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MPUMC Accomplishments

Our goal is "To be and make disciples of Christ." And it is that drive that puts our faith into action. What we hope you notice about Methodists is that we "do." We reach out to those in need in our community, region, and world. This page is intended to help us keep track of how we are doing in that regard.

If you are looking for a way to get involved and "do" something, check our list of Stewardship Opportunities. Pick one that matches your talents, and just do it!

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Joined with area churches, synagogues, and other faith-based organizations to create the infrastructure for Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN), a ministry to local homeless families.
Raised money and supplied labor to build multiple Habitat for Humanity homes.
Hosted IHN families for a week during September and December.
Donated $880 to IHN of Greater Knoxville.
Provided food for over 1,000 Knoxville families in need through FISH.
Participated in the Hunger Hike to raise money for the FISH Pantry.
Provided tutoring to students living at the Pines apartment complex.
Donated 1,250 cans of green beans and $800 to Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) for Thanksgiving baskets. And donated $1,200 and sweat suits to KARM for general use.
Helped families with furnishings, clothing, utilities, and miscellaneous household needs through our Community Outreach fund.
Hosted a lunch for employees of West Hills Elementary and Bearden Middle School.
Cooperated with Cokesbury UMC and Concord UMC to help a Sudanese refugee family, the Tels, settle in Knoxville.
Provided Christmas gifts for families and the residents of the Hillcrest South Nursing Home and Assisted Living Center through the Christmas Families outreach.
Donated proceeds from breakfast sales by UMW circles and various Sunday School classes to local missions.
Donated money to support Red Cross, Jubilee Project, Holston Home for Children, Emerald Avenue, John Tarleton Home, Knox Area Rescue Ministries, Leukemia research, Great Starts Trans Agency, Camp Wesley Woods, Partners for Children, Project Warmth, and Interfaith Health Clinic through UMW.
Contributed Christmas gifts to the Angel Tree, Operation Christmas Child, and Florence Crittenton Home
Participated in a program sponsored by KAT and Kroger to provide bus passes for those in need of transportation.
Donated to the mission programs to FISH, Project Warmth (help with KUB bills), Christmas Families, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Emerald Avenue Youth Foundation, Florence Crittenton Agency, UMCOR, and special needs through the Believers Class.
Provided companionship and comfort to residents of Shannondale Nursing Home through the Shannondale Friends program.
Hosted 130 children for a week of Vacation Bible School.
Donated to Holston Home for Children.
Donated to Emerald Youth Foundation, a ministry that originated at Emerald Ave. UMC that helps inner city youth grow spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
Donated to Wesley House, a United Methodist ministry to inner-city children.
Donated to the UTK Wesley Foundation.
Donated bottled water to Volunteer Ministry Center.
Volunteered at the Fantasy of Trees, and raised money for Children’s Hospital.
Raked leaves for area homeowners through the Youth Rake-n-Run.
Raised money through the Children’s Ministry Faith Run to help purchase a bench for the KTrans bus riders.
Donated to various charitable agencies in the Knoxville area through the Youth program

Sent a truck loaded with over a ton of Hurricane relief supplies to the UMCOR Sager Brown distribution center in Baldwin, Louisiana.
Provided volunteers to staff the Red Cross shelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees at the Knoxville Coliseum.
Provided volunteers to staff the Compassion Coalition office during the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Sent multiple mission teams to Mississippi to assist with Hurricane Katrina recovery.
Donated a love offering to St. Mark’s UMC (Gulfport, MS) to help repair their church building.
Donated to UMCOR for various national and international emergencies.
Sent a 6-member Emory Service Project (ESP) Mission Team to Emory, Virginia, to make home repairs for families in Southwest Virginia.
Provided monthly support and mission teams to Fran Lynch, a UMC missionary to Alaska.
Provided monthly support to Robert and Lynette DiCrasto of Mission Aviation Fellowship.
Sewed 135 tote bags for UMCOR through the Sewing Circle and UMW.
Sent Youth mission team to Charleston, West Virginia, to help with recovery from Hurricane Dennis.
Sent Youth mission teams to various locations to assist with home improvement and restoration projects, partnering with existing community agencies, and group home/crisis center assistance.
Donated the proceeds of UMW breakfast sales to UMCOR Sager Brown.
Donated $104 to the UMCOR relief effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina through the Youth program.

Donated to tsunami relief in Southeast Asia through UMCOR.
Donated to earthquake relief in Pakistan through UMCOR
Donated Teacher Kits for Liberia through the Holston Annual Conference Mission Project.
Donated through the Holston Annual Conference Mission Offering for the Methodist Churches in Latvia.
Donated the proceeds of the UMW Arts and Crafts Fair to a variety of missions.
Donated Easter shoeboxes for the children of South Asia.
Donated Christmas Shoeboxes to needy children around the world.
Donated Health Care Kits to Zimbabwe.