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Suncreek UMC Missions: Ongoing Projects
In the narthex mission collection bins, we collect canned and other non-perishable food items for distribution by the Allen Food Pantry. The Food Pantry is a program of the Allen Ministerial Alliance and is located at St. Jude Catholic Church. Allen Community Outreach assists by screening persons who are in need and sending them with a voucher to the Food Pantry if their needs include food. Your donations reach families who have great need.
Bread Run
Every morning, bread
run volunteers pick up donations from a local grocery store and deliver
them to nearby shelters and food pantries. To volunteer, send an e-mail
message to missions@suncreekumc.org
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Boyd Elementary Summer Lunch Program
We are part of a partnership that provides lunch and more during the summer for area impoverished students who attend Boyd Elementary. Suncreek also collects toiletries year-round for the school. The nurse distributes them to children when she is teaching them about personal hygiene and self esteem. Some of the nicer items are used as rewards for children to give to their moms as presents. |
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Communion Offerings
Suncreek UMC
designates mission beneficiaries for the monthly communion offering.
Persons donate by leaving a gift at the altar rail when they come forward
to take communion. Past communion offerings have benefited Florida
Hurricane Relief, Wesley-Rankin
Community Center and Methodist Children's Home of Waco.
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Czech Republic Parternership Initiative A team from Suncreek UMC went to the Czech Republic in August 2005. Following the trip, we formed an official partner church relationship with St. Lukas UMC in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The church's pastor and his family visited Suncreek in 2006. In 2007, a team from Suncreek returned to Karlovy Vary, Click here to learn more. |
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The Family Place
Suncreek periodically designates special offerings to support The Family Place of Dallas. The Family Place provides safe housing
for abused women and children, as well as counseling for all family
members experiencing domestic violence.
Hope’s Door
Hope's Door Dinner
Angels deliver dinner on the first Monday of every month. The dinners are
for a group of women who have identified problems with family violence but
have not lived in the Hope's Door shelter. They come for counseling and
support on Monday evenings. To volunteer, send an e-mail message to missions@suncreekumc.org
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Suncreek has been active in relief efforts for persons impacted by these storms. For a summary of some of these projects, click here. For information about how you can help, click here. For information about our Mission Trip to New Orleans, click here. For information a trip to Slidell, click here. Our most recent Hurricane Relief Mission Trip was September 20-23, 2007 to Beaumont, Texas. Please contact Janet Hunt for information about future trips. |
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Samaritan Inn The Samaritan Inn, located in McKinney, is the only homeless shelter in Collin County (Collin County has about 500,000 residents) Their new facility is capable of housing up to 150 people at any given time. Children typically compose about 50% of the residents. In an effort to help these people in transition, Suncreek UMC periodically designates special offerings to support the shelter. |
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Suncreek UMC Missions: Annual Events
Senior Luncheon
Each January, Suncreek helps prepare a meal for over
175 people at the Allen Ministerial Alliance Seniors Luncheon held at St Jude Catholic
Church.
