Church-wide Missions

Monthly Missions - February 2026

Parfreyville UMC

Bread Basket was conceived by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in 1997. A larger facility was needed as the number of recipients increased and in 2004 the program was moved to First United Methodist Church. Meals for the needy are served weekly on Tuesday. For years meals were served at the Church with carry-outs available. During COVID, it was carry-outs only and a survey showed that the recipients wished to continue with carry-outs.

The numbers have increased tremendously recently. Past number of meals was around 160 but our two meals served last year were for 197 and 213.

Bread Basket is staffed entirely by volunteers, and funds come from grants and donations from individuals, churches, organizations and businesses. About half the time meals are provided by such groups as ourselves and supervised by the Bread Basket Board.

We serve hot dogs, beans, carrots, pickles, small bag of chips and cookies.

The mission funds for February, unless otherwise designated, will go toward our Bread Basket meal ministry.

Crystal Lake UMC

Crystal Lake will be participating in the hygiene drive. We will also be collecting soup & crackers for the Waupaca Area Food Pantry.

Warm combined

Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive 2026

From February 22 - March 15, our three WARM churches will once again be participating in The Family Radio Network’s (TFRN) annual Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive. The program is now in its 34th year. Our participation last year helped supply $18,828.00 worth of hygiene and cleaning supplies to our 3 local crisis programs—CAP Services, Agape Help Center and Foundations for Living. The donations of items, not covered by Wisconsin Food Share (food stamps / SNAP), make it possible for the crisis agencies to concentrate their limited financial resources on providing qualified staff, safe housing, nutritious food, education, and counseling. Each of our WARM churches will have a collection box for items purchased from the following list. Monetary donations can be made by writing a check to your respective church. Include “Hygiene Drive” on the memo line. Financial donations received by TFRN are turned into gift cards which are returned to the participating agencies in the communities where they originated, to be used by those agencies to purchase supplies as needed.

• Soaps: laundry, dish, soft, shower gel, 2-in-1 shampoo

• Trash bags (shelters especially need these for bedrooms)

• Diapers (sizes 3-6 and Pull-Ups)

• Deodorant (unscented)

• Wet wipes

• Toilet paper

• Paper towels

• Disposable razors

• Tampons and maxi pads

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