MISSIONS & OUTREACH

MISSIONS & OUTREACH

Great Day of Service is held on the first Saturday in May and involves hundreds of First UMC volunteers in a wide variety of service projects in the community. Our volunteers visit nursing homes, paint houses, clean up yards of disabled or elderly persons, and work on many other projects.

Meals on Wheels - a program of the churches in the community who prepare noon meals and/or delivers them in the community to persons who are elderly or disabled. Our congregation is responsible for cooking and delivering these meals the second week of each month. Volunteers can choose Monday, Wednesday, or Friday to work. Please click on the Meals on Wheels link above to see the church schedule.

Mercy Children's Clinic is a Christian pediatric healthcare ministry located in downtown Franklin. The mission of Mercy Children's Clinic is to reflect the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by providing complete primary healthcare to children from all socio-economic backgrounds in Franklin, Tennessee and surrounding communities.

My Friend's House: First UMC provides a variety of outings through the year for a temporary home for up to 12 teenage boys until they can return to their parents or guardians.

61st Avenue United Methodist Church, our partner congregation in West Nashville, is a small but vital congregation in an economically disadvantaged community. Ministries with children and with homeless persons are distinctive parts of its ministry. Pastor Paul Slentz provides guidance for these ministries.

Room In The Inn is a program in which this congregation welcomes twelve overnight guests every Thursday night from November through March. These homeless women, children, and men are picked up in Nashville and transported to our church building. They receive a hot, nourishing meal, have opportunity to shower, are provided with a safe place to sleep, have access to articles of clothing they may need, and are given breakfast and a sack lunch before being transported back to Nashville. Each week a different adult Sunday school class is responsible for hosting.

Habitat for Humanity, according to its mission statement, "works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with God's people in need by building houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which people can live and grow into all that God intended." Volunteers from the congregation work with volunteers from partner congregations to build a home for a carefully-selected family.

Community Outreach Ministry: This ministry works with the Williamson County Sheriff's Department, the 21st Judicial Drug Court and "Outside the Lines" ministry to athletes in Williamson County schools. Mentors are needed to work in this program.

Volunteers in Missions (VIM) is a program of the United Methodist Church which connects persons who feel called by God with opportunities for short-term mission experiences.

Bridges Domestic Violence Shelter: Bridges responds to the needs of persons experiencing domestic violence. Warehouse volunteers are needed to donate kitchen, clothing, and other articles; help in the clothing and household goods warehouse, receiving and sorting items that are made available to persons displaced from their homes.

WAVES assists mentally challenged individuals to live independent lives.

Alternative Gift Market is sponsored by our congregation each November and provides opportunity for members and friends to send authentic, life-giving gifts to a needy world to honor someone they love.

Graceworks is a cooperative effort of churches in Williamson County ministering to persons in need in our community. A thrift store open to the public provides low cost items and raises funds for other Graceworks ministries. These ministries include emergency food distribution and other emergency aid. Prior to Christmas, the Graceworks Manger provides low cost and no cost gifts for families with limited resources.