The people of First UMC want to share the love that God Has shown them by reaching out to those around them. Outreach and Mission is important because Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor (Mark 12:31) and we cannot truely love Him if we do not love our neighbor!
Outreach & Mission:
January 2009 - First UMC joined with other churches in the area to help build a wheel chair ramp for a family in Tallulah. The church also collected change for the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Vicksburg, MS for "Sanctity of Human Life Week."
February 2009- This year FUMC has also started working with the Angel Food Ministries program distributing food throughout the community once a month.
March 2009- Members of C.A.S.A. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) came to tell and gain support about their programs which help children obtain safe homes. The ULM Wesley Foundation also came to give testimonies about mission trips to Mexico this Summer and obtain support.
April 2009- First UMC along with many churches and civic organizations from the community helped raise money and awareness for "Relay for Life."
May 2009- First UMC is getting ready for Vacation Bible School on June 1st -4th from 9 a.m. till noon. We are also getting ready for the CTCYM Mission teams who are comming June 14th-20th to do mission work in the Tallulah area.
June 2009- We were busy with Vaction Bible School as we had 59 kids on June 1st-4th for "Crockadile Dock." We also had over 60 teenagers come as part of the CTCYM program to do mission work. See the "CTCYM" web page for details.
July 2009- Angel Food keeps growing as we distributed 87 boxes of food to families this month.
August 2009- Area churches, including First UMC started a 5th Quarter after the T.A. highschool football games for the youth.
September 2009 - The UMW had a rummage sale to collect money for projects and missions.
Four area churches, including First UMC, helped come together and put on a youth ralley at the Tallulah Civic Center for the youth of the community on Sept. 2nd also. The focus was "Empowering Our Youth" especially against drugs and violence. Over 100 people attended and were blessed with worship, testimonies, preaching, and food!.
First UMC Tallulah actively supports also:
The Louisiana Tech & ULM Wesley Foundation's
The United Methodist Children's Home
Christian Ashram
Volunteers In Mission (VIM)
Walk to Emmaus
Other Ways to Help Those In Need:
Bro. John suggests a good program for helping kids in need is "Compassion." Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training. Today, Compassion helps more than 1 million children in 25 countries. If you are interesting in sponsoring a child or learning about this program click here.
