Outreach

Local Outreach

 If you would like to learn more or help with any of these volunteer opportunities please email Ann Holder.
Northville Civic Concern

Food Bag Ministry The families served by Northville Civic Concern need us and there are two ways we can help! Thanks for your generosity! Please know our neighbors are counting on us, and your generosity means so much! On the first Sunday of each month, we hold a special food bag collection.  Special paper grocery bags with directions are prepared for you to take with you on the fourth Sunday of the month or at your convenience.  Please fill it with the items needed and bring it back on the first Sunday of the month.  Collections bins are located at the main office entrance on Collection Sunday only, in the hallway next to Fellowship Hall, as well as in the back of the Sanctuary near the Chapel/Lounge. If you would like to make a monetary donation, that would be very helpful as the volunteer super shoppers at Civic Concern will make the most of it!  Please make the check to FUMC, and put “Civic Concern” in the memo portion.

NOAH Project:

The NOAH Project began its Bag Lunch program in 1979, serving lunch on Mondays and Thursdays to anyone who comes through its doors. In January 2014, responding to the coldest, snowiest winter in Detroit history, we opened our doors even further and created the NOAH Community Center and now serve lunch four days a week, Monday through Thursday from 10:30am-2:00pm. The Bag Lunch Program remains our primary way to meet, engage, and build relationships with our participants. It is the gateway to joining the NOAH family and is the first step on the road to self-sufficiency.   Your support of the Bag Lunch Program helps us to begin to build trust with people who find trust so difficult.

America Red Cross Blood Drives

We support our community and the American Red Cross by sponsoring four blood drives per year. Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. What a wonderful way to help a neighbor in need! Our blood drives are on Sunday mornings. Appointments are encouraged, however, walk-ins are always welcome. The blood drive is open to the community.

Cass Social Services and Hospitality Week

Normally we host the Cass Community Interfaith Rotating Shelter for one week every winter at our church, providing meals and shelter for 54 homeless people.

Joy-Southfield

Northville FUMC is one of the partner churches that supports Joy Southfield. Dave Law and Trish Hopkins are on the staff.  Jim Bosscher is on the board of directors.

HIV/Aids Easter Baskets:

Reaching out and bringing joy to those who are dealing with the HIV/AIDS virus during the Lenten season is what the Easter Basket Ministry is all about.

Saturday in the D:

We have a group of handy-folks who provide semi-skilled labor to people who have things that need building, fixing, repairing, or even replacing. These projects have often been done for organizations in Detroit providing service to less fortunate individuals. In the past we’ve done everything from yard maintenance, painting, plumbing, and even office and wall building. We work with CCSS on many projects around their campus. In the past we’ve built offices in the Day Use Drop in Center, assembled beds in multiple housing units, and done landscaping around their Tiny Homes project. We will continue to be the hands of Christ and provide support to our neighbors in need, wherever they may be.

Global Outreach

FUMC Northville is proud to have met all the requirements of the Engagemi program for many years. This is a second mile giving program that provides the framework for learning, giving and acting as the hands and feet of Christ throughout the world.
GLOBAL MISSIONARY SUPPORT:

Temba Nkomozepi is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church serving as an agriculturalist at Mujila Falls Agriculture Center in Kanyama, Zambia. Temba takes part in a range of agricultural, education, and health projects, as well as church growth and development. Mujila Falls raises essential crops, such as corn, and engages in small animal husbandry, cattle and goat milking, fruit culture, tree nurseries, fish culture, and research. Temba’s home country is Zimbabwe. Contact Temba, or visit the UMC missions website for more information.

IMMIGRATION LAW & JUSTICE NETWORK:

Passionately engaged in serving immigrants as they seek legal status in the United States, by providing free or low-cost expert legal counsel, advocacy, and support services. Through affiliated sites across the country, we pursue justice for all those we serve, while offering a sense of safety, trust, and belonging. Our vision is “A nation 24 where every immigrant has access to justice in an anti-racist immigration system that honors the dignity of all people.”

UMCOR:

We support the work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. UMCOR’s work includes programs and projects in disaster response, health, sustainable agriculture, food security, relief supplies, and more. The goal is to assist the most vulnerable persons affected by crisis or chronic need without regard to their race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. We believe all people have God-given worth and dignity. UMCOR’s work reaches people in more than 80 countries, including the United States. We provide humanitarian relief when war, conflict, or natural disaster disrupt life to such an extent that communities are unable to recover on their own.

MIDWEST MISSION DISTRIBUTION CENTER (MMDC):

We send teams to the distribution center in Chatham, Illinois to prepare relief and mission supplies for US and Global projects. For more information about MMDC, please visit their homepage.