First United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Loving God, Loving Others...since 1880
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Outreach
In front of the First United Methodist Church of Mount Dora is a small replica of the sanctuary. The doors open to reveal a slot to insert a prayer request. Pen and paper is provided. The prayer requests are prayed over by the church’s prayer team. The prayer cottage was built in memory of Lena Howard, a long-time member of the congregation, and devoted person of prayer. Click here for the City of Mount Dora's video about the prayer cottage.
Every worshiper is encouraged to serve in our congregation or in the community. WE SUPPORT:
Air Mobile Ministries - Sending formula to at-risk infants in Haiti
www.airmobile.org
Barefoot Student Ministries:
Served with Strong's Missions in Costa Rica
Repaired homes for families in Georgia through Team Effort
Prepared pre-packaged meals through Deliver the Difference
Blood donation - saving two lives with every donation
www.oneblood.org
Carpenter’s House for Children - raising children from Haiti at a home in Leesburg http://thecarpentershouseoflakecounty.com
Children’s Home – offering residential care and foster care for at-risk kids
Fifth Sunday financial offering
School supplies in August
Christmas presents in November
Guardian Ad-Litem - working with children in the court system
http://guardianadlitem.org
Haven (Battered Women’s Shelter): Christmas presents, clothing, donations to their thrift shop
Henderson Settlement - helping families in the Appalachia Mountains
Lake Cares: Feeding families in Mount Dora and the surrounding area
Food donations and unused coupons
Distribution center at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center at 803 Florida Avenue on first and third Fridays
Food collection twice each year
Volunteers with food distribution and in the pantry
Christmas party for the neighborhood children
Lake County Schools - helping students in a variety of schools
http://www.lake.k12.fl.us/volunteer
Missionaries and mission efforts in Angola, Cuba, and Haiti through the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church
Rafiki Foundation - supporting ten orphanages in Africa through volunteering at their retail store
http://www.rafikifoundation.org/
Reach out to Haiti - sends used tennis balls to children
https://reachouttohaiti.wordpress.com
Senior Center - Second and Fourth Tuesdays from 10:00 to 2:00
at the M.L. King Jr. Center, 807 Florida Avenue in Mount Dora
Shoebox gifts for children in need through Operation Christmas Child
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child
Samaritan's Purse has a children's downloadable game on the Greatest Journey
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/tgj-game-app/
Singing Saints - singing weekly in local nursing homes
Triangle Elementary (our neighborhood school) - mentors for at-risk students
United Methodist Women:
Health kits for UMCOR
Blankets for the Linus Project
Multiple other local and global projects
Vacation Bible School - In the past, VBS has purchased library books for orphans in Africa, chickens for families in developing countries, and water wells in Angola. In 2016, they created Blessing Bags to give to the homeless. Click here for a Daily Commercial newspaper article about two sisters' response to the project.
Vision India Ministries
http://www.visionindiaministry.org/
Waterman Hospitals - volunteering in the hospital and providing golf cart transportation
https://www.floridahospital.com/waterman/volunteer
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