The task of the Mission Team is Serving Christ,
or
“What are we doing to be Christ’s servants in the community and the world?”

Our goals include:

• Participating in local, regional and world mission events
• Educating the church and outside community regarding the need and opportunities for service
• Involving events for all ages in the church
• Supporting missionaries in the world.

Work at site; supply snacks
and bottled water.
http://www.habitat.org

click here for photos of our progress!

Group homes for handicapped adults, the one Westhampton is furnishing and sponsoring is called the Perkins Home which is being built on property donated by the family of Westhampton UMC's secretary, Nancy Sopher in memory of
her father.
http://www.hearthavens.org

Society of St. Andrew

Participate in summer and fall gleanings.
http://www.endhunger.org/virginia_gleaning.htm

Alter Natives:

Host a craft/trade project in conjunction with church activities.

April 2006 - assist in cleaning
and painting homes of
Richmond’s low-income and elderly.
http://www.rebuildingtogetherrichmond.org

CARITAS:

One week in November –
housing the homeless.

Mission Trip:

Plan trip and send member(s) to
participate in hurricane
clean-up in southeastern states.

Little Things Mean A Lot:

Monthly collection of miscellaneous items
to support ongoing mission projects.

Financial support.
http://www.rbmission.org

United Methodist Family Services:

Offer volunteers and
support for foster children program.
http://www.umfs.org

Collect items and assemble “shoe box gifts.”
http://www.samaritanspurse.org

Elizabeth Project:

Sew baby blankets for local low-income
single mothers.

Friends of Barnabas:

Eye glasses and special offerings are collected and sent to this UM health clinic in Honduras
http://www.fobf.org/

Cross-Over Clinic:

Financial support.
http://www.crossoverministry.org

Knit 1 Pray 1:

Church project knitting hats for
local patients undergoing
chemotherapy treatments.

Assemble school and health kits.
http://www.churchworldservice.org/tools-blankets/index.html

Bishop’s Initiatives of Hope: