Church-wide Missions

Monthly Missions - July 2024

Parfreyville UMC

FOUNDATATIONS FOR LIVING

Foundations for Living is located at 1421 Churchill St., Waupaca. This organization provides emergency, supportive and transitional services to all who live in the Waupaca area community and surrounding areas and help individuals on the road to self-sufficient living.

Warming Center

An important community resource for providing refuge during the coldest months, with a total of 925 nights slept in 2023 by 26 clients. Shelter and meals were provided with a significant portion facilitated through the generous support of the community Meal Train Initiative. The Warming Center continues to offer warmth and care and helps to ensure that everyone in the Waupaca area has access to a safe haven from the harshest of elements.

Crisis Center

Teams continuously address various crises, providing vital support to individuals facing challenging circumstances. From offering a compassionate ear to coordinating resources, the Crisis Center has been a cornerstone in it’s mission. Through strategic intervention and personalized care, substantial strides have been made in assisting those in crisis.

Thrift Store

The FFL Thrift Store continues to be not only an asset to the community as a place to shop and sometimes find hidden treasures, but also clients from both the Crisis Center and the Warming Center are able to use vouchers to purchase necessary clothing and houseware items.

Middleton House

The Middleton House officially opened this spring. This is a home for women in Waupaca who are navigating challenging circumstances and need a place to live while rebuilding their lives.

Unless otherwise designated, July mission giving will go to Foundations for Living. Thank you for your support.

Crystal Lake UMC

Crystal Lake will be collecting paper products ( toilet paper, Kleenex, paper towels, etc.) for the food pantry. Monetary donations for UM camps will also be collected.

First UMC

Northcott Neighborhood House is a multipurpose community center created by the Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1961. It is supported by the Wisconsin UMC Conference and many UMC churches throughout the state.

NNH provides education, employment opportunities and basic necessities to youth, families and senior citizens in the Milwaukee area.

Northcott’s goal is to lift the spirit of the whole community through their mission: To empower families to meet their survival needs and provide good parenting to their children. To provide a safe place for youth as well as year-round recreational and skill-building activities. To provide the neighborhood with space, activities, and the opportunity to engage in community building and crime prevention. To build careers through job training. To provide food pantry access and stock boxes of food to over 1,000 senior citizens monthly.

Throughout the month of July, First Church will be collecting school supplies for the many families and school aged children that NNH supports in their community. If you would prefer to have our mission team purchase items for you, please place cash in an offering envelope and write “NNH School Supplies” on the outside or checks can be written to FUMC with “NNH School Supplies” on the memo line.

Agape Fund

Agape—a word derived from Greek origins meaning any kind of selfless love, whether between human beings or between humans and God. The Agape Fund is an ecumenical effort between St. Mary’s, St. Mark’s, Trinity Lutheran, Scandinavia Lutheran, and our three churches of W.A.R.M. The fund provides emergency assistance to families in need in our area. Assistance is given in the form of one $25 gift card for food at Piggly Wiggly and/or one $25 gift card for gas at the Shell station. Assistance for a family or individual is limited to every 6 months. Special envelopes for this mission offering will be provided in the bulletins on July 14th. Checks can be made payable to FUMC and write “Agape” on the memo line. First UMC offerings are added to the W.A.R.M Agape Fund as needed.

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Missionary Trobby

This is the story of Parfreyville’s new Missionary, Trobby Kandala, as presented by Trobby to Parfreyville’s mission committee. He arrived at Sierra Leone, Africa in August to teach people there about agricultural techniques. If you wish to support Trobby, make checks payable to “Parfreyville” with “For Trobby” in the note field, and send to Parfreyville Methodist Church, N1979 County Rd. K, Waupaca, WI 54981.