Missions
United Methodist Home for Children
Contact: Kathy Eppley
Provides shelter and therapeutic home environment for abused and delinquent children and youth at the home located in Mechanicsburg.
Opportunities for Service: - Collect clothing, school supplies and other necessities for the home
- Assist in clean up of grounds
- Assist with semi-annual yard sales to raise funds
- Provide gifts for the children and youth at Christmas through an Angel Tree
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Habitat For Humanity
Contact: Bob Hale
Assists persons to obtain decent affordable homes in the Cumberland County through new construction or renovation.
Opportunities for Service: - Provide skilled (and unskilled) labor to construct or renovate homes
- Clean up debris from building activity
- Provide refreshments to workers
- Counsel and assist families on homeownership issues
- Assist in coordinating activities with other area churches
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Covenant to Care
Contact: Maisie Godfrey
Provides support for HIV positive and AIDS patients and their families in the Carlisle area.
Opportunities for Service: - Provide information on AIDS and HIV to local groups, schools, etc.
- Serve on a conference committee
- Provide monetary assistance as needed to individuals and families in need
- Sponsor Angel Tree gifts at Christmas time and meals at holiday times
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My Brother’s Table
Contact: Bob Hale
Provides an evening meal to the hungry on Sundays.
Opportunities for Service: - Prepare and serve food at the soup kitchen on the fourth Sunday of even-numbered months.
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Fruitbelt Farmworkers’ Ministry
Contact: Laurel Pfister
Provides spiritual support and addresses physical needs of migrant farm workers in Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin counties.
Opportunities for Service: - Spanish-speakers and those willing to learn conversational Spanish
- Provide worship opportunities
- Prepare health kits for workers
- Collect and deliver sweatshirts and blankets
- Provide a meal in the fall
- Interact socially with workers during the fall
- Contribute items for a silent auction to raise money for the ministry
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Project S.H.A.R.E.
Contacts:
Bill and Joyce McClure
Lucy Brown
Collects and distributes food to the hungry in the greater Carlisle area.
Opportunities for Service: - Provide 18 oz. jars of peanut butter to fulfill Allison's commitment to provide 500 jars of peanut butter per month
- Assist in distributing food to recipient families one Thursday each month
- In summer months, glean crops at local farms on Wednesday evenings and on certain Saturdays in September and October at local orchards
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Samaritan Fellowship
Contact: Jim Boytim
Provides emergency financial assistance to persons in the greater Carlisle area.
Opportunities for Service: - Meet with the Fellowship on Saturday mornings to assess client needs and to secure client services at other times
- Provide care and activities for children of persons who are being interviewed on Saturday mornings
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Safe Harbour
Contact: Safe Harbour
Provides short-term housing and supportive services to individuals and families helping them achieve independent living by increasing their basic life skills.
Opportunities for Service:- Provide in-depth supportive relationships to client families
- Supervise the play area on weekday evenings
- Provide baby-sitting services
- Provide "on-call" transportation services
- Counsel on money management
- Tutor basic skills as needed
- Contribute good-quality household items and clothing
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Shoebox Ministry
Contact: Adora Smith
Prepares shoeboxes filled with personal care items that are distributed by the Salvation Army and other organizations to the homeless, migrant workers andothers in need.
Opportunities for Service:- Contribute donations of personal items, shoeboxes and devotional items
- Assemble the contents of items into the shoeboxes
- Deliver the shoeboxes
Basic Contents of Shoeboxes:- One toothbrush
- One tube of toothpaste
- One washcloth
- One large bar of soap or four small bars
- One comb
- Two small travel-size bottles of shampoo
- One note pad
- One pen
- One stick deodorant
- One pack of pocket tissues
- Three band-aids
- One copy of The Upper Room
Extra Items (used whenever donated):- small containers of hand lotion
- small containers of conditioner
- small containers of mouthwash
- shower caps
- dental floss
- nail clippers
- travel-size sewing kits
- Guideposts
- various devotional literature
- pocket-size New Testaments
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Opportunities are available throughout the year.
Please contact one of the listed members or the church office for information on how to become active in a mission effort.