Below is a list of the ongoing and special giving/serving mission projects our congregation is currently committed to uphold. Please familiarize yourself with them; pray about them. Choose one, two, or whatever number you feel led to support and then do get involved in whatever way you can. We are a generous and giving congregation but no one is expected to be involved in all of these. And, please remember that Mission Team and other sponsoring entities always appreciate your prayers for these mission opportunities.
Camp Aldersgate Clean-up
Carrollton First UMC (The Yellow Brick Church & The Bridge) is planning a clean-up day at Camp Aldersgate. Tentative date is Saturday, May 11. More info will be shared in upcoming bulletins.
Flood Buckets
We will be collecting items for flood buckets this year. Our goal is pack 6 buckets to be taken to Annual Conference in June. Look for more details and a list of items after Easter.
Operation Christmas Child
Sharing His Love— OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
115 Shoe boxes from Carrollton First UMC were sent. Thank you! Please plan to participate in this mission project next year. Did you know that Samaritan’s Purse adds literature about Jesus to every shoe box of gifts? Just think—your gifts and the gift of Jesus going to a child overseas! Plan to pack a box and be part of this mission to the world. Collection Sunday TBA.
Giving Opportunities: Carrollton Schools
The CARE Team actively assists families in our community to keep students (preK- grade 12) from “falling through the cracks” educationally and otherwise. The CARE Team came up with a monthly list of items that are needed by students/families.
For February/March these items are
- Easter Baskets/grass
- Empty plastic eggs/ egg coloring kits
- Canned vegetables
- Toilet paper
- Cake/Brownie, pudding mixes
Please place any items in the box outside the worship space.
Another way that the Carrollton Schools is meeting the needs of students is with the Blessings in a Backpack (BIB) program.
There are over 1000 students in the district that receive free or reduced lunches. Of those students, 275 have requested help with meals on the weekends. The BIB program sends home a bag with each of the students that consists of 2 breakfast, 2 lunch and 2 snack items. The cost for this program is $2 per week per student.
MONTHLY SUPPORT PROVIDED:
Mariellyn Grace
Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio
6345 S Sunbury Road
Westerville, OH 43081-8916
Email Mariellyn
LeAnn Eyerman
Beyond (formerly known as Mission to Unreached People)
Zhong Shan N Road Sec 6
Lane 754 No.14-2 3F
Taipei 111 Taiwan
Email LeAnn
Devin & Tia Tharp
Bright Side Youth Ranch
1069 North Shiloh Rd.
York, SC 29745
Bright Side Youth Ranch
Email Tia & Devin
John & Daryl Hersh
Tobin Center Chaplaincy
8363 County Home Road
Lisbon, Ohio 44432
Ken & Kathy Keyes
SIL International, Wycliffe
P.O. Box 628200
Orlando, FL 32862-8200
(separate note: for the ministry of Ken & Kathy Keyes, #284442)
Email Kathy
Email Ken
Loaves & Fishes
Rev. Gordon Warner – coordinator
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry
PO Box 551
Carrollton, Ohio 44615
330-627-2917
Larry & Angie Overholt
World Gospel Missions
101 Riley Street
Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050
Email Angie
Email Larry
Honduras Ministry
Choluteca Ministries Blog
Urban Mission
Rev. Ashley Steele & Linda Smith
Urban Mission Ministries, Inc.
301 North Fifth Street
Steubenville, Ohio 43952
Urban Mission Ministries, Inc.
Dr. Thane Ury
OMS International
106 Lowry Lane
Wilmore, KY 40390-1219
Email Thane
Additional Giving/Serving Opportunities
Nehemiah Mission (Cleveland) March 1-3, 2019
Book-Link: Collecting good, clean (no writing/no highlighting) used Sunday School or Christian books/materials for Book-Link in Kentucky. Book-Link boxes and ships the materials overseas to any third world country that is along a coast. A collection tote is in the 3rd-5th grade Sunday School room @ Carrollton First UMC in which to place materials.
Habitat for Humanity Faith Build: 2014 Build – Dellroy, Ohio; 2016 Build Sherrodsville, Ohio; 2017 Build – Minerva, Ohio; 2018 Build – Minerva, Ohio. Check back here for information about additional Faith Builds. Contact the church office for more information.
Painting White Crosses @ Magnolia UMC, once a month. Carrollton First UMC/The Bridge have helped paint over 8,000 crosses since fall 2016.
Sharing Bread @ First Presbyterian Church, Carrollton – Carrollton First UMC/The Bridge help twice a year. This free meal ministry is the last two Mondays of every month.
Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes–October/November
The Community Christmas Program–November/December
Lifeline Food Packaging for Haiti – at First Christian Church of Malvern