Missions

LOUMC Mission Projects

LOUMC Angel Tree 2022

LOUMC Angel Tree is coming soon! Your Angel Tree committee is planning to "hang the angels" on our tree in Fellowship Hall with plenty of time to spare for Black Friday sales. This year's tree is benefiting the House of Providence girl's home in Oxford. The event is hybrid in 2022 so that there is an online version and a physical tree. Church members can select an angel from the tree in Fellowship Hall, purchase the item, then return it to the committee (someone to be in Fellowship Hall by the tree after worship or the church office) unwrapped and with the angel attached. Those who prefer can use this link to access our Target Gift Registry: https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift/loumc-angel-tree-2022

Questions: Kathy Castillo at taxkat@comcast.net or Susan Montgomery at susan.montgomery518@gmail.com

LOUMC Coat Closet

This room in our church may be small but it is mighty! LOUMC has provided coats to many throughout the Lake Orion community whose budgets do not permit outdoor apparel. As the cold weather approaches our Brenda Brubaker-Ulery receives size-specific orders through school contacts and delivers them to the schools for the families that have been identified as needing assistance. Our church's assistance has been appreciated with only positive feedback!
Contact the church office if you want to contribute to this mission.

Caring Cadres

Caring Cadres is a dedicated group of mission-minded people from the congregation that encompasses three outreach programs. They are as follows:
-Home Visitation for shut-in individuals who need to maintain connections with LOUMC and can include communion in their home. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Jeanne Draggoo at *please insert your desired method of contact
-Meal Train sign up system for meal preparation and delivery for congregation members experiencing difficult times medically who may need temporary help with proper nutrition. Contact Emily Graffio more information or to volunteer at emilygraffeo@gmail.com
-Funeral Luncheons for congregation members in Fellowship Hall. Catered luncheons ordered by the family are served and cleanup completed by this team of volunteers. For more information or to volunteer please contact Emily Graffeo at emilygraffeo@gmail.com

Monday Night Community Meal

Community Meals Volunteer Team

Our dedicated Community Meals volunteers make meals available for anyone who is in need of a meal or fellowship EVERY Monday evening from 5:30 - 6:00pm. Meals are available for pickup from the Anderson Street parking lot. Please refer to our church home page for updates to this program during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Community Meals Ministry is in partnership with Love In The Name of Christ. Children are welcome. Each meal has a cost of $350 and donations are most appreciated. There is no charge for the meal.
For information about all available Community Meals visit our Community Meals page. For information about volunteering, contact Trudy Carney at (248) 320-4809.

Community Meals Welcomes Lions Club Donations - funds and volunteers!
On Sunday, May 10th at the end of the church service, the Lake Orion Lions Club surprised some of the Community Meals volunteers by presenting a $1,400.00 check. The Lake Orion Lions will also furnish the Lion volunteers to cook, package and hand out the meals once a quarter for the upcoming year, of course under someone's guidance.

Prayer & Squares

Prayer & Squares is a ministry that involves a great number of people; from the ones that create the beautiful quilts to the ones that raise prayers for the receiver. Whether you know how to sew or not, anyone can help put together these beautiful quilts that have touched the lives of so many. For information or questions regarding joining this ministry, contact Bonnie Walker at (517) 945-9028 or mingomama2002@yahoo.com.