Mission
At the international level, mission teams from our church have been going to Zambia, Africa for the past four years. In 2005, our church financed and built a 300 seat church in Kapisha-Soweto compound in northern Zambia. We installed doors on the new church and built church benches. Also, we put on a Bible School for the children of the church and other children in the area. More recently, UMC has played a major role in raising money for the construction and operation of a four building orphanage in Zambezi, in northwest Zambia, run by Pastor Bernard Lumene. Some of the mission groups have helped with the construction of the orphanage including painting roof trusses and building a new roof. All the mission groups have spent quality time interacting with the orphans and members of the Zambian chruches. UMC has helped raise money for the orphans to plant crops so they eventually will become self-supportive. We continue to help fund the orphans' education. Our church has also supported missionaries Delbert Groves, and Paul Webster in Zambia.
At the nationtional level, UMC of Ludington has been going to the Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Kentucky for the past five years. We have worked on many outreach programs in the community there which include room additions, new roofs, and interior repair and remodeling in the homes. Besides working on projects in the community, we have also spent many hours working at the settlement, at the Henderson farm, in the community center, in after school programs, and in general mantenance projects around the settlement. Another important part of the Henderson experience for us is the opportunity to interact with volunteers from other churches during the free time, and in morning worship and evening programs.
At the local level, we have been operating a church garden providing vegetables and fruit for people who attend Tuesday's free Community Table dinner at our church. A few members of the church help the Salvation Army on the Advisory Board, work at the S.A. thrift store, and co-ordinate bell ringers for the Christmas Kettle Drive with 46 UMC members participating in 2006. Many donate to the S.A. food pantry. Other projects include helping local agencies such as COVE - Women's Shelter, H.E.L.P. Ministries, Jericho House, and families who were victims of house fires. We have supported the Hurricane Katrina Relief Project and continue to support U.M.C.O.R., blankets for Sudan, and many other UMC mission programs. |
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Construction of new orphanage (four buildings) for AIDS Front Porch Orphans of Zambezi, Zambia. Funds come from UMC of Ludington, Manistee UMC and many other UMC churches in Michigan. UMC of Ludington mission committee works closely with Pastor Lumene of Zambezi on the building project. |
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