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Faith Promise

A ‘Faith Promise’ is different. We are all encouraged to give a tithe to the Lord. A tithe is a gift to the General Fund of the church and covers our day to day operations. A Faith Promise is much different than that. In the Bible there are many such offerings that are over and above the tithe. Like at First Methodist, we also encourage everyone to give to the Building Fund to pay off our mortgage.

We all know that the Lord wants the gospel to travel around the world, and a Faith Promise is a way to do just that. All we are asking is that you trust God to work a miracle in your life. Ask him to help you be a conduit of God’s love and grace for the whole world. So ask the Lord Jesus for a number, and pray that through some way (you don’t expect) he will bless you so you can fulfill that promise. Part or all of your gift can be designated to a particular mission group that you would like to support. Through the years thousands of people have made such promises and report an incredible out pouring of God’s blessing. We encourage everyone at First Methodist to be a part of ‘Faith Promise’. Simply ask the Lord to bless you so you can give an offering over and above your tithe so the “Word of the Lord” can spread throughout the whole world.

He will most certainly hear your prayers.

Missions Trip 2010

Thanks to everyone for your support with this year’s Missions Conference.  It was a wonderful event and continues our church’s legacy of supporting those in the Missions field who work to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  It was both inspiring and encouraging to see the many ways that God uses the talents and gifts of all those willing to go into the field.  Many have come from our own church and we are blessed to be their partners.

     This summer we will be sending a small group from our church for a short term mission trip to Chincha, Peru, to work on light construction and repairs at a school in this   earth-quake damaged city.  Our group will also be helping children with English and working in the surrounding community each afternoon to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

     Later in the summer or early in the fall, we are also planning a trip to the Methodist Missions Home in San Antonio.  We are currently working with them to plan the project work and the dates.  This will be a wonderful opportunity for anyone in the church to be involved with a hands-on mission. Your help is needed with both of these projects. 

     First and foremost, we ask for your prayers for all of those that will be traveling and working away from home as they travel to Peru.  Please pray for their safety in travel and work and pray that God would put them in just the right place to best use each of them for His will.  Pray that the families they leave behind will be safe. Secondly, we need your help as each of those going to Peru raise their own money for the trip.  Please prayerfully consider helping with their support in any way that you can.  We’ll have several fundraisers to help support them (including a bake sale for Father’s Day) but your gift of $25 or more would help make this work possible.  Please designate ‘Peru trip’ with your gift. Thank you again for all that you do to support our church in fulfilling our legacy of missions and as we go about “to make disciples of all nations.” Mathew. 28:19)

Our Missionaries

Darrow and Vicki Frazier
http://www.cadence.org/frazier

On Friday, April 16th, 2010 we officially became Cadence missionaries. We have been appointed to Hospitality House Ministry. Which means we will be living in a Hospitality House as full-time missionaries. A Hospitality House is “a home away from home” where servicemen and women find an open door, a comfortable couch, a home-cooked meal, and people who listen, encourage, love, and point them to the hope of Christ. Hospitality Houses offer different ministries depending on location. These may include Bible studies, singles groups, family-focused ministries, evangelistic outreach efforts, one-to-one discipleship, and coffee house ministries. Hospitality House missionaries strive to share the ups and downs of life with military personnel, encouraging them into deeper relationships with others and with Christ. We are looking forward to finding out where the Lord will send us.

As we prepare for full- time hospitality house ministry, our major responsibility is to share about the needs of the military community and how each of us can make a profound difference in the lives of those that serve our country.

