Missions

Missions Coordination Committee: Coordinate WUMC missions through Education, involvement and Support.
Contact: missions@wylieumc.org



Provide a self maintained mailing list for immediate and targeted requests for assistance.  Persons can
signup and maintain their own subscription with the only obligation being that participants respond to
requests as they are able.Pick up a pamphlet for how to add yourself to this mail list.
Contact missions@wylieumc.org with any additional questions






Financial short term assistance for residents in the Wylie-Sachse-Murphy area. (rent, electricity, water….)
Contact -  Kathryn Strempke 972-442-5835 kathryn.strempke@wylieumc.org


   
Provides lunches to participants during time when schools are out of session.
 Contact - George Whitley 972-429-2166  george.whitley1@verizon.net


Forty five minute bible study once weekly for the Garnet Hill Retirement Community.
 Contact - George Whitley 972-429-2166  george.whitley1@verizon.net


Various missions throughout the year that involve our children.
Contact - Colleen Driggers 214-202-1445 colleen.driggers@wylieumc.org


A day program that provides life enrichment opportunities for adults with special needs.  Activities and therapies
promote and assist adults with special needs in continuing to learn and stay active intellectually, mentally,
physically, socially, and emotionally.




 A non-profit organization which is staffed by volunteers and relies on the help of local churches, businesses,
civic organizations, schools and individuals to supply food and clothing to those in need.   
Contact - Raymond Cooper through Center  972-442-4341


Demonstrating faith in action that results in hope, dignity and self worth for families in the community by
building homes.
Contact - Phil Green 972-747-7770 Phil Green


Assists single parent families, the disabled and elderly who need help keeping up with chores around the
home.  Be it replacing smoke alarm batteries, repairing fences, removing tree limbs or building wheelchair
ramps. We are here to help!  For more information or if you know of a project we can help with.
Contact the church office, 972-442-5835.


Global effort to end world hunger, care for the earth, provide opportunity to all to assist, and to change
people's lives.


An initiative of the people of the United Methodist Church to raise $75 million to eliminate malaria
deaths in Africa by 2015.
Contact - Kathryn Strempke 972-442-5835 kathryn.strempke@wylieumc.org



An annual event to educate participants on church supported missions and provide gift giving alternatives.
Contact - Kathryn Strempke 972-442-5835 kathryn.strempke@wylieumc.org



Shoe box gifts for children in need at Christmas.
Contact - Peggy Wilson  214-681-6814  Peggy Wilson


PRISON REENTRY MINISTRY
 Loving others to Christ, changing hearts and lives.  Creating safer communities and making an eternal
difference in the lives of inmates through Bible study.
Contact - Frank Dirnbauer 214-616-9704  Frank Dirnbauer

Prison Alpha Ministry

This ministry teaches the “Alpha” course on basic Christianity once a week inside Hutchins Men’s Prison. Donations help pay for Alpha textbooks. Study bibles and large print bible donations are also helpful. Volunteers are needed both to go into the prison, and for support work outside the prison. Contact Katie Milholland katiemilholland@verizon.net


 The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is an annual event that gives everyone in communities
across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved
ones lost and fight back against the disease.  
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Contact - Sandy Donovan 972-442-7028  Sandy Donovan


A nonprofit organization with a mission to eradicate poverty wherever it resides by providing
opportunity and support to artisans and farmers worldwide with fair trade support.
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The humanitarian relief and development agency of the United Methodist Church.
Compelled by Christ, UMCOR responds to natural or human made disasters with health care, food,
supplies and emergency response.
Contact - Kathryn Strempke 972-442-5835 kathryn.strempke@wylieumc.org



 Our College, Senior High and Junior High summer Mission Experiences are an opportunity to build
and strengthen your faith.    
Contact - Chuck Church
We are called to make disciples of Jesus Christ. ~ Matthew 28:19