The church of Jesus Christ is called to minister to all the world. Jarrettown Church commits to serve the world through monetary and hands-on means. The missions commission is responsible for choosing the projects which the full church will support.
Don't see a project that you believe God is calling you to perform? We are an open church ready to embrace new opportunities to serve God. Contact the Pastors to discuss a need you believe needs to be met by Jarrettown church.
The church is currently supporting:
Aid For Friends
Aid For Friends, founded over 30 years ago in a church in Northeast Philadelphia, has grown to serve over 2,000 homebound, frail, elderly people in the 5-county area, furnishing daily meals as well as friendly visits. Jarrettown’s members contribute by making meals, soups, breakfast packs and giving financially. Both individuals and groups work in making Aid For Friends a living testament to Christ’s teachings: “In as much as you have done this for the least of these, you have done this for me.” (Mt. 25:40)
From many years our church has been in ministry by donating cleaning supplies and paper products to the Cupboard. These items have been requested by the Cupboard.
To be involved, leave your donations in the appropriate bin in the hall outside the church sanctuary.
We are always in need of volunteers to deliver donations to the Cupboard. These are taken on Monday mornings. To volunteer to deliver donations, please call Barbara Baird, 215 659 4929. Thank you.
Angel TreeThe Angel Tree mission was created to share the joy of the season with the children of Methodist Services for Families and Children. An Angel from the decorated tree can be placed on an unwrapped gift at the end of November. Please help us to share God’s love with these children.
This ministry is to help families cope with the death of a loved one at a very special time in their lives. Many times, they would like a time of fellowship and refreshments or a luncheon following the service.
Our ministry is to prepare the food, set up, serve, and clean up, so that they can fellowship with their friends and family and not have to worry about any of those details. We usually are in the Friendship Center which is much like a home and a very comfortable and beautiful setting.
The only gifts you need are those of love, caring, and compassion.
This ministry is greatly appreciated by the families and friends. I think that we who serve find it one of the most satisfying things we do.
Heifer Project InternationalThis year we held a read/walk-a-thon to raise funds for HPI. Also, this past spring grade 5/6 walked for HPI. They raised $850. (It seemed like people were waiting to give.)
Now about HPI – It is an international organization that supplies funds, animals and education in caring for the animals given to impoverished communities around the world. The first-born animal is passed onto another family and so the gift goes on.
If you are interested in donating or want toget involved as a group,
please call Heifer at 1-888-5-HUNGER.
One month each year Jarrettown Church makes its building available to serve as "home" for one to three homeless families. Over 100 volunteers from the congregation provide meals, transportation, child care, and over-night hosts, to make our guests feel at home.
For more information
contact Sue Diehl at 215-643-9615.
Laurel HouseLaurel House is a shelter for abused women. Martha Circle took on this shelter as a mission project close to 20 years ago. We, at Christmas time, send them new items for the women and their children. In the past we have collected and sorted clothing for them. We also made starter kits to be given to women as they found a new life. This project changed through the years but we always remain faithful to our Christmas giving.
God has blessed us with the financial and physical ability to continue to do our part for this shelter. Our motto as women – “There but for the grace of God, go I.”
In the poorest parts of the world, where effective window screens are lacking, insecticide-treated bed nets are arguably the most cost-effective way to prevent malaria transmission. One bed net costs just $10 to buy and deliver to individuals in need. One bed net can safely last a family for about four years, thanks to a long-lasting insecticide woven into the net fabric.
MOPS stand for Mothers of Preschoolers, a program designed to nurture mothers’ with children from infancy through kindergarten. MOPS groups meet in churches throughout the United States, Canada and 19 other countries. The women are of many ages and backgrounds, but share the same desire – to be the best mothers they can be.
MOPS is about…
Celebrating motherhood
Meeting needs
Making connections
Experience God’s love through relationships and resources
One House At A Time“One House At A Time” is a non-profit, interfaith organization that has been collecting used furniture and household goods to be delivered to needs families in the area for 10 years. We can always use volunteers to help with deliveries, mailings and clean up days.
Thank you from “One House At A Time” to those who are helping by dropping off old cell phones, inkjet and toner cartridges. “One House At A Time” recycles them through Escript for money. Money is used to purchase beds for the “Beds for Kids” program. There is a collection box in the church lobby/narthex. To find out more about what items we pick up or how you can help, you can check our website, www.OHAAT.org, contact Bob Ewart or call Debi Wilson at 215-646-7812.
Open Arms UMC is a new church plant that was started by a previous associate pastor at Jarrettown UMC, Robb Faller and his wife Dee, as a daughter church to Jarrettown. Open Arms started as a store-front church in Norristown and now meets in a warehouse converted to a church in Norristown. Open Arms provides outreach and serves the needs of the unchurched in their community. The Open Arms Support Team (OAST) started shortly after Open Arms’ inception since many Jarrettown members wanted to do more than offer financial support. Over the years, OAST has done various activities to support Open Arms’ mission including: collecting back-to-school supplies for the kids of the church and the neighborhood; collecting Christmas gifts for hurting families; providing plastic eggs for Easter egg hunts; helping with cleaning and painting for the warehouse church, providing child care for the kids while their parents met in monthly church meetings; providing scholarship money to support folks’ attendance at the annual Jarrettown church retreat at Harvey Cedars, NJ; and providing gifts cards to stores so the Dee and Robb Faller can provide support to those in their community who need it. Over time the needs of Open Arms change. The OAST maintains communication with Dee and Robb Faller to identify their current needs and ways in which folks at Jarrettown can continue to support the Open Arms mission and outreach in Norristown.
The St. Philips After School Program started in 1998 with 35 children; we now have 52 children who come to St. Philips UMC Monday to Friday from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. They do homework, have snacks, play games and learn about Jesus.
An after school chorus has been formed which sings one Sunday a month at the church service. Volunteers go down to St. Philips on Thursdays to help the children with their homework. We leave Jarrettown church at 2:15 and return at about 7:00 p.m. If you would like to be a volunteer, please call Elaine Cahlink at 215-572-0922.
The Fellowship Ministries Team has one of the most enjoyable jobs in our congregation. This committee works hard, but the activities they plan are the "fun ones." Each month this group sponsors a social event. That social may be a potluck supper on clowning, a luau, the Easter egg hunt for children, the all-church picnic or the annual Christmas gathering. If you want to know more about this team or the programs they plan, contact the church.
The Lay Visitation Team are individuals committed to the caring outreach ministry of this congregation. Each has a group of shut-ins that they visit on a monthly basis and send cards to on special occasions. If you would like to be a part of this special group, please contact the church.
Caring for one another is important to us at Jarrettown UMC, and the hallmark of our visitation ministry is the love of Christ expressed through relationship. As visitation pastor, I visit all hospitalized and homebound members and friends of our congregation, supported by our lead Pastor. Communion, prayer and devotional times are spent with persons who are not able to join with the gathered community, tangible signs of their continued inclusion in the Body of Christ. Auxiliary to the visitation pastor’s position are volunteers who also visit our elderly members and holiday caroling to local retirement communities. God has used this ministry to let folks know they aren’t alone and that they are loved and valued.
1460 Limekiln Pike • Dresher, PA 19025 • 215-646-4129
Questions? Problems? Concerns? Contact Ron: av8r_boy@hotmail.com
Last updated:
Thursday, 23 July, 2009
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