Hiss United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Local, US, and Foreign Mission Opportunities VIM (Volunteers in Mission)
 Ongoing missions work:
Local Homeless Lunch Program:
A Team from Hiss serves lunch to Baltimore County homeless on the third Monday of each month at the EFRC (Eastern Family Resource Center). All are invited to help by donating money; donating food; or donating their time. For monetary donations, please use the envelopes in the
pews and mark them "HOMELESS LUNCH". For FOOD DONATIONS, place donations in the large baskets in the church narthex/lobby. Thank you!! Communion Offering - Good Samaritan Fund:
When communion is celebrated at Hiss, offering plates are set up at the front of the sanctuary to receive your gifts for the needy in our own local community. These gifts are passed on to the St. Vincent de Paul society of St. Ursula's Roman Catholic Church, where they are used to provide real, tangible help to our neighbors in need. This includes helping people pay electric bills, buy food and clothing, avoid eviction, and so forth.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR):
UMCOR is often one of the first groups to respond when disasters strike throughout the world. Designated gifts may always be made to UMCOR in response to national or international needs. As always, 100% of gifts to UMCOR go directly to support the project you choose. You may give directly through the UMCOR website at www.umcor.org, or you may give through Hiss Church. If you give through Hiss, please be sure to clearly indicate on your check or envelope where you would like your gift to be sent. It helps a lot if you look up the code number for the specific need on the UMCOR website and write that number on your check. You may also make undesignated gifts to UMCOR at any time, and they will be used where they are most needed around the world.
Hiss Mission Work in Recent Years:
Summer 2011 Mission Work Completed: International Trip:
To: Honduras
Team Leader: Robin Hollifield
Domestic Trip:
To: Habitat for Humanity: Tennessee
Team Leader: Carol Jagoe
Camp Joy Youth Trip: To: Camp Joy, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Team Leader: Pastor Weitzel
Baltimore County Christian Workcamp Team Leader: Mary Macreadie
Summer 2010 Mission Work Completed:
International Trip:
To: Nicaragua
Team Leader: Don Wiley
Domestic Trip:
To: Habitat for Humanity: Tennessee
Team Leader: Louise Kirby
Camp Joy Youth Trip:
To: Camp Joy, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Team Leader: Pastor Weitzel
Baltimore County Christian Workcamp
Team Leader: Mary Macreadie
In 2009, we prepared for a trip to Honduras, but we felt that the political situation was too unstable for us to risk the trip.
Summer 2008 Volunteers in Mission:
The VIM Guatemala Trip was August 4 - 14, 2008. Fifteen missioners were divided into Teams: a medical team; a Bible School team, and builders. Others from Hiss participated in the BALTIMORE COUNTY CHRISTIAN WORK CAMP, doing local volunteer home repair work, from July 20 - 25.
Mission Trips and Work Completed in Summer 2007:
Thank you to all these teams for their work to help others in a spirit of Christian love!
Hiss UMC Mission Blog:
Read about some of these trips from the viewpoint of the mission workers at www.hissmissions.blogspot.com
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