Mission opportunities are knocking... Will you answer and make a difference? "We can make a difference once we decide to be the difference, then do it all for the glory of God. It begins within ‘our’ heart." -- Joyce C. Lock

• Your congregation can get involved in mission by supporting the Epworth Center in many ways!  Listed below are some ideas.  Please contact us for more information or if you have any suggestions.  
  
  
• Sponsor a “Mission Sunday” at your church. Set aside a special Sunday to inspire and inform your congregation. Ideas include: inviting us to comem and speak about Epworth Center ministries, taking a special mission offering, holding a dinner after your service
  
  
• Sponsor a youth SOWER worker ($275) or donate materials fees for a SOWER group ($1500).  
  
  
• Volunteer at Epworth as... … a youth group … a UMW or UMM project … an individual … a family … _______________ Be creative with your talents and gifts! The Epworth Center could use volunteers for tasks such as cooking, cleaning, light office work, and grounds care. During SOWER, volunteers with construction experience are needed on worksites and material runners are also needed. How can God use you to make a difference? 
  
  
• Put together a SOWER kit - place the following items in a cooler: 2 paint tarps, 2 dust masks, 4 paint brushes, 1 tape measure, plastic gloves, 2 paint rollers, 2 hammers, 2 pairs safety goggles, 1 roll paper towels, 1 box bandaids, 1 roll electrical tape, 2 containers antibacterial hand sanitizer 
   
• Put together a health kit - place the following items in a small clear tote: bandaids, 4x4 gauze pads, rolled gauze, plastic gloves, for children: stickers, coloring book, crayons
  
  
• The Epworth Center is hoping to renovate other cabins.  Please consider praying for and financially supporting this endeavor.
   
• Host a community dinner: Have a dinner, reach out to your area and raise money for Epworth! You can help your neighbors and those Epworth serves.  
  
  
• Parish nurse partnership: Pastors and lay persons, consider working with the Epworth Center to establish a parish nurse program in your church and community! Reach out to others in a practical way. 
  
  
• Hunger ministry outreach participation: Become involved with the Epworth Center's hunger outreach ministry.  
  
  
• Become an Epworth Friend: Epworth Friends are individuals, families and churches who have given $100 or more to the ministry of the Epworth Center and pray for its staff and ministries. Donations are given as one payment of $100 or four payments of $25. Please mark “Epworth Friends” on your check. 
  
  
• Be a 'supply steward.' Recycle any HP, Lexmark or Dell ink or toner cartridge and donate it to the Epworth Center.  We can use the recycled cartridges to receive discounts on office supplies.  A cartridge is actually a help to us!    
  
  
• Save your used plastic coffee containers. We can use them for paint buckets for our SOWERS.
  
  
• East Ohio Advance Specials: #9140 (SOWER), #9191 (Outreach)
  
  
• Wish list…     Ping-Pong Table, Gently-Used Truck, CD Player

"Jesus said, 'Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.'" -Matthew 5:7 NRSV   Open the door. Make a difference today! Contact us for more details or if you have other ideas!