 

Jim and Angela Beise

Jim and Angela Beise

Jim and Angela Beise are serving on a Mission Society for United Methodists team that is building cell church ministries in the suburbs of Paris. In addition to discipleship and leadership development, they are involved in music ministry and outreach to the unchurched. Jim earned his master of divinity degree in missions and served 12 years in youth and pastoral ministry in Mississippi and Missouri

jimbeise@gmail.com
angela.beise@gmail.com

http://www.themissionsociety.org/

Charles and Becky Jackson

Charles and Becky Jackson

The Jackson's are currently working as the international field directors of Each One Feed One, an overseas organization that has ministry stations in Kenya, India and Brazil. The Jackson's are supervising the mission outreach in each of E.O.F.O.'s locations. The emphasis in each of these areas is evangelism coupled with ministry to the physical needs of desperate people. They will be dividing their time between the three foreign fields (India, Kenya and Brazil) as well as visiting churches throughout the United States. Charles is an elder in the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and has 17 years of pastoral experience.
http://www.msum.org/

Paul, Dawn, Samuel and Benjamin Cox

The Cox Family
Paul and Dawn Cox
Vicente Blasco Ibanez 19A, 5a
28050 Madrid, Spain

Cox Family Blog: www.cox-family-in-spain.blogspot.com
Children: Samuel 6 and Benjamin 4 years old

Paul and Dawn work alongside a missionary force of Spaniards who are currently reaching their culture for Christ through evangelism and discipleship ministries. As Paul briefly mentioned in his short introduction to his ministry in Madrid, the common misconception of the peoples of Madrid and of Spain is that they are predominately Catholic and Christian. The reality of the situation is this demographic may comprise less than 1% of the population. Much of the rest have an open antipathy for the gospel. This can be said for much of Europe. The harvest is ready. More laborers are needed for the field.

Read about OMS ministries and future plans for Spain.

OMS International
941 Fry Rd., P.O. Box A, Greenwood, IN 46142
(317) 881-6751

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand. Isaiah 41:10

Maua Methodist Hospial

Jerri and Bill Savuto
GBGM Missionary Interpreters
jbsavuto@yahoo.com
972-618-3664

Aids Orphans, Palliative Care and Service Fund Donation Information
Jesus has called us to help those who are less fortunate and to share in His love as our call to mission. To support the ministries of Jesus Christ, the United Methodist Church has the Advance Special Program.

Any gift to support the Maua Methodist Hospital Palliative care, Service Fund, or AIDS Orphan Programs should be given through your church by using their Advance Special number. It is then sent to the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM), the UMC Mission Board, and then on to Kenya.

Every dollar you send goes to the hospital to support these ministries. There is no administrative costs!

Jerri and Bill SovutoThe Palliative Care Program provides antiretroviral drugs to mothers with AIDS to keep them alive for many years so they can raise their children in good health. Twenty six dollars per month will provide these antiretroviral drugs for a mother with AIDS. Your support check can be written to your local UMC church with a note that reads:  "For Advance Special #09613A - Maua Hospital Service Fund, Kenya - NOTE: For Palliative Care".

The Service Fund pays for the medical bills for our poorest patients and orphans in our service to the Lord. We serve a very poor area and we are the only hospital available to care for them. Your support check can be written to your local UMC church with a not that reads: "For Advance Special #09613A - Maua Hospital Service Fund, Kenya"

Bill Savuto with a young boy in KenyaThe AIDS Orphan Program provides three nutritious meals pre day to the orphans by giving food to their caretakers, usually their grandmothers, who prepare the meals at home. The ministry also provides uniforms, shoes, and fees to send the AIDS Orphans to primary school and provide for their medical care. Fifteen dollars per month feeds and educates a young AIDS Orphan. Your support check can be written to your local UMC church with a note that reads: "For Advance Special #140161 - AIDS Orphans' Project, Maua Hospital, Kenya".

Please pray to the Lord for these ministries and let the Holy Spirit guide you in your generous giving.

"When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or see you sick and care for you ...", and God will reply; "When you have done this for the least of my children, you did it for me." MATT 25:31-40

May God bless you as you share to bring God's Kingdom of Love to the world.

