Missions Supported by Liberty Methodist Church
Local Missions
Local MissionsThe Rainbow RoomThe Rainbow Room, located in Quitman, is an emergency resource for Wood County’s Child Protective Services (CPS) case workers. The Rainbow Room allows the case workers 24x7 access to children’s clothing, hygiene products, and other essentials that are needed until longer term foster care placement and state funding are in place. These items are all provided without cost to the children. Financial donations help support and maintain the facility and supplement any essential items that have not been donated.
Project Linushttps://www.projectlinus.org/
Project Linus began nearly 25 years ago when one woman wanted to help children who were frightened and away from their parents during surgery, cancer treatments, or in other scenarios. Blankets provided by loving hands are a tangible comfort to children and their parents during stressful times. That security blanket continues to provide comfort for many years. For example, one little girl who was in a battle with cancer, was given a blanket and she never left home without it.
Project Linus is totally nonprofit and is active in every state. Amazingly, no one in the organization receives a salary. The Tyler Smith County Project Linus gave 3,500 blankets to children in 2019. By the end of February 2020, more than 8 million blankets were given away. All Project Linus blankets must be made of new materials. To serve this need, the Crafty Christians make quilts, fleece tied blankets, and crocheted or knitted blankets. In this way, the members can pass on love to others by doing what they love. Crafty Christian members are from Liberty UMC, First UMC Quitman, and other area churches. Morgan's Mercy Mansionhttp://www.mmmrehab.com/index.html
Gideon's Restoration CampNorth Texas Child Advocacy Centerhttps://www.cactx.org/
CS FOOD Pantryhttps://www.facebook.com/CSPantry/
CS Food Pantry provides emergency food for individuals and families in the Quitman area who are struggling financially.
If you wish to donate $ to help feed people, please send to : CS Food Pantry, PO Box 1116, Quitman, Texas. 75783. CS Food Pantry opened in 2013 and is a ministry united in sharing God's love with those in need by providing food assistance and linking them with other resources if they should need long term care. |
International Missions
International MissionsChrist for Indiahttps://www.christforindia.org/
Christ for India (CFI) was established in 1981 by an independent church in Rockwall, Texas, that purchased 25 acres in Visakhapatnam, India. Dr. P.J Titus and family had moved from India to Rockwall in 1972 and joined the church. Dr. Titus was a preacher and businessman, and he always had a heart for spreading the Gospel in India. He believed the best evangelism to India was to bring young men in for biblical training and a degree. Once they were trained, they could go back home and start a Christian fellowship then a Church.
In 1981 Dr. Titus and his wife Mary returned to India to establish the mission. Dr. Titus started a theological seminary and Mary became concerned about the lost and orphaned children in the area. She began teaching children under a large tree and took some of the children home with her. The children needed a home, shelter, and food. So, eventually housing was built for them. Dr. Titus, Mary, and their son, Jonathan, have gone on to be with the Lord. Their son, Jameson Titus, spends part of each year in India and at this time he is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the campus. Jameson is based in Rockwall and has visited our church several times. The Mission statement of Christ for India is to train nationals as pastors and evangelists, establishing native churches, providing humanitarian aid and education for India’s future leadership. The college has graduated more than 2,000 pastors since inception. They also have provided the New Life Public school for children with more than 900 students and the New Life Children’s Home for about 400 children that live on campus full time. They serve almost 3,000 meals daily. They also have a small hospital on campus and use a van as a mobile clinic for nearby cities. CFI is an independent Christian organization supported by individuals and churches. Children's HopeChesthttps://www.hopechest.org/
Children’s HopeChest, founded in 1994, is a US-based Christian organization directly ministering to more than 15,000 orphaned and vulnerable children, their impoverished homesteads, and their surrounding communities through 130+ CarePoints in Ethiopia, Eswatini, Guatemala, Kenya, Moldova, Russia, and Uganda.
Seeking to avoid creating donor dependency, HopeChest employs a holistic asset-based development approach that empowers local leaders to bring lasting, positive transformation within the lives of the children and within the broader community. HopeChest believes in indigenous leadership and employs 425 overseas staff who deliver programming in the field and U.S. offices house 10 program staff and 10 admin staff for a highly efficient organization with deep impact. HopeChest has developed programming around a Survive, Thrive, and Succeed model which provides food, nutritional supplements, spiritual discipleship, and programming; grief and trauma counseling; and a safe place to meet. HopeChest also helps supplement individual families’ ability to pay school fees, while parents and guardians of the children are offered training in Income Generating Activities and participation in Village Savings and Loans groups which helps them rise up out of poverty. Children, as they mature, are offered a variety of vocational training opportunities and upon graduation are provided a small business start-up kit. HopeChest’s approximately $8.5M funding comes from US church and business partners as well as individual donors who recognize the power of relationships in breaking the cycle of poverty and spreading the gospel of Christ around the globe as the organization seeks to fulfill its vision of “restoring hope to those who need it most.” Biblically based programing and discipleship is woven into every aspect of CarePoint operations and programming. UMCOR Sager Brown Depot
https://umcmission.org/umcor-supply-depots/
The UMCOR Sager Brown Depot is the hub of UMCOR’s relief-supply operations. Each year, more than 2,000 volunteers prepare about $5 million in supplies for shipment from the Baldwin, Louisiana facility. UMCOR Sager Brown reaches out to its local neighbors through food distribution and housing rehabilitation projects, engaging volunteers in these projects that help families and the elderly. They also assist with building of ramps for the elderly and disabled, work at Chez Hope, the local domestic violence shelter, in their thrift shop, and volunteer at Matthew 25 International which conducts outreach work in countries such as Haiti, Peru, and India.
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