The Outreach Ministry team lifts up to the congregation both world-wide missions and areas of concern in our own neighborhood.  We believe in hands-on mission projects where members of the congregation can interact with people in need, who are sometimes our own neighbors.

WORLDWIDE

This picture is the result of the effect our church had through a Jones fund donation.  The funds were used for the completion of the Parsonage in Allenvilai, India. To view more pictures of this amazing project visit Parsonage in India 
 

The parsonage not only houses the pastor and his family, it also provides room for visiting missionaries and preachers on the 2nd floor.

 

 

LEFT:  This is a picture taken August, 2004 of the foundation for a parsonage in Allenvilai

 

 

 

BELOW:  A front view of the parsonage.  The parsonage was was finished in the Spring of 2005 and and the church members in India had the honor of opening the home at a dedication ceremony.

 

 

There are even more worldwide missions that UMC in Madison is involved with -

  • We support missionaries in South Korea.

  • We give our Advent and Lenten Special Offerings to relieve both man-made and natural disasters around the world.

  • We have an ongoing relationship with Africa University, a United Methodist university in Zimbabwe.

OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD

Fair Trade. We sell "Fair Trade" coffee in a project organized by the United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) to help indigenous farmers to earn a living wage.

Heart 'n Hand.  Program which provides meals, transportation and comfort to individuals in need in our own congregation and community.

Interfaith Food Pantry.  We collect food to be donated.  A few times a year, our youth groups restock the Morristown distribution center.

Morris County Interfaith Hospitality Network.  A faith-based shelter for homeless families.

RISE.  (Risingville Intercommunity Service Effort) This summer we will be sending a work group to help people in need living in upper New York State to improve their homes.

SCEEP.  (Suburban Cultural Educational Enrichment Program) Tutoring program for youth from Newark Chancellor Avenue School.

Soup and Bread Lunches after Sunday morning worship service.  At these times of fellowship we invite speakers to round table discussions on many topics, including "Women and Aids in Africa," "The Changing Face of Mission," and "The Continuing Crisis in New Jersey Child Care."

University Connection.  Provides "goody bags" to our neighboring university students at Drew, Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Elizabeth's.  Distributed after Sunday morning service and at the monthly evening service.

Vacation Bible School attracts a large percentage of non-members from our community.

We welcome everyone who wants to help or wants to learn.  Join us for lunch, collect groceries for the Food Pantry, tutor an inner-city child, cook dinner for a homeless family, or help to rebuild a house!  There are many ways to make a difference in God's world.

Check This Week's schedule for meeting dates.  For more information, phone the church office at 973-377-1231 or email.