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Missions Outreach

God has called us into service locally, regionally and globally. Just as the needs of this world are many, so too are the opportunities to become involved in our outreach ministries.

Coming Mission Events

Our summer WIHN week begins June 25. We will begin recruiting volunteers the first week in June. Please see the Local Missions section of this page for more information about the Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network.

We will also have a summer trip to the Ronald McDonald House in Durham, NC for the purposes of providing a meal for those families staying at the house while their child undergoes treatment at Duke Hospitals. The date will be posted here and published in our newsletter and bulletins.

Local Missions at North Raleigh

BackPax For Foster Children - provides care packages to Wake County children being placed into foster homes. For more information on fostering and adoption in Wake county, go to http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/family/adoptionsfostercare/default.htm For more information on BackPax For Foster Children, contact Kristi Phillips at kristi@momssupportingmoms.com.

WIHN, Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network - hosts four to five families each week at local churches. WIHN is the only program in Wake County that keeps the family unit intact while they are homeless. Host churches provide transportation to the WIHN Day Center and back to the church, nutritious meals, a safe place to spend the evening, a comfortable room to sleep, and the friendly assurance that we care for them. We are glad to be a WIHN church! Use this button for more information: WIHN 

Urban Ministries - an organization that has served the “at risk” citizens of Wake County for over twenty-five years. North Raleigh UMC is proud to be a part of this vital community agency that provides medical care, emergency funds, food, shelter, and more. Volunteers can work on Wednesday afternoons, Tuesday mornings and/or Friday mornings at the following tasks:

  • Preparing food for distribution
  • Interviewing clients
  • Assisting in the pharmacy
  • Setting appointments
  • Assisting with receptionist duties

    If you would like to participate in this local mission contact either Andra Cook or Kim Lamb. For more information about Urban Ministries go to their website at www.urbanmin.org.

    Baileywick Elementary School - gives the members of North Raleigh UMC an opportunity to volunteer in mission on a local level. At the present time tutors are helping children in Kindergarten with writing. As teacher evaluations are completed there may also be a need for volunteers in reading as well as mathematics. In August all members of NRUMC have an opportunity to donate school supplies to students so every child has the necessary materials for the start of another school year. What a wonderful, rewarding way to open a whole new world of learning and communicating to a child! For more information, contact Dee Bostick at abostick@wcpss.net.

    Meals on Wheels - provide monthly meals to the elderly, handicapped and homebound citizens of Wake County. Our teams service the downtown area and the North Raleigh area. In addition to our gifts of time and service, we also contribute financially to this ministry. For more information about Meals on Wheels, visit their web-site at http://www.mowaa.org

    North Raleigh Ministries - a place where families in crisis living in the North Raleigh zip codes can turn for Christian encouragement, financial assistance and food. North Raleigh UMC provides volunteers, funds and food. If you are interested in volunteering for this local agency contact Denise Crumpler at Director@northraleighministries.com. For more information about the North Raleigh Ministries, visit their website at http://northraleighministries.com

    Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries - is involved with all persons who have been affected by crime. It reaches far beyond inmates who are incarcerated in prisons, jails or institutions. It reaches out to both the offender and the offended. It reaches out to all victims of crime including the children of the victim’s family as well as the offender.

    At NRUMC, we actively support this ministry through the following activities:

    Disciple Bible Outreach Ministry - offers a weekly opportunity to witness as disciples by teaching/assisting the study of God’s love through bible study within the North Carolina prison system as well as the Federal Prison system. This ministry is based on the Disciple Bible program Becoming Disciples Through Bible Study. For more information, contact Pat Ford pford1@nc.rr.com or go to http://www.disciplebibleoutreach.org/ for a related link.

    Project Angel Tree - offers annual support of children of inmates through Prison Fellowship. This charity involves Christmas gifts to children of those incarcerated as well as family follow-up as a result of relationships built from visit and gift delivery.

    In addition to the ministries we support with our time and talent, we also support local missions with our financial gifts. These include: The Methodist Retirement Home, Raleigh Board of Missions, Urban Ministries, Hope House, and Triangle Reading Service.

    Regional Missions at North Raleigh

    The Appalachia Service Project - is a Christian ministry, open to all people, that addresses the housing needs of Central Appalachia. North Raleigh UMC sends adult teams to work with this mission organization twice each year, one weekend in the fall and one weekend in the spring. Teams repair homes to fulfill the "warm, safe and dry" purpose of the Appalachia Service Project. For more information about ASP, visit the web-site at http://www.asphome.org; ; for more information about North Raleigh involvement in ASP, please watch this page, and see the worship bulletins and newsletter for updates!

    Global Missions at North Raleigh

    Faith Ministry - began in 1994 to extend a Christian hand of hope and love to the Mexican people in Reynosa and Miguel Aleman, Mexico. Housing, medical, educational and spiritual needs are met with God's help every day by both volunteers and staff at Faith Ministry. In November, 2006, North Raleigh will send our fourth mission team to Reynosa, Mexico to work with Faith Ministry in building homes for families in need. Our teams have built five homes in the Reynosa area over the last three years, and we anticipate building two or three more this year. Our team of 15 - 20 builds concrete block houses measuring 12'x24' in one week, working with area residents in Reynosa. For more information about Faith Ministry, visit the web-site at www.faithministry.org.


    In addition to our support of global missions with our time and talent, we also support several missions with our financial gifts. They include:

    Steven Newnum, Maringa, Brazil, Methodist Center for Instruction and Training

    Herbert & Mary Zigbuo, Liberia, Africa, as leaders of the Ganta UM Mission Station

    Robert & Hazel Terhune, Toyko, Japan, as evangelists, local church ministry

    ZOE Ministry working with Zimbabwe children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic,

    Central Asia Institute ministry in central Asia, focusing on community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia

    UMCOR Disaster Relief, providing financial and material resources to areas devastated by natural disasters

    Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network

    2008 Host Weeks:
    March 30 - April 6
    July 20 - 27
    October 26 - November 2

    Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network, (WIHN) provides support services, including counseling, assistance in finding jobs and housing for the homeless families in Wake County. Some of the families were sleeping in their cars when they entered the program. Other families saw their homes burned, lost everything, and had nowhere to go.

    A paid director and case manager at the Day Center provide the support services. Up to ten families are selected by the staff to be in the program at a time. For homeless families, this assistance is the only program that keeps families intact. No other program will allow a teenage boy to stay with his mother or a husband and wife stay together.

    Since June 1994, NRUMC hosted the WIHN guests for many weeks. Paul writes in Romans 12:13 that we should; "Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." At NRUMC, we provide a bedroom, three meals a day and relaxing lounge in the evening for the WIHN guests.

    About 100 volunteer positions need to be filled for a week to be successful. The mission committee wishes to give a big Thank You to the volunteers and the members of the WIHN Coordinator Committee for serving so faithfully.


    2005 WIHN Coordinator Committee
    Primary Coordinator: Jay Camp - 847-0817
    Backup Coordinator: Arnold McPeters
    Host Coordinators: Dana & Herman Towles
    Sara Nichols
    Margaret Pfeiffer
    Dinner Coordinator: Nelle Mosley
    Food Supplies Coordinator: Polly Smith
    Laundry Coordinator: Wanda Dixon
    Setup/Cleanup Coordinator:
    Financial Coordinator: Romer Stevens
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