Good neighbor fund provides: gas, motel stays, medication in special circumstances and sometimes help paying utility bills. This is a ministry funded primarily by second mile giving.
U.M. Children’s Home - We collect funds year round for UMCH with the large jug in the Sanctuary. The collection year round is capped off with our White Christmas offering taken at one of our Christmas services, usually during our special program – play/cantata.
Lighthouse of Baldwin County – a home for battered women and victims of sexual assault is one of the missions we provide care to annually. Some ways we have assisted in the past includes annual Christmas gifts and monetary donations, assisted with necessary construction projects at the safe home and their office in Robertsdale. Through the Lighthouse program, our pastor has had the opportunity to speak to hundreds of teenage girls on the importance of abstinence and the dangers of “so-called” safe sex.
Habitat for Humanity is another mission project we support. In Baldwin County we have been active participants in eight different homes. We are currently working with Habitat for Humanity on the 2012 Baypines Build. We are still in the planning stage and invite all who are willing to get involved. We link Habitat for Humanity on our website.
Life South Community Blood Center – We are a proud community partner with Life South. We host 4 blood drives a year and these take place from 8 to 1 on Sundays. This year’s dates are: February 19th,
Christmas gift giving is another outreach as we supply hundreds of presents for Loxley Elementary School that go to children who otherwise may not receive anything at Christmas.
Dig Deep Give Well is another project we have helped with. This is a program designed to fund well drilling in remote places in Africa and around the world as needed. A single well strategically placed could serve the water needs for thousands of people that would otherwise travel six-ten miles day retrieving water. One simple well could prevent illness and sickness affecting thousands of men, women & children while providing water conveniently.
Family Promise of Baldwin County – We are a co-sponsor in this program where we assist with food and volunteers at different churches and times of the year. The Family Promise Program provides assistance in the form of housing, food, job placement & placement in their own residence, for “families” that are homeless. The families stay one week at a time at various churches where they go through a program to get back on their feet while maintaining a sense of normalcy in their current living situation. Transportation to and from school and work is provided as needed. Writing resumes, filling out job applications and help with homework is all part of the ministry that takes place.
Tim & Julie Whitten are in ministry in South Carolina from our church. Tim was called into the ministry and has entered the Candidacy Program for Ordained Ministry. They have moved to enable Tim to go to seminary and while they are away he works as a student local pastor in another conference. However they are very much a part of our church while they are an extension ministry elsewhere.
