Missions
Mission Ministry Through the Faith Promise
Faith Promise pledges are made at a special Missions Sunday celebration each April. These offerings are given in support of the mission work of the church and are over and above any regular giving for the church budget. Each person is asked to prayerfully consider taking an extra step in faith to help meet the needs of others. The mission areas supported through faith promise giving are as follows:
Local Missions
- Funds for special needs in community
- A-Way Home Shelter
- Putnam County Hospital Chaplain
- Crisis Pregnancy Center
- Cloverdale H.S. Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Center for Women’s Ministries
- Food pantries at Greencastle and Cunot
- Food baskets for needy
- Elementary school supply kits for needy
- Christmas Toys for Children
- Putnam Co. Habitat for Humanity
- RTOP
Indiana Missions
- Wheeler Mission/Care Center (Indpls.)
- Lighthouse Mission (Terre Haute)
- 14th and Chestnut St. Center (Terre Haute)
- Lebanon Children’s Home
- Financial help for students and pastors
United States Missions
- Red Bird Mission in Kentucky
- McCurdy School in N.M.
- Mid-West Distribution Center in Illinois
International
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Blankets given through Church World Service
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Gideons
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Bicycles/Motorcycles for African pastors
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Operation Classroom in Africa
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Missionary Support – Haiti
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United Methodist Committee on Relief
SPECIAL EMPHASIS MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Collecting bottles of aspirin for the DePauw winter term mission trips, peanut butter for local food pantries, collect soup for local food pantries through "Souper Bowl Sunday", classroom supplies for Operation Classroom, and a special “loose change” offering for the Lebanon Children’s Home are missions-giving opportunities held each quarter.
