.....has really been a blessing to all of us. The volunteers have shown us what it means to be “faithful with a little bit” and God will be the multiplier. After prayer and consideration, In October the Missions Committee took $1200 and just gave it out randomly in varying amounts to the volunteer people and just look what God has done through them! Their impact cannot truly be measured in money or works but in the lasting impact that we may never know this side of Heaven. We are grateful for their willing spirits and for the testimonies we have heard and those yet to come from this “OUT OF THE BOX” experience. God is doing great and wonderful things.
LOCAL MISSIONS:
Youth Mission/Work teams - youth from our church and community
within the US and abroad
Creative Choices Crisis Pregnancy Center - Christian based facility
providing free pregnancy tests as well as post abortion counseling
and care for women during pregnancy
Hosea House - a Manteo based home that will provide a christian
home for women and their children in transition
Outer Banks Christian Radio - the only Christian radio station on
the Outer Banks
Community Care Clinic of Dare - provides needed medical care
to those in our community who do not have insurance for one
reason or another or who wouldn’t otherwise be able to seek medical
attention
Wright Place for Youth - providing needs and basic wants to the
children who are housed at the home which is part of the Methodist
home for children network in our state.
Dare Challenge - a christian based program offering room, board,
and christian instruction to those suffering with the addictions of
drugs and alcohol
Food for Thought - a program that provides nutritious meals for
qualified students in our Dare county Elementary schools on the
weekends
Food Pantry - our church houses the food pantry that serves
Roanoke Island and the Mainland Dare County. We stock, and distribute
food to those in need.
Monday Night Alive - a “safe environment” for children needing
additional help for their schoolwork, a volunteer, loved-based tutoring
program
NATIONAL/CONFERENCE MISSIONS:
Society of St Andrew - Sees that millions of pounds of produce
is saved and distributed to those in need at approx 3 cents per
pound
RedBird Missionary Conference - program that facilitates the
development of local churches in Appalachia
Confessing Movement - this a grassroots organization that
operates within the Methodist church to keep us accountable to
the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our church mission
Robeson County Church and Community Center - an
ecumenical ministry in a multicultural community designed to
help local churches meet emergency needs, literacy programs,
home repairs and building new homes.
Response to emergency Natural Disasters through UMCOR -
China, Peru, Midwest Floods, Hurricane IKE
All God’s Children - ministry and programs that serves
impoverished children and their families in rural Northeastern
North Carolina
Prison Match - a program that provides mothers and their
children with the support and resources necessary to maintain
and strengthen family relationships in an effort to break the
cycle of children following their parents’ prison track
Food Bank of NC - distributes food at minimal costs to hunger
ministries throughout NC
Wesley Foundation - supporting the nurturing of college
students on the campus’ of NCSU, ECU, UNC, and Duke
Hispanic Ministries Challenge Fund - provides assistance
within the conference in developing Hispanic Ministries
MERCI Center - a conference in Goldsboro inspired by Jesus
Christ to a mission of caring, and seeks to alleviate the
suffering of those impacted by disaster, poverty, or adversity
Disciple Bible Outreach Ministry - developing and doing
Disciple Bible Studies primarily in prisons and then in small
membership churches, and missional settings
Hyde County Cooperative Parish - helping spread the Gospel
through various assistance programs in Coastal NC
All New Churches - assists financially the creating, building
and nurturing of new Methodist churches in our conference
Methodist Home for Children - a mission is to build upon the
social, physical, emotional, and spiritual strengths of children,
youth, and families, and to affirm their worth primarily dealing
with orphaned children in NC
Camp Don Lee , Camp Rockfish, Camp Chestnut Ridge -
camps primarily devoted to equipping our Youth to be better
christians through Summer Camp experiences
Wesley Hospitality House - is a “home away from home” for
patients and families of patients receiving medical treatment at
Albemarle medical facilities in Elizabeth City
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS:
Heifer Project - “Passing on the Gift,” means recipients agree
to share the offspring of gift animals with others in need,
making them equal partners with Heifer in the fight to end
world hunger.
NOAH Ministries - a ministry lead by Mike and Linda Jones
born and raised in Eastern NC that is helping spread the Gospel
of Jesus in Africa
Nothing But Nets - a program that is helping provide African
children with netting to put around their sleeping area in an
effort to help save lives by reducing malaria and other diseases
affecting them
Project Agape- Relief efforts in Armenia
NDI - Building Churches in Third World Countries
Zoë Ministry - Zimbabwe Orphans Endeavor - Works to meet
the needs of children orphaned in the AIDS pandemic in Africa.
Operation Christmas Child- wrapped shoeboxes full of small
gifts for children around the world through Samaritan’s Purse.
Vellore Christian Medical College Scholarship - provides for
medical care providers in India.
Peru Covenant/Breakfast of Love