Golden Cross
P.O. Box 655999
Dallas TX. 75265-5999
214-947-2470

Golden Cross is to the United Methodist Church in North Texas what the Red Cross is to the nation. It is a ministry of the North Texas Conference with an annual contribution goal of $1 per church member. Its purpose is to provide healthcare to those in need on behalf of the church. The person must be in need of medical assistance, without funds to pay for medical care, and have a condition that can be treated through a Methodist Hospitals of Dallas facility. It offers a range of services from childbirth, to cardiac surgery, to physical rehabilitation. Local Methodist clergy refer persons in need to the pastoral care office at Methodist Hospital.

Golden Cross Mission Statement
Golden Cross is a faith-based program of Methodist Health System and the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. Its purpose is to provide health care to persons who cannot afford it.
 

C.C. Young Home
4829 Lawther Dr.
Dallas TX. 75214
214-827-8080

The C. C. Young Home is a multi-service retirement community founded in 1922 with a covenant relationship with the North Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. C. C. Young offers services to all seniors through its non-sectarian, equal admittance policy. It is a non-profit faith-based organization dedicated to the elderly, and reflects the Christian traditions of love, benevolence and service. It seeks to enhance the physical, mental, social and spiritual well being of the persons served.

Accommodations include independent living, assisted living, a health center, and an adult day care center. Their Mission Statement: We pledge ourselves to respond to the needs of the aging, ever mindful of our respect for the worth and dignity of the individual. Our services shall be offered and delivered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, creed, sex, age, marital status, handicap or source of payment.
 

Methodist Mission Home

Building families, giving every child a loving home, and educating about adoption.

Methodist Mission Home offers hope to adoptive families, birth mothers, and adopted children through domestic, older child, and international adoption services. Maternity Center / Maternity Home and post adoption services are available. Methodist Mission Home relies on the monetary, spiritual, and volunteer support of individuals, churches, businesses, and foundations to help us continue our mission.

Methodist Mission Home has numerous volunteer opportunities to meet a variety of schedules. Volunteerism is a blessing to our ministry and enables us to continue Giving God's Children a Faith, a Family, a Future. Students with disabilities in our SCHI (Southwest Center for Higher Independence) participate in structured activities to develop social and life skills.

Birth mothers in our Maternity Center enjoy being pampered with shoulder massages, manicures, pedicures, and hairstyling.

Volunteer group/individual projects include: transporting students to local churches, helping with our "Signs of the Times" choir, developing a reading/book club, playing games with students, spiritual, Bible study/spiritual development, teaching life skills (cooking, cleaning, grooming), maintaining and landscaping our 25 acre campus, and administrative assistance in all departments. We offer internships for American Sign Language, marketing/public relations, and Social Work.

Volunteers must attend an orientation session and must agree to submit to a background check if working on the campus or directly with our clients.

Keep our ministry, clients and staff in your prayers.

Dallas Bethlehem Center

Bethlehem Center Dallas

Bethlehem Center was founded March 1, 1946, as an inter-racial project by Mrs. Paul Bard, District President of Women’s Society of Christian Service. It is a ministry of the United Methodist Church, filling the needs for quality childcare, youth activities, recreation and development. The Center offers a wide range of services in the South Dallas Community it has served for 58 years. It is governed by an ecumenical Board of Directors, and supported by volunteer services of the Auxiliary and other friends of the Center, including church groups, United Methodist Women, Sunday School classes and individuals.

In 1946, the program brought together programs in several churches and the current facility was established. Services include a fully accredited day care program, 5-K program, and extended half-day classes before or after classes at the Charles Rice School. Volunteer attorneys provide legal advice. The center sponsors a Boy Scout troop, and youth activities such as sports, music, and arts. Other volunteers provide a library, help with homework, computer education and a literacy lab. The summer program for school age children and youth offers field trips, Vacation Bible School, summer camp for youth, swimming and reading.

This year 430 neighborhood residents received Thanksgiving Dinner and benefited from a Christmas gift program for children. Crisis intervention programs include Food Voucher Programs and referrals to other agencies as needed.

