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.  Pens 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. 

 

Every worshiper is encouraged to serve in our congregation or in the community. 

 

 

Air Mobile Ministries - Sending formula to at-risk infants in Haiti

 

Barefoot Student Ministries:

Carpenter’s House for Children - raising children from Haiti at a home in Leesburg http://thecarpentershouseoflakecounty.com

 

            Fifth Sunday financial offering

            School supplies in August

            Christmas presents in November

 

Guardian Ad-Litem - working with children in the court system

 

Haven (Battered Women’s Shelter): Christmas presents, clothing, donations to their thrift shop

 

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

 

Lake County Schools - helping students in a variety of schools

 

Missionaries and mission efforts in Angola, Cuba, and Haiti through the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church

 

 

Scouting for Food in November - Cub Scout Pack 19 and Boy Scout Troop 19

 

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

 

Singing Saints - singing weekly in local nursing homes

 

Triangle Elementary (our neighborhood school) - mentors for at-risk students

 

            Red Bird Mission – Campbell’s Soup labels

            Health kits for UMCOR

            Teddy bears for Waterman Hospital and the Haven

            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