And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:18-20, NRSV

Missions

Matthew 25:35
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in…"

People helping people.  At Horne Memorial, we’re making a difference in the lives of others: around the world, around the United States, and right here in North Carolina.  The following list has been compiled to help you learn more about the Missions Ministry.  Through your actions, you will grow in your faith.

Haiti - Ryan Epps Home for Children - ZOE Ministry - Liberia - Russia

Volunteer Opportunities at Horne UMC (To learn more, call 919-553-7631)

  • Wednesday night dinners benefit various missions. You can help by setting up, cooking, serving, cleaning up, etc.
  • Weekly church services offered at Azalea Village. Join us in this weekly ministry to nursing home residents.
  • Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes and the Good News of God's love. You can fill a shoebox with small toys, school supplies, hygiene items, candy, tee shirts, hats, and then return it to church in early November.
  • Also—don’t forget to support our annual World Market in November. By making donations to specific missions in honor of someone, you receive a unique gift item to give them. These gifts change lives.

Volunteer Opportunities for Individuals

  • CAM
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Fond Doux School (sponsoring child)
  • MATCH
  • MERCI Center
  • Project Access
  • Race for Grace
  • Ryan Epps Home for Children (sponsoring child)
  • Stop Hunger Now
  • Yokefellow Prison Ministry

Volunteer Opportunities for Groups

  • MERCI Center
  • Robeson County Church and Center
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Society of St. Andrews
  • Smithfield Rescue Mission
  • Stop Hunger Now

Donation Ideas

  • Monetary Donations are always welcome
  • Box tops for Education and Campbell’s Soup Labels- collected for Red Bird Mission
  • Gently used clothing/shoes
  • Basic needs items: soap, shaving kits, toothbrush/toothpaste, washcloths, towels
  • New items suitable for small Christmas gifts for children and adults: hand towels, gloves, hats, fishing lures, small toys.
  • School supplies: crayons, scissors, paper, pencils, hand-held pencil sharpeners
  • Canned goods: meats, peanut butter, jelly, canned fruits - CAM
  • Small toys for Haiti Christmas party
  • Gently used appliances

Missionaries we Support

Mozart Adevu is working to promote sustainable agriculture in West Africa.  His training is geared to local needs to improve food production, reduce hunger/malnutrition, and increase economic development of communities.

Shana Harrison is the director of the La Esperanza sheltered workshop and group home in Chile, a ministry with mentally and physically disabled adults.  Shana is ministering with some of the most vulnerable of God's children.

Greg Jenks, in Zimbabwe (ZOE), is serving in the Zimbabwe Conference and other areas of sub-Sahara Africa to develop a ministry in response to the AIDS pandemic.  The primary focus is in the care of HIV orphans, including feeding programs, providing school fees and uniforms, and meeting spiritual needs of the children.

Yvonne Pierre has completed seminary and is working with two pastors to complete the ordination process. He is returning home to Haiti to start a church in a rural area, in addition to heading the Ryan Epps Home for Children.  Yvonne has been involved in the Ryan Epps Home for Children from the beginning and is uniquely qualified for leading this orphanage.

Herbert and Mary Zigbou, Frido Kinkolege are working to provide vocational training, counseling, and basic education to former child soldiers and other youth affected by years of civil war in Liberia. These programs support ex-combatant and street children and feeding/literacy training.

Local Missions

PROJECT ACCESS FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY

The goal of Project Access is to provide the opportunity for every Johnston County resident to visit a primary care physician.  The services of Project Access are available to low-income, uninsured residents up to age 64, who are not eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, Worker’s Compensation, VA benefits, or any other type of health insurance plan or coverage. Care begins with a visit to a Family Care doctor who will refer you to Project Access should you qualify. Project Access physicians and Johnston Memorial Hospital will donate primary care, specialty services, including lab, x-ray, and other diagnostic testing and limited pharmacy coverage.  Further details about Project Access are available at http://www.johnstonmemorial.org/jm.nsf/View/ProjectAccess.  

For more information on Project Access and to see if you qualify for assistance, contact: Theressa Rose, Executive Assistant or Kathy Rogols, Executive Director at: 919-550-0011.

RACE FOR GRACE

This 5K road race in Raleigh was organized to bring attention to healthcare needs, homelessness, and hunger in our community.  A foot race and golf tournament are held during the month of April each year to help raise money and awareness for these three problems. Registration forms are available from Horne or online at www.raceofgrace.org.

To help: Run or walk in the Race for Grace or play in the golf tournament.  Volunteers are also needed on the day of the race (go to www.raceofgrace.org for more information or contact Patrick Tormey at 553-9887 / pattormey(at)yahoo.com).

BASIC NEEDS MINISTRY

This ministry provides free clothing to local people in need, as well as household goods to victims of disasters.  Clothing gift certificates are distributed at over 260 locations, and fire certificates are redeemed for household goods and small appliances.

Basic Needs relies solely on unpaid volunteers; it pays no salaries.  The youth group from HMUMC has volunteered at Basic Needs. 

Although Basic Needs does not directly supply clothes to nonresidents, it does allow churches and nonprofits to pull clothing from its facility and ship it to a distant project.  Children and families in Armenia and Haiti have received clothing from Basic Needs through work from HMUMC Missions.

