Local Missions

• Thanksgiving Lunch is held at First United Methodist Church on Thanksgiving Day. This meal is for those in the community of Salem who have no place to go for Thanksgiving. Helpers prepare and serve the meal on Thanksgiving Day. Lunch is from 12-2 with preparation taking place in the morning.
• A Community Soup Kitchen is here in Salem and hosted by St.Mark Lutheran Church. On the third Sunday of every month, we do a food drive for their food bank and we staff the soup kitchen once a month as well. For more information, contact the church office and leave a message for Art Tidey.
• Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is an organization that provides housing for homeless families in the Salem area. The program itself is hosted by many different churches in Salem for one week at a time. The First United Methodist Church is one of the hosting churches. We host IHN four times each year. Volunteers are needed to provide dinner and spend the night each night. If you are interested in helping with this project or would like more information, visit www.nihn.org or contact the church office and leave a message for Camella.
• 12 Days of Christmas each year the community of First UMC take on a needy family and give them Christmas in a very special way. Each night for the 12 days before Christmas this family receives gifts, meals and other necessities in an anonymous fashion. Help is needed in purchasing, wrapping and delivering gifts throughout the month of December. This is an awesome way to get into the spirit of Christmas.

Adult Mission to Africa!

Youth and Young Adult Summer Mission Trip

Every Summer the Sr. High youth go on a mission project. This year, 2010, the youth will travel to San Francisco, California to work at several opportunities. 

Volunteer in Mission

VIM is a conference group who send Adults to missions all over the world. For more information or to get involved, go to www.umvim.org.