missions

Point Hope supports Newborns in Need
Posted July 21, 2008
Point Hope is proud to support the local Newborns in Need chapter. Newborns in Need makes and donates baby gowns, blankets, and other essential baby items to hospitals, homeless shelters and other organizations that provide for premature and newborn infants. All items are donated completely free of any charge. For additional information about this outreach effort of Point Hope, contact Mary Rogers.

Volunteers needed for Blood Drive
Posted June 30, 2008
Four volunteers are needed to help with an American Red Cross blood drive in August. If interested, please contact Joe Cate at (843) 971-6377 or e-mail joecate@pointhopeumc.org.

VBS children raise $180 for Epworth Children's Home
Posted June 30, 2008
During our summer 2008 VBS, the children collected spare change (and even dollar bills) to support our VBS mission project - Epworth Children's Home. Our VBS kids raided their parents' pocketbooks and wallets, the sofa cushions and even their own piggy banks to raise $180.71. These proceeds will go toward birthday parties and presents for the deserving children at Epworth Children's Home. Everyone at Point Hope is so proud of the generosity shown by our VBS youth.

ECCO Mission Outreach
Posted June 15, 2008
The first Sunday of each month, members of Point Hope UMC provide items for East Cooper Community Outreach's Free Store. Items that are currently needed include:

canned soup
canned beans
canned fruit
dry beans
cereal
tooth paste

ET is home!
Posted April 21, 2008
Point Hope United Methodist Church celebrated the completion of an Elderly Transportable (ET) Cottage on April 13. The project started in January 2008 and was completed as a collaborative effort with members of First United Methodist Church on Isle of Palms. Pat Goss, executive director of the Mount Pleasant-based United Methodist Relief Center (UMRC) and a Point Hope member, says the cottages provide area elderly poor with "safe, secure, comfortable housing." The UMRC took care of the building plans and provided materials as well as the services of a professional construction project manager. Point Hope and First United UMC provided all the labor to construct the cottage. Now that the house is completed, UMRC moves it to the site where the new recipient will live rent-free. If the tenant requires long-term care or dies, the UMRC "recycles" the house by re-painting it and repairing any damages that may have occurred before passing it on the next person. The ET house is wheelchair-accessible and has a bedroom, bathroom, full-size kitchen and living room. The house is secured by hurricane tie-down straps and connected to the existing sewer or septic system.

Adopt-a-Family
Posted January 1, 2008
Point Hope UMC adopted a Jennie Moore family to share the love with at Christmas. The missions committee sponsored this project and each dollar was matched with funds from the PHUMC missions budget - our special shoppers did the rest. Sandy Riley and the missions committee headed up this project.

Operation Christmas Child
Posted December 17, 2007
During the month of November, Point Hope participated in a project of Samaritan's Purse enabling caring people to share God's love with hurting boys and girls all over the world. You take an ordinary shoe box, fill it with toys and other presents, and you have an extraordinary gift for a child in need of joy and hope. All of the boxes were collected at church and sent to Samaritan's Purse.

Giving Thanks
Posted December 1, 2007
This past Thanksgiving members of Point Hope United Methodist Church brought food items and paper products to help with the outreach ministry at John Wesley UMC. All items were donated to local impoverished families. This is one of many ways we can thank God for our many blessings.

For information about local mission and relief projects, visit the United Methodist Relief Center Web site at www.umrc.org.

Here are some other mission projects that we have participated in the past.


Point Hope children present a check to the United Methodist Relief Center (UMRC) after collecting coins for three months.	Point Hope volunteers help replace homes of low-income families for UMRC.

Point Hope members fulfill Jennie Moore teacher's wish lists.