes are distributed and collected as part of the church offertory.
Advent collection: Dimes or Quarters collected each day during Advent to provide needed animals for communities through the Heifer Project |
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