Close to home, around the corner, and far away…God’s work in God’s world.
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Close to Home Mission Project
Blackwell Elementary
St. Andrew UMC is extremely excited to be a Partner in Education with Blackwell Elementary School. If interested, contact Paula Heiney at pch4@comcast.net.
Join our Youth Group (6th - 12th Grade) on Weekend Day Trips to Griffin, GA to assist families in need of work on their home or in their yard. We have teamed up with UMCOR to be an approved group to help in communities along with Habitat for Humanity.
Here is a list of things we shared with the students and staff this year:
Supplied art supplies for students and teachers to start the year
Supplied the Snack Closet for students
Gave the Staff Workroom a fresh look
First graders came to the Pumpkin Patch for a Field Trip
Treated Staff to special Valentine’s Day treats
Guest readers joined k-3 grade classrooms as part of Read for America
Volunteers worked the Cake Walk booth at the Spring Fling
Around the Corner Mission Projects
Learn and Serve
On behalf of United Methodist local churches and conferences, Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) engage in a variety of mission ministries that share the love of God with others around the world. Interested in any of the following topics? Learn about them here:
Missionaries – including Global Missionaries, U.S. missionaries, Global Mission Fellows, Mission Volunteers and United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM)
Evangelism and Church Revitalization – mission initiatives planting new congregations, multiethnic ministries connecting churches and communities in the U.S., increasing global partnerships and developing leaders through educational opportunities
Global Health – Health System Strengthening – building facilities and training health professionals; Imagine No Malaria; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Humanitarian Relief – International and U.S. Disaster Response and Recovery, relief supplies, Global Migration, Yambasu Agriculture Initiative and Environmental Sustainability
Far Away Mission Projects
HAITI MISSION
Haiti School Needs
Looking forward into 2025, we have a need for more laptop computers. If you have a used computer in good condition, please consider donating for our upper school students in Haiti. The computers should be wiped clean and any personal data removed before donating. Unfortunately, we cannot use Chromebooks as thought earlier. Computers such as Dell, Acer, HP, or similar, are most desirable and they must be able to run Windows so the students can take their national exams online.
Thank you for your generosity throughout the past year with computer donations, support of the silent auction, and monetary donations. The need is so great due to the continuing violence and governmental dysfunction in the country. If you would like to continue to support the school, donations can be made through the St. Andrew on-line giving or checks can be made to St. Andrew UMC with Haiti School noted in the memo line. Please understand that all donations should be above and beyond your pledge/gifts to the church.
For any questions, please contact Carol Haisten at 770/365-2737 or chaisten1@hotmail.com.
Opened by St. Andrew UMC in 2005, Andrew Christian School sponsors just under 70 children in kindergarten - high school. The school is located just outside Port au Prince, Haiti, and is the pride of the community. The children are given the opportunity to go to school where they learn a Christian world and life view and how it affects decisions in their home, their community, and their country. St. Andrew through the school assists in providing the students with their school uniforms, books, tuition, one meal a day, and special Edu-Pack backpacks filled with school supplies. St Andrew used to send teams at least once a year to Haiti to help with the school. The team also joins up with other local UMC churches in the area. It has been very dangerous to travel to Haiti at this moment, so we do what we can to keep their school going from afar.
Interested in Learning More or Joining the Team? Contact Carol Haisten
MISSION & MINISTRY VOLUNTEER FORM
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
John 15:12
United Methodist Men sponsor many local missions to help our community in need through the holiday seasons.
Ways UMM serves our community:
Monthly MUST Ministry lunches for our homeless neighbors
Thanksgiving food for local families in need
Christmas gifts for local children in need
Easter food for local families in need
Lunch money help for Blackwell Elementary students
Support to Blackwell Elementary teachers
Annual Golf Tournament - April 2025
For more information, contact our UMM Chapter President:
Bruce Fuerstenberg - bfbfuerst@gmail.com
Contact us for more information on upcoming missions!
Communications@SAUMCMarrietta.org
770-926-3488