Please contact the church at 248.356.1020, ext. 803 to schedule a time to deliver your donations, or place your canned goods in our "Purple Barrel of Hope" near fellowship hall.
Can you, your family or your ministry join together to help feed someone else in need?
We accept all of these foods and more . . .
Quaker Oats / Canned Fruit / Soup / Crackers / Canned Meat / Cookies / Snacks / Rice / Port & Beans / Cranberry Sauce / Peas / Green Beans / Corn / Yams / Pet Mile / Macaroni & Cheese / Corn Muffin Mix / White Potatoes / Chicken Broth / Kool-Aid / Cereal / Stuffing Mix / Cake Mix / Cake Frosting / Tuna / Mashed Potatoes / Juice / Spaghetti / Capri Sun / Rice-a-Roni / Baby Food / Peanut Butter / Jell-o / Ramen Soup / Greens / Spinach
Missions will take 1 can, 2 cans, or even a few, full cases of canned goods whatever you can do!
Mildred Braddock, Chairperson
Alice Edwards, Co-Chair - Secretary
Gwendolyn Watson, Treasurer
Rev. Tim Wright, Associate Pastor of Outreach & Missions
Missions Ministry meets the second Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
The Missions Ministry of Hope United Methodist Church is committed to sharing the love of Jesus by reaching out to those who are experiencing physical or spiritual hunger, using our time and energy to decrease material need, and boldly sharing the Word of God, in an effort to assist those whom we encounter to live socially and spiritually fulfilled lives.
Missions Ministry strives to provide food, clothing, shelter, spiritual support and the Word of God whenever and wherever there is a need, with the intent of assisting people to move to a higher physical and spiritual level.
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? (I John 3:17)
In 1975, the merging of Southfield United Methodist Church with St. Mark’s Evangelical United Brethren Church created Hope United Methodist Church. With the newly formed church came a new organizational structure that included a number of “work areas” (now called ministries). One such ministry is Missions.
Hope Church records indicate that its first Missions chairperson was Ruth Geving, who served as chairperson from 1975 to approximately 1977. Ruth Geving, also a charter member of Hope United Methodist Church, maintained her membership at Hope until her death in the mid 1990s. Under her leadership as Missions chair, the focus was on serving the global community.
Dr. Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III accepted the assignment as Hope’s pastor in 1983, and as the fist African American pastor of the all-white congregation, was instrumental in appointing African Americans to various leadership positions. One such appointment was Liz Chamberlain. As the first African American chairperson of Missions, Liz served from 1986-1988. When Liz assumed the position of chairperson, she continued to carry out projects inherited from her predecessor, namely an annual clothing drive, CROP Walk, and the dressing of Goodfellow dolls for needy children at Christmas.
With Annie Morrow as its leader in 1990, Missions worked under the aegis of Evangelism and Outreach. In 1991, Dr. Grenae’ Dudley took over the reins of Missions (no longer a sub-committee of Evangelism and Outreach), and took the ministry to another level by adopting a shelter (COTS) and working with other agencies that serve the needy. Dr. Dudley led food and clothing drives, sent care packages to Desert Storm soldiers, worked with nursing homes, and continued the tradition of dressing Goodfellow dolls. The ministry’s concentration switched to the needs of the local community.
The Missions Ministry has come a long way. From 1975 to 1988, Missions basically operated as a one-person ministry. However, by 2004, under the leadership of John Gambrell, Missions has evolved into a ministry of approximately 35 members. These members are actively involved in serving God through numerous community and several global outreach efforts. There is a bi-monthly nursing home ministry, a spring and winter Angel Tree program, holiday and monthly food basket projects, cloths for the needy, overseas outreach to assist churches in Haiti and Liberia.
Although the CROP Walk was dropped over the years, it has once again been selected as a joint Missions project with Church and Society, along with several other ongoing outreach efforts. In 2005, under the leadership of Mildred Braddock, Missions was blessed with a freezer and refrigerator from the Food Bank of Oakland. This blessing has enabled Missions to supplement their food baskets with additional frozen and/or refrigerator items. The Closet of Hope has provided a record number of families clothing and food do to the new direction and persistence of the Chairperson and the Co-Chairperson.
1975 ~ Ruth Geving
1977–1978 ~ Doris Robbins
1981 ~ Dick Loader
1983 ~ Carmel Dunham
1986–1988 ~ Liz W. Chamberlain
1991–1993 ~ Dr. Grenae’ Dudley
1994 ~ Benny Whitfield & Leonaora Thompson
1998 ~ Prudence Washington
2000–2002 ~ Jean Lewis
2002–2004 ~ John Gambrell
2004–present ~ Mildred Braddock
Programs developed to assist families with food or clothing during the Holiday, Monthly or Emergency time of need.
>> Click here to visit the Closet of Hope page.
Programs developed for Lahser Hills and Boulevard Temple. Communion given every second Saturday at 10:30 am at Boulevard Template, and at 2:30 pm at Lahser Hills. Ongoing activities at Lahser Hills on the fourth Sunday at Lahser Hills at 2:30 pm.
>> Click here for 2006-2007 program activities (PDF).
Programs developed to assist Methodist Children Society (a boys orphanage) and selected young women's programs to help with school supplies, wish list, clothing and gift certificates.
Overseas Programs developed to assist churches abroad in Haiti and Liberia.
Programs with special need for different seasons.
Programs developed to assist families with food or clothing during the Holiday, Monthly or Emergency time of need.
>> Click here to visit the Closet of Hope page
>> Click here to visit the Nursing Home ministry web page
Programs developed for Lahser Hills and Boulevard Temple.
>> Click here for photos.
Programs developed to assist Methodist Children Society (a boys orphanage) and selected young women's programs to help with school supplies, wish list, clothing and gift certificates.
Overseas Programs developed to assist churches abroad in Haiti and Liberia.
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