Missions
Our church values our neighbors and our community.
By reaching out and being active in sharing God’s love, we believe we are also part of the good work that God is doing in the world.
Community Partners and Mission Opportunities
When you give to First UMC or volunteer in our Mission projects, you are also helping to support the following organizations:
- Bright Futures, which provides meals for low-income students and their families.
- The Congregational Community Action Project (CCAP), a collected effort from churches in Winchester and Frederick County, VA to care for at-risk and underprivileged members of our community.
- Teens Opposing Poverty (TOP), an organization that empowers youth to meet physical needs and offer hope, friendship, opportunity and encouragement to the poor, not just as an annual event, but as a regular part of their lives.
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), who help provide disaster assistance and supplies to those in need around the world.
- Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter (WATTS) provides shelter for our unhoused neighbors in the community during the winter months.
- Winchester House aims to provides new safe, affordable housing for low-income seniors in the Winchester area.
- Winchester Rescue Mission works to provide healing from the past, help in the present, and hope for the future to those devastated by the effects of homelessness and poverty in the Frederick County area.