UMCOR SUNDAY - Flood Bucket Video
Staring some of the T-Z Family...and a special TZ cameo performance! All are welcome to help us assemble 10 flood buckets & 100 hygiene kits on March 10 @ 11:30am (right after worship). |
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OUTREACH & NURTURE TEAM
SUMC Outreach & Nurture Ministries are grateful for vibrant local missional partnerships, sharing God's Love-in-Action through caring for those in need. Our local partnerships are focused on: Food Insecurity, Children's Nurture and Gun Violence Prevention. SUMC is also active in several regional & global missional partnerships focused on Relief & Restoration Efforts.
For more information and/or get involved reach out to Janice Ciampa (chairperson) or Pastor Ali DeLeo.
For more information and/or get involved reach out to Janice Ciampa (chairperson) or Pastor Ali DeLeo.
Local Missional Partnerships
FOOD INSECURITY
CHILDREN'S NURTURE
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
- Grace Cafe - Providing & serving meals to unhoused and unsheltered neighbors with Arch Street UMC
- Cokesbury UMC Food Pantry - Providing canned goods & pantry staples for our friends in nearby Marcus Hook, PA
- Harvest Home - Thanksgiving food donation with CityTeam of Chester
- Superbowl of Sharing - canned goods and pantry staples collected during Superbowl weekend for donation to local food bank
CHILDREN'S NURTURE
- Back-to-School Backpack BASH - providing educational supplies for children with HOPE Point Ministries at St. Daniels UMC
- Children's Book Ministry - providing new and gently used children's books to St. Christophers Hospital for Children
- Christmas Gift Giving Mission - helping neighbor families have a joyous Christmas with Hospital University of Pennsylvania Accounting Department & St. Daniels UMC
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
- CeaseFirePA - providing education, leadership training & advocacy around firearm risks and safety.
- Heeding God's Call To End Gun Violence - opportunities to participate in social action, policy change, vigils, and t-shirt memorial to the lost
- Toll the Bell (Penn Live Arts) - community witness to raise awareness & stop gun violence in Philadelphia and beyond
- Chester Community Coalition - community outreach & healing support for those affected by gun violence in Chester
Regional/Global United Methodist Missions
- Eastern Pennsylvania UMC Support for those in Prison - intergenerational activities at Christmas & Easter to show caring for those who are incarcerated.
- Project Restoration/Volunteers in Mission - restoring and rebuilding homes in the Eastwick Community after Hurricanes Ida & Isaias
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - the humanitarian relief & development arm of the UMC, UMCOR provides long-term presence and restoration in the US and all over the globe.