Monthly Mission for June:
Help Feed Our Neighbors
First United Methodist Church has been host to Community Meals for many years. Every Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:00pm people converge in Fellowship Hall for a nutritious and tasty meal. Area churches take turns preparing the meals each week.
Our church is responsible for the 4th Tuesday of each month. While we’re always in need of baked goods that week, we are also in need of monetary donations to help keep up with the rising cost of food for the increased number of participants.
This gathering is not only a chance for hungry or food insecure people in the Cedar Valley to congregate, but it opens the doors of our church for radical hospitality. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to greet, meet and eat with people in our community.
You may give to mission projects by dropping your contribution into the Sunday offering plate, coming in to the church office during business hours or check out the link below. Be sure to specify that it’s for Community Meals.
The Northeast Iowa Food Bank Needs You!
Twice a month we send crews to the Food Bank. See the weekly Good News for dates and times each month. If you are interested, please sign up on the clipboards at the Welcome Desk in the Gathering Space. If you can’t make it every month, that’s okay! Rides are available from the church to the food bank and if we are working in the refrigeration area you will be contacted in advance.
MISSION GIVING
Every month we feature a different worthy cause to support with our attention and our dollars. Sometimes it is a local charitable project, sometimes national and sometimes global. We support our local food bank, Love INC of the Cedar Valley, Church World Service, House of Hope, Banyam Seminary in Nigeria, and other projects which bring relief, health, education, and the blessing of God’s word to those who need it most.
Most of our mission giving is un-budgeted - that is, it is over and above what it takes to operate the church. Still, for more than 25 years running, First UMC has been recognized as a “Third-Mile” giving congregation.
We recommend that you check our latest newsletter for the Mission of the Month and other current projects.
You may give to mission projects by dropping your contribution into the Sunday offering plate, or coming in to the church office during business hours. You may also give to mission projects through the Venmo and Shazam Bolt$ mobile apps, by sending your gift to contributions@aboutfirst.com.