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.

Click here for our 2020 volunteer commitment options.

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

https://www.facebook.com/BarefootStudents

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

http://www.fumch.org

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

http://havenlakesumter.org

Henderson Settlement - helping families in the Appalachia Mountains

http://www.hendersonsettlement.com/

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

http://lakecares.org

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

http://flumc-missions.org

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

Click here for details.

Shoebox gifts for children in need through Operation Christmas Child

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child

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