About Us Missions
First United Methodist Church Pasadena actively reaches out to our community and world. Our mission team feels led to answer God’s call to missions by following our theme verse: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” ~Acts 1:8 When Jesus spoke these words to his disciples, Jerusalem was the closest surrounding neighborhood and city, Judea was the surrounding area, Samaria was a close community, but with different culture, and the ends of the earth was, well, the ends of the earth! Today at First Church, we still rely on the power and love God gives us to reach out to our neighborhood and community, our surrounding state and areas within driving distance, those who live close by but are from different cultures, and travel to the ends of the earth!
Jerusalem Projects: (local)
Second Saturday: All are welcome to join us on the Second Saturday of each month as we reach out to our local community through service projects. Projects often include painting, minor repairs, yard work, and visiting with the families whose homes we work on.
Society of St. Stephens The Society of St. Stephen Ministry provides groceries to families in need in the Pasadena area. The Society uses your monetary donations to help with rent and utilities as well as purchase food to supplement the donations of non-perishable items dropped off in the box outside the church offices. If you feel led to support the St Stephen Ministry in this way, please call the church office at 281-487-8787 and ask for the Society of St Stephen office or sigh up at the ministry center. read more...
Feeding the Homeless: The Missions Ministry Team is looking for a few volunteers to help feed the homeless at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. We support this ministry at Palmer on the second Monday and the fourth Thursday of each month. We meet at the FUMC parking lot and leave between 6:45am and 7am, returning at around 10am. No food preparation or cleanup is needed, just help with the serving of the meal. Please prayerfully consider helping with this important ministry. Signup sheets for these and future dates will be posted at the Ministry desk in the north atrium.
Kids Clothing Drive: Missions Ministry is in the planning stages for a clothing drive for our area's underprivileged children. We plan to have a giveaway activity prior to the beginning g of the next school year, and would ask that you and your children hang on to their outgrown or no-longer-worn clothing items in support of this activity. We will shortly announce dates when you can bring children's clothing to the church, so this is your chance to start a little spring cleaning and provide for others who are in need.
Turkey dinner donations and delivery: In November of each year, First United Methodist Church collects names of local families in need of some Thanksgiving holiday cheer. Families and individuals sign-up at our ministry center to sponsor a family dinner, and turkey with all the trimmings is delivered to each family the week before the big day!
Toys for Tots: A Christmas outreach, this project partners the members of First Church with the Pasadena Fire Department. Toys are collected at the church during the first of December, collected in a fire truck (a highlight on a Sunday morning!) and delivered to needy families.
Judea Outreach (surrounding state and area)
Short Term Trips: Trips are organized twice a year to other parts of Texas and surrounding states to bring help to those in need. Past trips have included home repair in South Texas, roofing a church in East Texas, and repairs on a Methodist camp in Mississippi.
Samaria (cross-cultural) Dual-Language Program: The Pasadena Community is increasingly multi-cultural, with stores, schools and billboards showing our bi-lingual heritage. First Church Pasadena is committed to reaching across cultural lines and making all persons welcome. Spanish and English (ESL) classes for adults are available several times a year. These classes, with each segment lasting from six to ten weeks, offer traditional teaching methods combined with music, food, cultural celebrations, and new friendships. English and Spanish speakers gather around tables to develop community as they practice their new language skills.
Ends of the Earth (global trips and projects) International Trips: Annual trips to faraway lands are an exciting and popular outreach of First United Methodist Church. Past trips to Alaska, Honduras, and Tapatula, Mexico have enriched not only the communities we have visited, but those who return with a new global perspective of God’s Kingdom!
Operation Christmas Child: First United Methodist Church Pasadena partners with Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970. Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Headed by Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, Samaritan's Purse sends shoeboxes packed with necessities and toys to children around the world each Christmas. Children who have very little receive the love of Christ in a powerful and tangible way each Christmas. Hundreds of boxes are collected, wrapped, and sent on their way from our church the second week in December.
*Items we collected in the past have been small stuffed animals, toys, socks, soap, wash clothes, toothpaste and toothbrushes, crayons, pencils, note pads, coloring books, markers, t shirts, etc.
