OUTREACH MISSIONS

BRADY FUND:

A fund established at the Cole Camp School in honor of Brady Thiessen to provide milk, snacks and other expense money needed for less fortunate children in the community. Funds are disbursed by the school counselor as needed.

SHOW ME CHRISTIAN YOUTH HOME:

Funds are provided by the church and members to be donated to this area home for neglected and abandoned children.

WARM HOUSE OF WARSAW - CHRISTIAN OUTREACH OF LINCOLN - COLE CAMP FOOD BANK

Food and household items are purchased and brought to the altar regularly by members and donated for needy persons of Benton County.

AREA SPECIAL NEEDS:

Festival of Sharing - An annual Missouri non denominational gathering to raise money and goods for Missouri mission agencies.

Provide kits for the Place at the Lake to give to battered women they house temporarily.

Each year we provide Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets for area needy families we identify through agencies in Benton County.

We make an annual trip to the Neighbor to Neighbor Program in Kansas City at the Westport UMC providing sandwiches helping the homeless with their lunch and care. 

The church helps individuals and families in the community as need arises.

OTHER MISSIONS:

Our Mission Committee sent $500 and a box of health kits for relief in Haiti following the devastating earthquake.

Our Mission Committee responds to those individuals and families in our community who experience financial needs for help with food, heat and electricity.

The board voted in September 2006 to donate $550 to the mission work of Miss Machala Wilson who works with the handicapped through Special Touch Ministries.  Miss Wilson's dedicated work is known and has been witnessed first hand by members of the board.

Special offerings are taken annually for Gideon's International which places bibles around the world. The church also belongs to the Cole Camp Area Church Alliance which helps area needy persons as well as transcient people in need of help. After the tsunami disaster, the church took a collection, added a check and sent the donation to UMCOR Fund to help.

Following the Katrina hurricane, the entire collection received on the following Sunday was sent to UMCOR to assist with the relief efforts.

We look for ways to be God's people in times of need for those less fortunate.