The Bachman Foundry
3418 Park Lane
Dallas, Texas75220

The Bachman Foundry is a tiny Methodist Church-group (no permanent building yet) located in the Bachman Lake Hispanic section. Led by young Pastor Owen Ross, the Foundry seeks to provide holistic ministry to the Bachman community and to the North Texas Conference.

As part of the North Texas Conference 's Vision 20/20 campaign, the initiative was taken to plant a Spanish-speaking church in the Burnet/North Bachman neighborhood. The name "Foundry" was chosen in the tradition of John Wesley's old canon foundry that he converted into a church/social center for the urban London poor. In that tradition, the Bachman Foundry has sought to minister to the spiritual and temporal needs of the residents of this neighborhood. On February 22nd of this year, the Foundry celebrated its one-year anniversary. The Church has embarked on an ambitious agenda of after-school programs, ESL classes, community organizing and much more.

Northaven UMC is a Covenant (supporting) Church for the Bachman Foundry. Several members volunteer in their after-school tutoring program.
 

The Wilkinson Center
Munger Place UMC, Education Bldg.
5200 Bryan Street
Dallas, TX 75206

Located in historic, Old East Dallas. the Wilkinson Center sits at the human crossroads offering hope to one of the most diverse areas of North Texas. Whether homeless, new to the city or simply a working poor family scraping to get by, The Wilkinson Center stands ready to offer much needed encouragement, guidance and support.

Wesley Rankin Community Center

Wesley Rankin is a community center located in west Dallas; it is the counterpart to Bethlehem Center. The children it serves are primarily Hispanic.
 

Morgan Stephens and Family

Morgan and Carrie Stephens

Morgan and Carrie have recently moved to Austin Texas where Morgan is the Lead pastor at Christ Community Church.  We are proud to have been their partner in ministry during the years of their service with Every Nation Ministries.  We wish them well in this new adventure and know they will always be part of our church family.

Here is the website for his new church.

C.W. and Emily Faulkner

CW and Emily FaulknerC.W. and Emily Faulkner have faithfully ministered to cadets and midshipmen at the Citadel for six years. Their goal was to reach young military students before they become leaders in the military. They would like to see these leaders spread their faith around the world as they tour the world. The Lord has led them to a new ministry which they believe supports the type of church the young cadets officers would eventually join. They will be leaving the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ this summer and moving to Louisville, Kentucky to begin a 3-year seminary education.

Over 600 international students come from countries around the world to study at the University of Louisville. Many of these men & women will return home and assume roles of significant influence in nations with very little gospel ministry. We desire to take advantage of this window of opportunity, becoming friends to these students so far from home, helping them adjust to life in America, and—most importantly—telling them about the One who can forgive their sin and transform their lives, our Lord Jesus Christ. Through social contacts, personal friendships and one-on-one conversations, we proclaim the gospel to all who will listen, and disciple those who turn from their sin to follow Jesus. Imagine these men & women embracing Jesus, growing in their faith, and returning to their nations as ambassadors for the King of kings!

C.W. and Emily Faulkner, 245 King George St., Annapolis, MD 21401

cw.faulkner@gmail.com

From their letter dated April 20, 2009

S.M.U. Wesley Foundation

The SMU Wesley Foundation has grown into the largest and most active religious group on the SMU campus. The group draws hundreds of students to weekly worship services, small group Bible studies and special events. The Wesley Foundation acquired a building on the north side of the campus last year and has renovated it to provide a permanent home for the ministry. The group also sponsors a number of community service projects and mission trips within the United States and in Central America

Wesley International School

Marilyn Wykes ministers in a Christian school in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The school includes grades 1 - 12 and a seminary. Her primary responsibilities include teaching, leading cell groups, and working with English and Indonesian churches in the area. Her brother Dennis is a member of First United Methodist, Irving.

Mjwykes@indo.net.id

Marilyn Wyles Indonesian School Room

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