Service |
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Activity |
Description |
Contact |
Committees |
There are several standing committees throughout the year. The Lay Leadership team works diligently to integrate new people into existing committees. |
Lisa Beavers |
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 |
Foster Kids Support Group |
Provide activities for foster kids while their foster parents receive monthly training on the third Monday of each month. |
Lisa Beavers, Ayrika Watson |
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. |
Maria Gagne, Maurine Wiseman |
John Adams Elementary School |
We are growing a partnership with John Adams Elementary School. Current opportunities include reading with students, providing school supplies, and delivering invitations to special events. |
Lisa Beavers |
Music |
You can serve with your musical abilities in the Chancel Choir or in the Praise Band. |
Frederica Grant, John Beavers |
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. |
Lisa Beavers 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. |
Ayrika Watson |
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 |