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8230 Cox Rd.
West Chester, OH 45069
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In Our Community

At Faith Community we challenge you to show God’s love, mercy and grace by serving others. Where is God calling you to serve?

Please take your time to read through these different serving opportunities, and feel free to call or email us for further information.

Key for Serving Opportunities

Use the key provided to determine if the outreach or mission event is appropriate for an individual, family or small group.

A – Adult     F – Family     T – Teen     SG – Small Group

All-Church Outreach Day (Sat., April 21)   A•F•T•SG

Faith Community will be hosting an Outreach Day on Saturday, April 21. Join us as we help to clean up at Keehner Park and demonstrate the love of Christ in the community. There will be jobs for children, youth and adults from cleaning the walking paths to picking up debris. All skill levels are needed so that we can help prepare this great park for our community. We will also have a team that will help make decorations for our community VBS. No creative skills needed. For more information or to sign up, please contact Shan Clesceri at shan.clesceri@faithcommunityumc.org.

Summer Lunch/Literacy Program   A•F•T•SG

This multi-church effort serves lunch to children in the Lakota schools who normally receive free or reduced lunches during the school year. Faith Community’s Summer Lunch Program will serve children at the Lakota Lake Apartments in West Chester.  Our program runs 10 weeks from May 30 – August 4. In conjunction with the lunch program, Faith Community also offers a Summer Literacy Program which runs from June 20-July 25.  For more information including times, dates and sign-up links please click here.

School Supplies for Low-Income Children    A•F•T•SG

Every summer, Faith Community collects to provide low-income children in the Lakota School District with needed school supplies.  This year we will working with the Butler County Success program to provide supplies for children at the Hopewell schools.  Faith members can choose to purchase and donates supplies for different age categories, so there is a range of different price levels, to suit everyone’s budget.  More information will be available in late August regarding donations for the 2017-2018 school year.

Hispanic Ministry (Spanish speakers)   A•T

Faith provides needed services to the local Hispanic community.  We provide weekly ESL classes at Stepping Forward in addition to translation services at Faith’s Food pantry and local parent/teacher conferences. If you are bi-lingual in English and Spanish, please consider serving as a translator. For more information, contact Tara at tara.yunker@emailfcumc.net.

Habitat for Humanity   A•T•SG

Our church has individuals and teams that regularly partner with Habitat for Humanity to help build homes for low-income families. If you are interested in serving on a build site for Habitat for Humanity, or would like further information, please contact Tara at tara.yunker@emailfcumc.net.

Kairos   A (men)

This international, ecumenical prison ministry is devoted to changing the lives of incarcerated individuals and by so doing, creating a positive change within the institutions in which they live.  To serve at Kairos requires specific training.

 

 

Missions and Outreach Ministries

Tara Yunker
Director of Missions
513-777-9533 x121
tara.yunker@faithcommunityumc.org

Upcoming Mission Events

Apr
22
Sun
2018
6:00 pm Family Promise of Butler County
Family Promise of Butler County
Apr 22 @ 6:00 pm – Apr 28 @ 7:00 am
Faith Community UMC will again play an integral part in helping families that are transitionally homeless.  During the week of April 22-28, we will open our doors and hearts to provide dinner, fellowship and a loving place for these families to stay while they get back on their feet.  The Family Promise program provides the needed tools and skills to help the families improve their situations. Servant volunteers are vital to this ministry. If you would like to get involved, please contact Shan at shan.clesceri@faithcommunityumc.org.
Apr
24
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
Apr 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.
May
1
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
May 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.
6:30 pm Health Fair
Health Fair
May 1 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Calling all health care and medical professionals: We are hosting our annual Health Fair on Tuesday, May 1 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, and would love for you to share your skills and knowledge with our local community members.  This is a resource for our community where FCUMC helps to provide access to free basic Health Care information, including blood pressure testing; vision evaluation; health & nutrition information; diabetes information; mammogram services (depends on sign-ups); dental information; doctor on site for questions; and hearing screening. If you are interested in helping to plan or participate in the Health Fair, please contact Tracy Kosiarek at 568-3403.
May
8
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
May 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.
May
15
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
May 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.
May
22
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.
May
29
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
May 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.
Jun
5
Tue
2018
6:00 pm Stepping Forward
Stepping Forward
Jun 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stepping Forward is held weekly on Tuesday nights. This program helps equip low-income families with the skills and knowledge they need to move their lives forward.The Stepping Forward program includes: Community Dinner with Praise music and prayer from 6 to 7 pm Children’s Programming from 6:30 to 8 pm Referrals to other needed services from 6:30 to 8 pm Life Skills Classes for adults from 7 to 8 pm Faith Food Pantry will be open from 6:30 to 8 pm Prayer Room will be open from 6 to 8 pm Your help is needed to make this program a success! If you or a local community group that you are part of, may be interested in serving at Stepping Forward, please click here.

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