St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Service

Activity

Description

Contact

Mission Trips

Each fall we undertake a local mission project. We also send people to locations across the state, nation, and world. In the last four years we have sent teams to do tornado cleanup and for work at Cookson Hills, the Boys Ranch, Haiti, Bolivia, and the Holy Land.

Vicki Spurgeon

Family Promise of Lawton

Church hosts homeless families 4-6 weeks per year. Bedrooms are set up in church, meals are provided, and church members serve as hosts. Many volunteers needed.

Maurine Wiseman

Emmaus/Kairos/Torch Leadership

Members serve on local and international boards for these ecumenical groups. Many more serve on Walks and Weekends.

Maurine Wiseman

Sewing for UMCOR Kits/Prayer Shawls

Group of people who sew/crochet/knit layette kits for UMCOR and provide prayer shawls for people who are ill.

Laura Barrett

St. John’s Feeding Ministry

Provide a hot lunch to over 100 people each month. Help needed to prepare & serve food.

Maurine Wiseman

Cameron University Wesley Foundation (aka Cameron Campus Ministry)

Provide financial support, hot meals or snacks, by serving on their boards, and by leading worship as requested.

Gary Buckley

Loren McKeown

Angel Tree

Many individuals and families purchase gifts for children of incarcerated parents and help deliver them during December.

Maurine Wiseman

Circle of Care

Circle of Care provides support to children and youth who are in foster care or “at risk”. Members contribute financially or by becoming foster families.

School Supplies Drive

Each fall members bring school supplies to the church for distribution to the area schools.

Maurine Wiseman

Faith in Action

One day each year, we go out to serve the community by volunteering at various shelters and agencies across Lawton.

Vicki Spurgeon

Redemption Church

We serve hot meals at Aldersgate Redemption United Methodist Church several times a year. Aldersgate ministers to local prisoners, to people who have been recently released, and to their families. Several of our members are also weekly volunteers there.

Mark & Marian Wheeler, Maurine Wiseman