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Blood Drive This Annual Blood Drive is performed by Carter Blood Care. All donations go to hospitals and facilities in the Metroplex area. Suncreek’s goal is 25 units per drive. |
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Amigos Days Amigos Days is a hands-on ministry where urban and suburban churches join together with residents of urban neighborhoods to make a difference in the city through home repair and building projects. To volunteer, send an e-mail message to missions@suncreekumc.org. |
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Max's Used Book Drive
In the summer of 2000, Max, a former Suncreek child, started this church-wide collection of books for other children. We continue this tradition by collecting new and gently used books in the kindergarten through sixth grade reading levels. To date, the drives have collected over 5,000 books. |
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Project Transformation Project Transformation is a program to connect young energy and leadership, North Texas conference churches and institutions, and urban congregations in a meaningful program by providing dedicated interns to urban churches. Suncreek volunteers work with youth participating in the summer reading program and provide a weeknight dinners for the interns. To volunteer, send an e-mail message to missions@suncreekumc.org. |
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In June and July, we collect school supplies for impoverished West Dallas students. Pick an item from the list and return your purchase to the church, or make a financial contribution and we’ll purchase the supplies. |
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Adult Mission Trips to Juarez Mexico In 2008, we will offer several mission trips to Juarez. Two Adult trips will occur over an extended weekend. The first trip was in February. The second will occur in October 22 -29. We will also offered a Juarez Mission Trip for college students in late May and a Family Trip in the Spring. Between 2002 and mid-2007, over 325 persons have participated in one of our adult, family, college, or Sr. High Mission Trips to Tierra Nueva, a suburb of Juarez, Mexico. We have built 39 homes. Click here for more information about past and upcoming trips. Please contact Janet Hunt to register or for more information at Janet.Hunt@SuncreekUMC.org. |
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Ramp Building |
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Thanksgiving Food Drive During the month of November, Suncreek donates non-perishable food items or grocery store gift certificates to benefit the clients of Allen Community Outreach. In 2007, we collected 113 bags of food. Click here for a list of requested items. |
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Alternative Gift Fair Come enjoy delicious refreshments while you begin your Christmas shopping. You can choose from Fair Trade crafts or donations that support local, national or global ministries. We provide you with special gift cards for each gift you purchase. Click here for more information. |
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Trinity River Mission Christmas Project
Suncreek's special Christmas Missions project this year is
the Trinity River Mission Christmas Family Connection. This program benefits impoverished families at Trinity River Mission. We will be adopting families and bringing gifts to a large Christmas party on Saturday, December 1 from 9am-3pm. We will enjoy games, food and fellowship with the families. Please
contact Janet Hunt in the church office if you are interested
in participating or if you would like to volunteer to help with
the party.
Suncreek UMC Missions: Community Agencies
Suncreek UMC supports a wide-variety of agencies that aid persons in need. Some of the agencies that we work with most frequently with are listed below.
Allen Community Outreach
ACO provides a wide range of services to persons in need, including rent,
utilities, food and clothing assistance.
Trinity River Mission
Trinity River Mission is a community center that works to aid children
in reaching their potential through after-school programs, tutoring, and
summer activities that encourage high academic achievement. It also seeks
to encourage strong and healthy families where children and adults
experience love and support.
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Wesley-Rankin Center Wesley-Rankin is a community center in West Dallas that provides support, education, and hope to the West Dallas community. It was founded in 1902 by women from six Methodist Churches. |
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Suncreek UMC Missions: United Methodist Missions Links
 An Indonesian village devastated by a tsunami. UMNS photo by Mike Dubose |
General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church Opportunities around the world to be in service to others who are in need.
United Methodist Committee on Relief Aiding refugees, providing relief in disaster areas, and confronting the challenge of world hunger and poverty |
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The Advance for Christ and His Church
You don’t need to
wait until there is a special offering to give to a situation that touches
your heart. If there is an area of significant need in the world that you
learn about through the TV, radio, or a newspaper, the United Methodist
Church has a way to put your money to work to meet that need.
You can also use the United Methodist Church Advance Internet site
to select a project that matches your interests. This site will allow you
to search Advance Projects by ministry type and geographic region.
If you are seeking to provide aid for a recent disaster, click on the
UMCOR Emergency Response box to go to a page that lists the Advance
numbers for these funds. Write the name of the project and the Advance
number on your check and drop it in the offering plate on Sunday.
One of the nice things about these special United Methodist funds is that
100% of the offering goes to help those in need. All of the
administrative costs for the personnel that manage these funds are paid
through our apportionments and other gifts to these agencies. Even
relatively small gifts to these funds can make a real difference!
Suncreek UMC's Missionary in Juarez, Mexico
 Rita Thomas |
Rita Thomas is Suncreek UMC's Missionary. She is serving in Juarez, Mexico with Projecto Abrigo. The ministry builds cinder block homes to replace the cardboard and wood pallet homes that families are using for shelter. Rita will also help with the medical clinic, school sponsorship program, community center and more which are all associated with the Wesley Fundacion Community Program in Mexico. Click here for an more information about Rita's ministry in Juarez. |
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