Missions
We serve God and neighbor through local and global missions.
The Judy Strohm Food Pantry provides groceries to families in need each week.
Give a Kid a Chance is a program that provides students at Wakefield Elementary School with backpacks, school supplies and uniforms. A $30 donation provides for a filled backpack. At Christmas, their families are provided with gifts.
CALL – Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime – is a collaboration between the Department of Human Services, Division of Children and Family Services and Arkansas churches. The goal is to find loving homes for children who are in the state’s care.
Red Cross Blood Drives are held four Sundays each year at church.
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief): Volunteers participate in a mission trip to Louisiana to work on disaster relief efforts. Supplies are shipped to disaster sites around the world.
Guatemala: annual medial mission trip. Watch three video clips: Gwen Efird and Anthony Falkowski and Jim Maase. The next trip is July 28-August 5, 2012.
Caring for Creation: After a 2008 Caring for Creation Conf. at Mt. Sequoyah, Green Team members at PHUMC established Ark. Green Faith Alliance to increase awareness. GFA quickly grew from 35 to 350 Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Unitarians who met once a month to share experiences, resources, plans. In 2009, 120 people attended a statewide conference on “Faith, Justice, Environment,” sponsored by GFA at PHUMC. Speakers were Dr. Matthew Sleeth, author of Serve God, Save the Planet, and Rabbi Larry Troster, environmental activist. Guests attended breakout sessions and enjoyed lunch from local farmers, a 0-waste event. Bill Bradlee from Interfaith Power and Light provided the closing session. In 2009, an interfaith Steering Committee began the process of establishing an Arkansas Affiliate of IPL. A news conference was held at the State Capitol. Nearly 200 people signed a Covenant Agreement, agreeing to reduce their own energy consumption and work for environmental justice On Feb. 14, 2010 PHUMC celebrated “Love Your Neighbor, Care for Creation” through a worship service televised statewide. Arkansas GFA earned an award from the Ark. Wildlife Federation in 2009. Arkansas IPL earned an award from the Ark. Sierra Club in 2010. The Green Team today continues to offer Electronics Recycling Days twice a year and creation care studies.
Information: Mary Lewis Dassinger mldassinger@phumc.com, 978.0529
