Category: VIM (Volunteers in Mission)

34. Volunteers in Mission Celebration – Audrey Phelps

Society of St. AndrewJoin the Annual Volunteers in Mission celebration at Community United Methodist Church, in Columbia, on Saturday, November 3rd.  The celebration is designed for all volunteers in mission, pastors, outreach/mission chairpersons and everyone else interested in learning about volunteers in mission opportunities in Missouri and aroud the world.  Listen to Audrey Phelps, Coordinator of Volunteers in Mission for the Missouri Conference, tell about this wonderful celebration.  To view MissionCast click on the picture to the left or click on one of the links below.

Picture:  Catherine Pearson and a little girl in Mozambique.  Catherine is a University of Missouri Journalism graduate student who spent several months in Mozambique this summer helping to coordinate volunteer teams.

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33. Society of St. Andrew – Gleaning for the Hungry

Society of St. AndrewThe Society of St. Andrew provides food for the hungry of America at about a penny per serving.  They do this by making food available that would otherwise be thrown away.  In Missouri many gleaning projectes and potatoe drops are organzied each year through the Joe Bartelsmeyer at the Office of Creative Ministries.  To learn more about what you can do call Joe at 573-474-7155 or email him at bartelsmeyer@umocm.com. To view MissionCast click on the picture to the left or click on one of the links below.

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26. Gleaning Potatoes in the Southeast District – Alexis Miller


Alexis Miller, Summer Mission Intern at the Office of Creative Ministries, and senior at Central Missouri State, tells about a gleaning project sponsored by the Southeast District.  The youth of the district gleaned and bagged over 7,000 lbs of potatoes that were then distributed through the food bank to an eight county area.  If you would like to sponsor a gleaning project contact Joe Bartelsmeyer at the Office of Creative Ministries.  (573-474-7155 or bartelsmeyer@umocm.com) 


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19. Ryan Oetting – 2007 Summer Youth Workcamps

ryan oettingRyan Oetting, president of the Missouri Conference Council on Youth Ministry, was interviewed about the 2007 Summer Youth Workcamps.  We caught up with Ryan in Caruthersville, Missouri, where the youth were working on new homes for people whose homes were destroyed during the tornado which leveled most of the town last year.  This year the Conference Youth Workcamp program took Missouri youth to Alabama and Texas as well as to Caruthersville, Missouri.  In each location they helped people recover from the disasters that had torn apart their lives.  All in all, over 800 persons participated in the 2007 workcamps.  For more information about the Missouri Conference Youth Ministries go to http://www.moumethodist.org/page.asp?PKValue=844. 

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17. Ecuador VIM with Rev Kevyn Amos

Kevyn AmosRev. Kevyn Amos shares information about the Volunteers in Mission team he is going to lead to Ecuador.  In Ecuador his team will be helping with the construction of a church and parsonage and will be participating in a Vacation Bible School with the neighborhood children.  Click on the picture to the left or one of the links below to learn about this up coming mission opportunity.  Rev. Amos serves as the pastor of St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Kansas City and serves as chair of the Office of Creative Ministries Board.

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