Ministries:
Thank you for your interest in serving our Lord by serving others!
In the month’s with a Fifth Sunday, please join in helping to support Residing Hope, formerly The Florida United Methodist Children’s Home, in their call to serve more children in more places and in more ways as they embark on a second century of serving children. Please utilize your Fifth Sunday giving envelope.
Irene Circle ladies meet the second Monday of each month (except June and July) at 7:00PM in Room #1 in the Education Building. This group of faithful women concentrate their ministries on outreach….reaching out with the love of Christ by caring for people within the church family and beyond. Among the outreach projects that they have done are putting together bags of treats for first-responders in our community, goody baskets for the children of Dover Clinic, and baskets throughout the year for church shut-ins and other “special” members of the church community and beyond. This group is sensitive the needs of the church community and have been a blessing to many! Each spring they sponsor a women’s luncheon and program. All women are welcome to take part in the mission and ministry of the Irene Circle. For further information contact Joyce Allen at 813-685-0166.
The Sanctuary team is a very important part of keeping God’s church presentable to Him and to those who worship here. Volunteers are needed each month to do this important ministry. It takes about an hour a week each month. There’s nothing strenuous to do nor any heavy cleaning, just making sure God’s worship area is neat and presentable. If you need more info about this ministry or would like to volunteer for a month, please contact the church office at 813-689-3513 or Susan Thompson @ 813-340-8463.
Altar Flowers – Once again we have the opportunity to provide flowers for our church altar for Sunday worship! This year’s Flower Calendar is located in the church Narthex (church lobby) where you can pick your special Sunday to sign up for altar flowers in memory or honor of your loved ones. Flower orders are still a reasonable $35. You may take your flowers following worship on the Sunday signed up for. (Please note your payment is for altar flowers.)
A “manna bag” is simply a zip-lock bag filled with a few items to provide a light meal, basic hygiene items, and some encouragement to one of the many homeless people we may encounter on a day-to-day basis. Manna bags have also been given to those who walk through our church doors asking for some assistance. Contact Jim Blaney for more information at 813-681-2463.
FUMC has sponsored and supported the Brandon Meals on Wheels (MOW) program for close to 40 years ~ from its beginning on 1 August 1977. Receiving a hot meal each weekday is important to the health and well-being to a wide variety of individuals who are incapacitated for many reasons. Our current MOW team prepares and delivers 70-plus meals every Monday morning (including most holidays). The MOW planning, purchasing, storage, cooking, serving, clean-up, and delivery operations depends on church members and many friends/associates to ensure that the program continues to run smoothly.
We have a great team in the kitchen and a dedicated group of helpers as well as route drivers who get the meals delivered with a smile and friendly greeting for each of the recipients.
HELP IS NEEDED: If you can help on Monday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. for pots & pans washing and general kitchen cleanup (i.e., mop, taking out the trash, etc.), please consider this need in a prayerful and thoughtful manner. This important MOW mission would take only one hour each Monday and will provide much needed relief to the volunteers who are already working in the kitchen from 7:30 a.m. to get the meals prepared. Yes, we still have other positions open. Are you a computer literate organizer type??? Could you be a substitute driver??? Please HELP. Contact Connie Nelson for specific information on how you can join the MOW team for this mission project – or contact the church office (813) 689-3513 or just show up in the Fellowship Hall/Kitchen any Monday morning to see how you might help.
DRIVERS and ASSISTANTS ARE NEEDED from about 10:30 a.m.