To help you may donate money.  Basic Needs must fundraise $35,000 a year; its long-term goal is to own its own building. Please donate clothing, toys, CDs, videos, books, small household goods. And please consider volunteering.

CLAYTON AREA MINISTRIES (CAM)

This ministry is organized primarily as a local food pantry, CAM also assists those in need with emergency utility bills.  About a dozen area churches support CAM with funding and nonperishable food.

To help please donate canned goods or make a donation earmarked for CAM.  Collection containers are located in Horne. CAM is located at 704 East Main Street in Clayton, and food can be dropped off there on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00. Call them at 919-553-5654 to learn about volunteering.

CONTACT OF JOHNSTON COUNTY

This organization serves as the only crisis line in Johnston County.  Trained volunteers provide a listening ear, and help people to talk if they want.  They can also direct people to treatment in their local areas. 

Contact Helpline 919-934-6161   Teenline 919-934-6162.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF JOHNSTON COUNTY

This organization is part of a worldwide Christian ministry that combines donated funds and materials with volunteer labor to build and renovate houses affordably.  Homeowners invest hundreds of hours building their own and other Habitat houses.  Houses are sold at no profit and are financed with low, no-interest loans.  Mortgage payments finance more Habitat houses.

Habitat has opened a ReUse store on Central Street in Clayton.  Habitat reuse centers take donated materials and resell them for up to 80% off original prices.   New and used building materials are sold in excellent condition, with much of the donated inventory coming from contractors and suppliers.  Proceeds fund the building of Habitat houses.

To help please donate leftover paint, wallpaper, fixtures, etc. to the Habitat Reuse Center--donations are tax deductible!  Shop at the ReUse Center for great bargains on fixtures, shelving, tubs, faucets, and more. Horne UMC would like to get a group of people to regularly participate in Habitat Building projects. Please contact Patrick Tormey at pattormey(at)yahoo.com or call 919-553-9887 if you are interested. We can use people with electrical, plumbing, and carpentry skills, but this is a place to learn skills as well.  If you want to paint, shingle a roof, hang drywall, clean up, or serve snacks, we have a job for you!

HINTON RURAL LIFE CENTER (HRLC)

This is an outreach ministry sponsored by sponsored by the United Methodist Church.  It began in 1957 in Hayesville, NC, a small town in the mountains of Western North Carolina. HRLC provides for the training needs and development of churches in town and rural settings, summer missions work teams, retreat and renewal resources. 

Its mission is the following:

  • to be an advocate for the small membership church within the United Methodist connection
  • to assist small membership churches in becoming healthy and effective
  • to provide opportunities for mission involvement
  • to be a place of hospitality, spiritual growth, and renewal.

MERCI CENTER

The MERCI Center in Goldsboro, North Carolina, provides training in Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, and Disaster Recovery.  The MERCI Warehouse serves as a central location for collecting, sorting, packing and distributing supplies and materials for NC UMC Conference mission projects. MERCI is solely supported by donations and grants.

MERCI’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program provides up to $3000 of building materials to an approved family in need (in the NC Conference), to be combined with a local church’s commitment to complete needed home repairs. 

Footprints Summer Youth Camp is an opportunity for the Youth of Horne to participate in local Mission activities, helping families and experiencing God’s Grace through their actions.

To help please volunteer. We need a variety volunteers who have clerical, organizational, and carpentry skills.  Train to be an Early Response volunteer.  Donate money, building materials, or other goods.  Current needs: diapers, baby food, extra-large canned goods, and these items can be dropped off at Horne UMC. For more information call 888-440-9167 or go to www.merciumc.org.

METHODIST HOME FOR CHILDREN

Services include:

  • Quality childcare
  • Foster care/therapeutic foster care
  • Adoption (via foster-into-adopt approach)
  • Group residences across NC
  • Family preservation through short-term counseling
  • Substance abuse counseling

To help call Donna Tate, Development Officer for Methodist Home for Children. Email: dtate(at)mhfc.com Tel: (919) 754-3621

ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH & CENTER (RCC&C)

Located in Lumberton, NC, this church seeks to involve people across cultural, racial, economic and denominational barriers to address social needs and to move in Christ's name toward solutions. In a county with a median household income of $28,000, RCC&C offers Emergency Assistance, Senior Citizen Assistance Ministry, Literacy and ESL Training, Home Repair and New Construction, Clothing Ministry, Food Pantry, Thrift Store, and a Christmas Store for low-income families.

Mission Work Team opportunities are available for youth and adult church groups to perform home repair while witnessing God's love through faith in action.  In addition to the Work Camp Ministry, the Center also builds and sells houses to lower-income working families.  Other volunteer opportunities include: Vacation Bible School and working on clothing closet and food pantry. 
Donations of good, serviceable clothes, furniture, and household utensils and goods are welcome. We also welcome the gifts of your presence and service, and your prayers.

SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION

This is a temporary emergency shelter for men, women, and families. 

    Assistance includes:

  • Rehabilitation programs   
  • Support groups, counseling, and referral   
  • Bible clubs, Sunday school, chapel services          
  • Social/recreational programs for youth     
  • Clothing, grooming items, laundry     
  • Prepared meals       
  • Auxiliary for men and women


To help please designate funds to Smithfield Rescue Mission through your giving at Horne.