Church-wide Missions

Monthly Missions - July 2026

Parfreyville UMC

Foundations for Living is located at 1421 Churchill St., Waupaca. They are a Christ-centered organization dedicated to supporting individuals by providing essential resources, emotional support, and guidance to help them build independent and self-sufficient lives.

They help individuals through the:

Middleton House

They opened the Middleton House in 2024. It serves as a 2nd stage/phase lodging house program where women live in a safe, nurturing, and faith-based environment that is designed to empower women who have experienced challenging circumstances. A comment from one of its residents was “I didn’t think anyone would care about my situation. But here, I wasn’t just a number, I was a person with a future.

Crisis Center

They asses the individual’s situation to find out how Foundations for Living can help them.

Thrift Store

Anyone can shop at the store. They take donations such as clothes for all ages, small housewares, shoes, boots, jewelry, sporting goods, décor, DVD’s books and more. They do not take furniture. The store is a source of income and furnishes essentials for those in need.

Warming Center

They have noticed a decline in the individuals utilizing the center and a large decline in necessary volunteers to run the center. They therefore have decided to forgo that program and focus on other ways to serve the homeless.

Their new initiatives which will be available to men and women that are in crisis are:

1. Access to the shower facility, on a scheduled basis for homeless individuals.

2. Access to the laundry facility, on a scheduled basis for homeless individuals.

3. Regular classes to meet physical, spiritual, and everyday life skills needs. These classes will include a variety of topics, including Rent Smart, Bible Study, and other programs led by community members. These programs aim to improve cognitive and emotional well-being, particularly useful for those experiencing crisis moments.

4. Expand resources given to individuals based on greatest need.

They will continue to utilize their Meal Train volunteers to provide meals during those programs, ideally around lunchtime.

To learn more about them you may go to their website at fflwaupaca.org or call them at 715-942-2725.

Unless otherwise designated, July mission giving will go to Foundations for Living.

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, place cash in an offering envelope and write “NNH School Supplies” on the envelope or write a check to FUMC with “NNH School Supplies” on the memo line.

Crystal Lake UMC

Crystal Lake UMC will be collecting are paper products (kleenex, towels, toilet paper) for the Waupaca Area Food Pantry. Also in July, we will be taking monetary donations for UM camps.

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