Mission / Outreach Mission Statement

The Mission/ Outreach Committee exists as a group of Christians seeking to serve Jesus by organizing activities to fill the physical and emotional needs of others in the community at large.

To support out mission we have the following:
Food Bank
Medical Loan Closet
Methodist Children’s Home Skating Party
Easter Baskets for the Methodist Children’s Home
American Cancer Society -- Daffodil Days
PeeDee Mission Trip
School Supply drive for students at Foose Elementary School
Day of Caring
Leukemia/Lymphoma Society
Crop Walk
Hayride
Secret Angels school children at Foose School

WALKS

21 Piscioneri Foundation Community Walk -- Saturday May 8 on City Island (for Children's Home)
Friends of the Cross -- July 24 at Messiah College Indoor Track
Light the Night -- Thursday September 16 on City Island
Crop Walk -- Sunday October 10 on City Island

GIFT OF THE HEART KITS

Mission Central now has a program through U.M.C.O.R. for School Kits, Health Kits, and Flood Buckets to send to areas of the United States and the world for people in need. The Outreach Team has set up three boxes that will remain under the literature table outside the Conference Room to collect items for the kits to take to Mission Central on a regular basis. We have provided a list of items that go into the kits. So keep a list with you at all times and when you run across a sale or good deal, buy an extra or two for our kits. The Outreach Team will periodically assemble kits and take them to Mission Central for shipment.

School Kits
Value $11 per kit

School Kits

1 pair blunt scissors (round tip)
3 pads (or loose leaf) of 8 ½ x 11” ruled paper
1 30 – centimeter ruler
1 hand held pencil sharpener
6 unsharpened pencils with erasers
1 eraser, 2 ½ “
1 box of 24 crayons (only 24)

Health Kits

1 hand towel (15”X25” or 17”X27”)
1 washcloth
1 comb (sturdy, large – not pocket size)
1 metal file or nail clipper (no emery boards)
1 bar or bath-sized soap (in original wrapper)
1 toothbrush (in original sealed package)
6 band-aids (regular size – plain – no cartoon characters)

Flood Buckets
1 (5 gallon) bucket with resealable lid
2 (1 quart) bottles or 1 (82 oz.) bottle of bleach
5 scouring pads
1 scrub brush
18 cleaning towels (example: Easy Wipes, Dynamax)
7 sponges, assorted sizes
2 (25 oz.) up to 1 (50 oz) bottle of liquid laundry detergent
1 (12 oz) to (16 oz) bottle of household cleaner (concentrated)
1 (16 oz) bottle of dishwashing detergent (anti-bacterial)
50 clothes pins
1 clothesline, 3/16’’ diameter, 100 feet
5 dust masks
2 pairs of latex gloves
1 pair work gloves
24 (33-45 gallon) trash bags (heavy duty) (remove from box)
1 (8 oz) to (9 oz) can air freshener
(Use all liquid products (no powders) in plastic bottles; all new, unopened products.)