Church-wide Missions

Monthly Missions - August 2025

W.A.R.M.

WARM LINKS OF LOVE--2025

August is the month when the three WARM congregations work together to provide food to the WAUPACA AREA FOOD PANTRY. We will be collecting every week in August. Stay tuned for linking together to help out our neighbors!

INFORMATION: Waupaca Food Pantry’s “focus is on shelf-stable, satiating and sustainable foods you can use to make a meal.” Their hours are 9-11 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays. The numbers of families needing help is increasing all the time.

In talking to the Food Pantry representative, this year they are requesting very specific items, listed below. The Pantry is trying to give each family the same amount and type of foods in order to best meet everyone’s needs. They appreciate our willingness to be very specific in our donations in order to best serve our neighbors and our community!

Monetary gifts are also accepted to purchase these needs.

Thank you!

• Crackers of any kind

• Chunky soup, any kind

• Canned beef stew

• Canned pasta, SpaghettiOs, ravioli

• Sloppy Joe sauce

• Spaghetti pasta (long noodles)

• Hamburger Helper boxed meals, any kind to use with hamburger

First UMC

This month, we’ll be collecting offerings for Bread Basket, a free community meal program that began in Waupaca 29 years ago and which operates entirely on donations and grants. This is the 20th year that Bread Basket has been serving from our church and almost the 15th year since First UMC has been preparing and serving meals three times a year. Presently, an average of 180 meals are being served, per week. We prepared 190 take-out meals on May 20th. Thank you to all who shared financial gifts and volunteer help. Our meal consists of ham sandwich, corn, fruit cup and cookies. The present cost to us is about $3.60 per meal. We will be serving again on September 16. Offerings are needed and greatly appreciated. Write checks payable to FUMC with “Bread Basket” on the memo line or place cash in an offering envelope and write “Bread Basket” on the envelope. Thank you and may God bless your gracious hearts!

Crystal Lake UMC

Crystal Lake UMC will be collecting school supplies for Northcott in Aug. Also our food pantry collection will be school lunch items (fruit cups, applesauce, pudding cups, peanut butter, granola bars, cereal bars, etc.).

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