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Volunteer Opportunities: 

Local, Regional, National and International  

Local

• Community Care
• United Methodist Centers
• St. Paul UMC
• St. Vincent's
• Baby Shower Project
• Assist with Children and Youth mission projects - CUMC
• Support and Organize the English as a Second Language training and housing for Mexican Methodists, for the Dayton Area
• Training - VIM Team Leader Training by West Ohio Conference, March 3, 2007
• Spring Missions Saturday Conference- invite other mission-minded churches to speak to a gathering; have Una Jones (GBGM) here to speak on missions; have a church input meeting to determine what kind of mission efforts they want to do
• Champion a mission - need for people to "adopt" a mission (be its champion), facilitate it and promote that mission

 

Regional

Camp Wesley, Bellefontaine, OH

 

Christ Church adopted the Fireside Room at Camp Wesley some 15 years ago. Each Spring we depart from our church parking lot (usually on a Saturday at 8:30 a.m.), drive to the Camp, get the Fireside Room ready for the camping season, dust the chairs in the dining area, and perhaps do a little outside work before heading back to Kettering. We're usually back by 4 p.m.
It's a one-day commitment annually with good fellowship. If interested, contact June Fellows (294-8017).

 

Festival of Sharing

Roberts Convention Center, Wilmington, OH

Purpose: to alleviate hunger and homelessness, to increase our awareness of the needs of our brothers and sisters wor1dwide for food and shelter, to come together in fellowship for education, and to rededicate ourselves to share God's blessings with others. In October 2007, a new Festival of Sharing coordinator is needed.

 

Good Works, Athens OH

Good Works began in 1981 when Keith Wasserman, a student at Ohio University started housing the homeless. Their Mission Statement is: "A community of hope which provides biblical hospitality through our shelter for the homeless." Good Works serves the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. In 2002, six women from Christ Church spent a week at Good Works. We did yard work, painted, planted flowers, washed curtains, cooked, carried firewood, and worked at the homes of two widows (Samaritan Project). We also had a drive through. The United Methodist Women delivered a van full of supplies later. Keith's motto that states, "Love is a verb" tells it all.

Good Works Hannah House	Good Works Painting Greenhouse

 

School of Christian Missions, Ada, OH

topic: Israel and Palestine

 

School of Missions, United Methodist Children's Home

Columbus, OH

• Day Sampler - July 11, 2007;
• Weekend - July 13-15, 2007;
• Weeklong School of Missions - July16-19, 2007

National

McCurdy School, Espanola, NM

Fourteen members of CUMC traveled to Espanola, NM on September 29th,2007 for a week-long mission trip to McCurdy School.  Our efforts for the week included working on various construction projects, preparing a video about McCurdy and delivering projects prepared by the After School Program and the CUMC Sunday School.  We also visited some local sites. 

See highlights from our trip: McCurdy Mission Team   

Find out more about the McCurdy school: www.mccurdy.org

Henderson Settlement, Frakes, KY

October 2006 - built an office, prepped apples for making apple butter and helped in the clothing room, coupon room, and food distribution area. Next trip will be October 2008.

Red Bird Mission, Beverly, KY

The Redbird Missionary Conference has 23 churches and 4 outreach centers in 8 southeastern Kentucky counties. They offer 12 years of schooling, medical facilities, mobile meals, clothing, and a large outreach program. In October of 2004, 11 members from Christ Church spent a week at Redbird. Our Volunteer in Mission Team (VIM) built a deck and ramp for a handicapped man. We also worked in clothing and Christmas stores, the kitchen, sorted lumber, worked in the clinic and cut Campbell soup labels. Lack of sufficient funds is affecting the school so, hopefully, churches will give to the Redbird Advanced Specials (773724, 773726 and 773728).

Red Bird Chapel Beverly, KY	Red Bird Mission VIM Team 2004
Red Bird Mission Door Deck Ramp		Red Bird Work Project

 

Other National Opportunities

• Hurricane relief efforts
• Earthquake relief efforts

International

Russia - VIM:

• Advance Special Covenant relationship with Volga, Russia
• Youth Initiative, July 2-27, 2007
• summer youth camps

Bolivia - VIM:

• Advance Special Covenant relationship with Walter Henry
• Educational Complex, Santa Cruz; summer 2008
• work on high school

Mexico - VIM:

• Advance Special Covenant relationship with Oriental Conference
• Tijuana: building houses & constructing new orphanage, March 30¬April 5, 2007
• Changing the Tijuana orphanage into a school, small businesses and church
• Constructing a new orphanage in Tijuana
• Medical mission trip, 2007

Congo - VIM:

Advance Special Covenant relationship with Gaston Ntambo.

The Flying Missionary, North Katanga Province. Gaston provides travel for missionaries in central Africa, especially to and from areas without safe road access. Gaston also does emergency evacuation for people with medical crises.

Cambodia - Advance Special Covenant relationship with Esther Gitobu. A United Methodist missionary from Kenya, Africa, currently stationed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She administers the finances for UM mission work in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Much of Esther's work involves seeing that the monies allocated to various mission endeavors are being spent effectively. Esther is an articulate, dedicated missionary and mother of three children who are in Cambodia with her and her husband.

Cambodia - Church sponsorship - a commitment of $1200 to provide half the pay for a United Methodist parish minister in Cambodia. The country is exceedingly poor, and very few congregations can support a minister. We are helping one church have an effective and vibrant ministry.

We sponsor both Esther and Gaston as they have more trouble raising the money to support their missions than missionaries from the United States tend to have.

To Read More About Jeanne and Gaston Ntambo:  Wings of the Morning

The Ntambo's Thanks the West Ohio Conference:  Ntambo Letter

Other International Opportunities

• Israel and Palestine - Mission. Education and Advocacy VIM trip, Jan. 2007
• Rwandan refugee speaker
• Bethlehem Bible College
• Israel and Palestine
• Sudan, Haiti, Bethlehem - Mission, Education and Advocacy VIM trip
• Nigeria, mission trip with Olu Daniels
• Heifer Ark project - provide animals that continue to give eggs, milk, honey, clothing, transportation, etc. over the long term
• Alternative Giving - medicine, animals, food, shelter, etc
• Dr. Walt Hartel, eye doctor for medical trip, 2009
• Haiti trip organized by Reynoldsburg