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Each summer CUMC sends a mission team of adults and youth for a one week mission to the small Appalachian town of Sneedville, TN. A Vacation Bible School program is offered to children in living in five different areas of the community. A nursing home ministry spends several hours a day at a local nursing home playing, singing and worshipping with the elderly residents. A special program for women in the community is held in two locations. Construction teams build and/or repair homes and assist throughout the community with projects that serve those in need.
The mission team coordinates the work in Sneedville with UM missionaries Steve and Diantha Hodges and Randy Hildebrandt. The missionaries serve at Jubilee Project where they work with the community to provide needed assistance, help with small business development and offer many programs for community youth.
A pen pal program connects first grade children in Hancock County Elementary School in Sneedville with children in Sunday school classes and children’s fellowship groups at CUMC.
At Christmas the CUMC congregation purchases gifts for 100 children in the Sneedville community and for the residents of the nursing home that are delivered in time for Christmas morning.
DATE AND TIME: The mission trip is scheduled for the first Saturday following the last day of school in Fairfax County. The next trip is scheduled for June 26 through July 3, 2010.
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE:
- Mission team members must be at least 14 years of age at the time of the trip. Youth ages 12 and 13 may participate if a parent attends. All team members are required to participate for the full length of the trip and are expected to participate in advance fund raising and team meetings.
- Throughout the year CUMC collect used sports cleats for the children in Sneedville.
- At Christmas there are opportunities to purchase gifts for children and resident of the nursing home.
CUMC COORDINATOR:
Mission Trip Coordinator and General Sneedville Mission Coordinator:
Barb Shaiko at
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RELATED WEBSITE: jubileeproject.holston.org
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Wesley Theological Seminary |
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Wesley Theological Seminary, located at 4500 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC, is committed to being a church-based seminary. They support partnerships with congregations for mutual benefit and support. Centreville United Methodist is one of the Partner Churches.
Wesley commits to helping their Partner Churches by sharing their experience and institutional resources in the area of financial stewardship. Wesley Seminary Foundation provides our Partner Churches with:
- Educational seminars and consultation in estate planning, endowment-building, and asset management.
- Biblical and theological resources for faithful stewardship.
- A forum for churches and financial professionals to share experience and "best practices" in church financing.
- Management of church endowment funds which may be drawn from at any time. These services include a reasonable investment management fee.
- Management of trusts and annuities established in whole or in part for the benefit of the church. These services include a reasonable investment management fee.
- Consultation with individual church members in estate planning. Wesley will consult with church members with no requirement or expectation that the seminary will benefit from their estate plans.
- Referrals to qualified financial professionals and other technical resources.
The Partner Churches, including Centreville United Methodist Church, are engaged in four areas of partnership. It means partnering financially, as ongoing consultants between seminary and the church, as teaching congregations, and as partners in fostering a culture of the call. CUMC provides scholarship funds for three Wesley students each year.
CUMC COORDINATOR: Ken Huntsman at
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Commonwealth Center for Children & Adolescents |
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Children and adolescents who are admitted to the Commonwealth Center for Children & Adolescents (DeJarnette Center), located in Staunton, VA, are in crisis in their current environment. A child must be pre-screened and determined to be in danger by a pre-screener from the home community service board (CSB). Typical circumstances requiring psychiatric treatment include:
· Threatened or attempted suicide
· Aggressive/assaultive behavior
· Need for evaluation & medication management
The Center provides a modern, safe environment with four 12-bed living units and adequate education and recreational space on a single-story floor plan.
The Commonwealth Center provides treatment through multidisciplinary teams of child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, social workers, teachers and behaviorally trained direct care staff. Individual treatment plans are developed for each child. The treatment programs currently operating at the Center are:
· Units 1 & 2 : Child & Pre-Adol. Programs (age up to 14 yrs.)
· Units 3 & 4: Adolescent Programs (ages 13-17 yrs.)
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE: Items are collected for both Easter baskets and Christmas gifts. Volunteers are need to deliver the Easter baskets and the Christmas gifts to the Commonwealth Center in Staunton.
CUMC COORDINATOR: Barb Shaiko at
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RELATED WEBSITE: www.ccca.state.va.us |
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