Blue Valley Memorial United Methodist Church
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Missions

 
Our Church brings the good news of Jesus Christ to the world through its involvement with these missions:
 
Ogden Friendship House -
  This mission provides health products, canned goods and perishable foods, including eggs to the local community. Volunteers from our church work in the clothing distribution center. It is also a United Methodist Church offering worship, Sunday school, and an after-school program. 
 
Heifer International -
   Helps struggling families become self- reliant through gifts of livestock and training.
 
La Esperanza -
   Hispanic Mission Church in Emporia
 
CROP Walk -
   Fundraiser for local hunger relief.
 
Bishop’s Round-Up for Hunger -
   Food, clothing, and emergency supply drive that distributes items throughout eastern Kansas, the United States, and abroad.
 
Habitat for Humanity -
   Building simple, decent, affordable housing for local families in need.
 
Shepherd’s Crossing - 
  Provides rent, utilities, prescription assistance, and budget counseling to those in need.
 
K-State Wesley -
  Campus Ministry offers worship, study and peer support to the campus community.
 
Meadowlark Hills -
  Retirement Center
 
Youthville-  
  Youthville is one of the largest nonprofit, child welfare agencies in Kansas , specializing in foster care, adoption, Psychiatric Residential Treatment and Counseling and Therapy. The agency's 600 employees are passionate about its mission of Giving Children Back Their Childhood to the 1,400 Kansas children who suffer from abuse, neglect, abandonment, and trauma.Youthville is one of the largest nonprofit, child welfare agencies in Kansas, specializing in foster care, adoption, Psychiatric Residential Treatment and Counseling and Therapy. The agency's 600 employees are passionate about its mission of Giving Children Back Their Childhood to the 1,400 Kansas children who suffer from abuse, neglect, abandonment, and trauma.
Link to their website:
http://www.youthville.org/Default.aspx
 
2000 Member Club-  
  The 2000 Member Club exists to provide a means whereby people may contribute to special funds or projects of church growth and expansion within the bounds of the Kansas East Conference of The United Methodist Church.  A person joins the Club by signing a pledge.  Each regular member pledges to pay at least $10 per call and each sustaining member pledges to pay at least $25 per call.  No more than two calls may be issued in any calendar year.  Members may terminate their membership by written cancellation to the Club c/o the Conference Treasurer’s Office.  In response to the need stated in the call, members may give any amount above their pledge if they wish.
Projects eligible for club calls are:
  • Redevelopment and/or relocation of existing churches to serve new areas of residential growth.
  • Replacement, renovation or expansion of Ethnic Minority Local Church building.
  • Provision of funds for capital improvements for special mission projects within the bounds of the Kansas East Conference.
  • Assistance to an existing church for a new building addition.
  • Assistance to an existing church to build a new parsonage when special conditions of missional strategy, parish development or similar needs warrant.