Our Mission Teams Council is beginning the New Year by offering another UMCOR Disaster Response Training/serving opportunity, and here are the details and link for you to please register.
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We are activating our First Church Disaster Response Team this weekend to serve in our local Everman and Forest Hills areas assisting families impacted by recent major local flooding.
On behalf of our Mission Teams Council, thank you all so much for your prayers and generous support helping us raise over $30,000 to reach our Texas & Beyond Outreach Campaign goal!
This Sunday, May 6, we begin our Texas & Beyond Outreach second-mile campaign to better inform our congregation regarding our many international and local ministries, and to raise funds to support them through our second-mile gifts.
Our Texas and Beyond Mission Teams Council continues to provide our congregation with many meaningful and effective service opportunities. You can sign up right now the local Cowtown Brush Up on Saturday, April 7, to help bless families in need in our community.
Last Saturday, I had the privilege as an UMCOR Disaster Early Response Trainer of leading a one-day training here at First Church for 30 new servant leaders.
When the floods came to South Texas our congregation was quick to respond, donating upward of $55,000 within the first days after the storm hit land.
Helping Corpus Christi and Rockport area homeowners sort through their belongings one room at a time, our FUMCFW Emergency Response Team (ERT) members hit the ground running last week for Hurricane Harvey relief.
Rev. Phyllis Barren and I will be co-leading our 13th Annual Costa Rica Mission Trip, from this Friday, July 7 – Monday, July 17, and we request your prayers for our 28 amazing team members and for the beautiful people of Costa Rica as the Methodist Church continues to grow and thrive throughout Central America.
Rev. Phyllis Barren and I will be co-leading our 2017 Costa Rica Construction/VBS/Medical Mission Trip in July this year, and we now have 28 amazing servant leaders registered to serve.