The Work Area on Missions is responsible for the year round program of mission education, to discover the needs of the community and engage the congregation in missions and service projects which address these needs, to be aware of opportunities for mission service through the church, and to expand the benevolence budget of the church.  To this end, the work area has actively engaged in many church-wide and community projects.  Among these are:
  • Missionary Support
  • Society of St. Andrew - Potato Project
      Each fall, usually after the second worship service one Sunday in September, we have a Potato Luncheon. This meal consists of a salad, a baked potato with assorted toppings, and sweet potato pie. It is funded by donation. Monies raised are then contributed to the Society of St. Andrew to help with the cost of getting gleaned and contributed food products to where they are needed to help feed the hungry.

  • Thanksgiving Food Boxes
    • are filled and delivered each year to the needy. A list of fifty families is obtained from
      Social Services and contributions of food from the congregation and community are solicited. Church volunteers pack the boxes with enough food to feed the fifty families of four or five for a week. Other volunteers then deliver the boxes to each family on the list.

  • Project Link
    • We support LINK's Port project which provides housing and food to the homeless in the winter months.
    • We send food to LINK's Food Pantry
    • We make soup monthly to send to the Soup Kitchen


  • United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

      • First United Methodist, Newport News, supports UMCOR in their efforts to provide disaster relief around the world. Click on the following link to read about current projects: UMCOR

Last update: July 26, 2012