Service Opportunities

Lifeline and Helpline

Children and Community Outreach

Disaster Relief Services

Home Repair

Missions Training

Partner Ministries 

Missionaries

 

For details on how you can help, see the Haitian Relief webpage.

LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

Everyone, no matter their age or ability, can play an active role in helping to share the love, grace and good news of Christ with others. Several volunteer opportunities are available at First Methodist Houston and its partner agencies. Click on the link below to find a list of this month's volunteer opportunities. We look forward to serving with you.

Volunteer Opportunities

MISSION TRIPS

We hope you will join us on one of our mission trips. This year, we will be going to:
Acuna, Mexico
Buckhorn Camp, Colorado
Brazil (Combined adult/youth trip)
Russia
Thailand and China
Kenya

For more information about any of these service opportunities, contact the Missions Office (information listed above).

Lifeline is First Methodist Houston's Downtown area outreach to Houston's transient population and members in need. Lifeline provides food, rent and utility assistance and spiritual care. Helpline West is our Westchase area outreach to West Houston's low-income population and members in need. Helpline West provides food and clothing as well as rent and utility assistance.

You can help us help the hurting in Houston by donating staples to Lifeline. Lifeline is always in need of the following items:

t-shirts (L, XL, XXL) deodorant men's underwear (size 32-38) toothbrushes toothpaste (travel or small size) men's socks soap (motel-size) gently used billfolds bottled water vienna sausage fruit cups cookie packets cracker packets hard candies plasticware canned goods

For more information about Lifeline or Helpline West, contact the Missions Office (information listed above).

"Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity.'" - Marian Wright Edelman

For several years, members of First Methodist Houston have invested in the children in our community by being a tangible example of God's great love, spending time with them, sharing the Gospel with them, and supporting them in academics. Currently, our outreach is to three area schools - Bush Elementary, Gregory Lincoln Education Center and Port Houston Elementary.

BUSH ELEMENTARY

Members of Stitches of Glory, the sewing circle at the Westchase Campus, hold after-school classes to teach sewing skills to 3rd and 4th graders at Bush Elementary (9730 Stroud, 77036 - Alief ISD). This program continues to grow and provide more activities for the students.

This outreach also needs volunteers to encourage children in academics, help with homework, and tutor in reading and math.

GREGORY LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER

First Methodist Houston helps meet the school-related needs of students at Gregory Lincoln Education Center (1101 Taft), a K-8th Grade Fine Arts Magnet school in the Fourth Ward. First Methodist provides school supplies, gym and school uniforms, shoes, and hygiene and toiletry items.

First Methodist volunteers also help students progress academically. Volunteers are needed to act as mentors and tutors. The school is very flexible about the time/day you tutor and will work with your schedule. 

PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT TRACK (PORT)

Every Wednesday evening (5:45 - 7:15pm) during the school year, First Methodist Houston hosts a Bible study, dinner, arts and crafts, and recreational activities for the children and youth of the Port Houston community.

Volunteers are needed to serve as small group leaders and assistants, food servers, bus riders, gym and arts/crafts organizers.

For more information about the PORT program, contact Lynda West at 832-668-1854.

SATURDAY TUTORIALS: PORT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY

Work with a small group of students as they build their math, science, reading and writing skills. No training necessary. A teacher will present a lesson to the students and tutors. The tutors then assist the students with reinforcement activities.

Tutorials take place at Port Houston Elementary School (1800 McCarty, 77029) are held Saturday mornings from 8:30am - 12:30pm.
Dates for this semester are: January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 6, 27; April 10, 17, 24.

Volunteers must register with HISD as a Volunteer in Public Schools and can do so here: http://amun.houstonisd.org/visits/en-us/Account/Register.aspx

For more information about any of these community outreaches, contact the Missions Office (information listed above).

Disaster Relief Services provides support to those suffering as a result of natural or man-made disasters in a manner that shows Christ cares for these individuals.

The Early Response Team (ERT) works with other ERTs from the Texas Annual Conference to accomplish this. The team is capable of being deployed within 250 miles of Houston, and, on rare occasions, to national and international disaster sites.

For more information about Disaster Relief Services, contact the Missions Office (information listed above).

The Home Repair Ministry assists the elderly or those who are economically disadvantaged with home repairs. Each client must own their own home and demonstrate need for financial assistance. Applicants are reviewed according to team skills and budget availability.

Click here to request assistance.

For more information, contact the Missions Office (information listed above).

PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT

Houston North Loop

• WoodsEdge Community Church - Sundays, Jan. 24 - May 9, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
• Cypress Bible Church - Mondays, Jan. 18-May 10, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact Roger Javens at 281-772-4713.
• Copperfield Church - Tuesdays, Jan. 26 - May 25, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact Taunya Blanco at 281-794-0037.

Houston West Loop

• Bridge Point Bible Church - Mondays, Jan. 18 - May 10, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact Erik Fruin at 281-398-5734.
• Grace Fellowship United Methodist Church - Tuesdays, Jan. 12 - May 4, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact Janet Leary.
• Second Baptist Church - Wednesdays, Jan. 20 - May 12, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact Marcos Leon at 713-822-5003.

Houston Loop

• Living Water International Headquarters - Tuesdays, Jan. 19 - May 3, 7-9:30 p.m. Contact Jonathan Wiles at 281-207-7854.
• First Baptist Church - Wednesdays, Jan. 20 - May 5, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Partner ministries are agencies and organizations whose mission and service efforts align with those of the Missions Ministry at First Methodist Houston.

Partner ministries are not only supported financially - many members and friends of First Methodist Houston supply these agencies with manpower by volunteering on a regular basis.

Christian Alliance for Humanitarian Aid
Emergency Aid Coalition
Innerchange Freedom Initiative
Life Center for the Homeless
Redemption House Transitional Living Facility
Skills for Life Prison Ministry
Wesley Community Center
West Houston Assistance Ministries
Becas Con Bendiciones (Scholarships With Blessing)
Commission to Every Nation
His Voice for Sudan
Mission on the Move

The Missions Ministry of First Methodist Houston supports these missionary families:

• Scott and Monti Channon serving at Mission Aviation Fellowship Headquarters in Nampa, Idaho
• Kirk and Nicole Sims serving in Ghana, Africa through The Mission Society