Upcoming Mission Opportunities
To Know God
To Love God
To Serve God
Through the gifts of
Time Love Service
To provide a gift of Hope
First Church partners with United Methodist Volunteers in Mission to provide mission opportunities for adults.
The next opportunity is coming up April 23 - 25.
If you are interested in joining a team please contact Judy Harmon at judithharmon@sbcglobal.net.
Now is the time to reserve your place on the next mission trip to the Galveston area and help “heal some homes”. The next trip will be April 23 - 25. You will have a chance to try out your repair and/or demolition skills or learn new ones while helping to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Ike. This all-inclusive trip (transportation, lodging, food and t-shirt) costs only $90.00! These trips receive high ratings from those who have participated. This trip is limited to 30 people.
To secure your spot, register and pay your deposit online or complete and turn in a registration form, along with $25.00 deposit by Dec.1, 2009. For more information, contact Judy Harmon at 512-248-2229.
Because the need remains great, two additional AIM trips to Galveston are planned for 2010. The first is a 3 day trip from Apr. 23rd to Apr. 25, 2010. The second is a 4 day trip from Oct. 21st to Oct. 24th, 2010. You may book early for these trips.
Click here to download AIM Mission Trip registration forms.
Click here to register online
To see photos of our recent mission trips, visit our photo gallery at www.kodakgallery.com/firstchurchrr.
Report from the January Mission to Galveston
Early in the morning on January 14th, sixteen adults embarked on an Adults in Mission (AIM)Trip to the Galveston area to assist with the UMCOR hurricane relief effort. We divided into three teams. One team laid sheet rock in a mobile home. Another team finished laying linoleum tiles in the utility area of a small house and did electrical work so that the house could have heat, AC and a clothes dryer. The third team helped a grandmother go through her precious possessions and decide what could and could not be salvaged. They then loaded the items that could be salvaged into a storage container so demolition of the water damage to the house could begin. It was cold, rainy and windy all weekend, but we couldn’t complain after seeing what our clients had been through and were still going through 18 months after Hurricane Ike. Their perseverance, positive attitude and gratitude were amazing and humbling at the same time.
We worked hard, but we had a great time getting to know our clients and other members of the team. We stayed at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Santa Fe and were fed so well that we all gained weight. (Methodist Men are some of the greatest cooks in the world!) If you have never been on an AIM trip, I encourage you to step out and go. You will make some wonderful new friends, re-connect with old friends and have the opportunity to serve the Lord by bringing hope and physical evidence that the clients are not forgotten through the work you do. The next trip is scheduled for April 23 – 25. For more information contact Judy Harmon at 512-248-2229 or go online at www.fumc-rr.org/aim.
Report from the October Mission to Galveston
On a rainy Thursday morning before dawn, 24 members of the Adults In Mission team from First United Methodist Church of Round Rock and surrounding campuses set off for the Texas Gulf Coast, led by Judy Harmon. Our project for the 4 day weekend was to heal the home of a grandmother and foster mother of over 400 children. Hurricane Ike flooded her home in Hitchcock, Texas, near Galveston, 13 months ago leaving her, her children and her grandchildren living with mold and rotting fixtures.
The UMCOR coordinators, Monty and Susan Scales, met us at the home and gave us our mission; to remove the rotting walls, flooring and insulation, gut the kitchen and bathrooms, then to tear down the dangerously leaning garage in the backyard. For the next 3 days we filled 2 construction-sized dumpsters with wet sheetrock and rusted fixtures, moldy paneling, damaged tile and carpeting.
We were able to spend some time ministering to the children of this residence and neighbors who wandered over to find out what all the commotion was about. The family’s 3 dogs, 2 who were extremely malnourished, became our side “pet” project for the weekend. A member of our team purchased dog food and they all received generous portions as well as any leftover sandwiches from our own lunches. Murphy, the feisty and energetic puppy, kept us all laughing.
Meanwhile, 7 team members with electrical skills spent 2 long days working at other residences in Galveston and San Leon. Repairing leftover flood damage to electrical panels, installing a hot water heater and fixing air conditioning changed the lives of families that had survived without these necessities for months.
On Saturday afternoon, aided by the teenage grandchildren of the residence, we cleaned the last bit of tiles and swept away the last of the dirt. Upon completion of our work, we gathered to bless and consecrate the home, which was already showing signs of healing. It is prepared for the next step in its restoration for the next mission team that arrives.
Our hosts were the congregation at the Aldersgate Methodist Church in Santa Fe, Texas. They housed us on the premises and served us delicious homemade meals. Then they welcomed us for a touching church service brimming with song and praise on our last morning in town.
Members of the Galveston #4 Adults In Mission Team:
Judy & Roger Harmon, Wray Barnett, Edmund Croix, Carolyn Gautier, Shirley Dillman, Mike Griffin, Leigh Hilliard, Paul Kida, Nancy Maschal, Veronica Milstead, Robert Page, Ruth Pigg, Gerald Pinero, Dan Price, Tommy Prud'homme, Sue Ridlehuber, Myra & Carl Schomburg, Roy Skeeter, Becky & John Strother, Keith Varga, Barbara Wyatt
For more information about upcoming Adults in Mission upcoming trips please contact Judy Harmon at judithharmon@sbcglobal.net or visit http://fumc-rr.org/aim.