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38. Bike Rehab Ministry – Manchester UMC

Jim Vail coordinates the Bike Rehab Ministry at Manchester United Methodist Church, in St. Louis.Â MissionCast interviewed Jim to learn about thisÂ unique outreach ministry.Â Four times a year volunteers gather in the fellowship hall to clean and fix up donated used bikes for those who can not afford them.Â The bikes are distributed through Kingdom House and a few other agencies.Â Over the past 8 years the ministry has rehabbed and distributed over 1400 bikes.

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31. Prison Ministry in Boonville

For many years Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church, in Boonville, Missouri has carried on an important ministry with the inmates at the correctional facility in Boonville.Â Recently the baseball team from Central Methodist University partnered with them on a prison ministry project.Â KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri, reported on the project during their evening news.Â With their permission we are happy to share the report through this MissionCast.Â The person heading up the prison ministry in Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church is Tom Maxwell.

24. Heifer International at Palmyra United Methodist Church

Â Heifer International seeks to eliminate hunger and poverty by providing animals to impoverished families.Â The gift keeps on giving because every family that receives animals pass on the first born animals to other impoverished families.Â Recently Carol Oliver, from the Office of Creative Ministries, presented a gift ark plaque to the Palmyra United Methodist Church after the congregation raised the $5,000 for a Ark (at least two of each of the Heifer International animals) in just 6 months.Â Carol shares how the congregation did it.Â If your congregation would like information about Heifer International, contact Carol Oliver at 573-474-7155 or email her at oliver@umocm.comÂ Thanks to Heifer International for this picture of a happy recipient of goats.

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