Congregational Ministry – Page 23

143. MissionCast – Heifer Ranch – Wilkes Blvd. UMC

The Heifer International Ranch, in Perryville, Arkansas is a great place for youth and adults to learn about hunger and responses that help.Â Youth groups are able to spend the night in the Global Village where they break up into smaller groups and stay in different kinds of lodging reprsenting different cultures and economic conditions.Â For this MissionCast persons from Wilkes Blvd. United Methodist Church, in Columbia, Missouri tell of their experience at the ranch.Â For information on the ranch and how to get your youth group signed up call Carol Oliver at the Office of Creative Ministries (573-474-7155) or email her at oliver@umocm.com .

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142. MissionCast – Rebuilding New Orleans – Outward Focused Hope UMC

MissionCast caught up with Rev. John Payne, and members of Hope United Methodist Church in New Orleans.Â Hope UMC in Lone Jack, Missouri is an outward focused congregation that reaches out in mission in many ways.Â On this particular ocasion they were down in New Orleans putting the finishing touches on Debra Simmon’s home.Â It has been 4 long years since Debra was in her home and she was so very appreciative to Hope for giving her hope.

Tasha Stephens, their team leader, wants us to know that there still is a lot of work to be done in New Orleans.Â If your congregation would like information about reaching out like this contact Audrey Phelps at the Office of Creative Ministries.Â (phelps@umocm.com or 573-474-7155)

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141. MissionCast – Backpack Snacks – Grace UMC, Sullivan, Missouri

Second grade teacher, Michelle Rhoads,Â is interviewed in this MissionCast video as she tells about the importance of the backpack snacks outreach program of the Grace United Methodist Church.

Many school-aged children get breakfast and lunch at school during the school year.Â About half of Sullivan, Missouriâ€™s school children qualify for free or reduced lunches. Over the weekends, however, many children do not have access to food.Â The Grace United Methodist Congregation is filling this gap by providing â€œbackpack snacks.â€Â The backpacks contain healthy, nutritious snacks for these children to take home each weekend. Items in the backpacks include things like shelf-stable milk, pasta bowls, fruit juice, applesauce, peanut butter, mac and cheese, and granola bars.

We are so very appreciative of the Grace media team and their pastor Steve Williams for making this video and giving us permission to use it for a MissionCast.

For more information about this outreach program you may contact the Grace United Methodist Church, in Sullivan, by calling (573) 468-6010 or emailing gumc@fidnet.com

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135. MissionCast – Christ Community UMC Community Garden and Food Pantry

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Christ Community United Methodist Church, in the heart of St. Louis, is reaching out to their community by providing garden plots for individuals to grow food for themselves and by providing food through their emergency food pantry.Â They also use their community garden for growing food for distribution through their food pantry.Â A growing number of churches in the Missouri Conference are turning to this kind of green outreach ministry using portions of their church lawn to feed people rather than simply growing grass.Â If your congregation is doing this we would like to hear about it.Â Let us know by adding a comment at the bottom of this MissionCast page.

You can read about the Christ Community United Methodist Church garden ministry in the August 7, 2009 issue of the Review, which is the Missouri Conference Newspaper.Â Â You can go to the electronic edition of the Review by clicking the link below.

Link to the Review article about the Christ Community UMC Garden:Â http://mo.brickriver.com/files/oUMConnection_Issues_FMXDQI/Review8_7_58DAZXR5.pdf

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132. MissionCast – Mercy Meals for the Hungry

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The Eastside Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church, in Independence, Missouri, have teamed up to feed the hungry of their community.Â This MissionCast shows what they are doing.

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