Mission Project:  Door of Faith Orphanage, Tijuana, Mexico

Purpose of the Commission on Missions:

To serve needy communities and individuals locally and worldwide.

Organization

The Chairperson organizes the actions of the members and advises the Church Council regarding activities. Commission members attend meetings to discuss projects and to create pamphlets and signs. They bake and sell goods, assist in the donut hour after each church service, transport food and gifts to the community and to the Door of Faith Orphanage, La Mission, Mexico.

Projects

Joining other churches in The United Methodist California-Pacific Conference, our church contributes to the work of evangelism and mission of the Methodist Church of Mexico primarily in the states of Baja California and Sonora. Projects range from scholarships to help educate church leaders, supplements to the salaries of pastors, and assistance with church property.

For many years, our church has supported this mission outreach to the disadvantaged in San Pedro by participating on its board of directors, helping with its new building project, supporting its annual Cinco De Mayo fundraiser, donating clothing to its Thrift Shop, and purchasing staples for Christmas baskets.

For the boys and girls in this Tijuana, Mexico orphanage, church members contribute clothing, supplies, and food, fill and deliver Easter baskets, and purchase and deliver Christmas gifts  boys and girls and  orphanage workers.  During the year, money is collected from the coffee hour service.  In June, a peanut butter drive is organized. Go to Door of Faith Christmas for more information.

To help the families of children attending Roosevelt Elementary School in a depressed area of Long Beach, church members donate Christmas food baskets and gifts.

For this campus ministry, our church provides monetary support and spiritual support to the campus chaplain.

Our congregation surrounds three missionaries with love and prayer and participates financially in their missions with annual contributions. In return, our congregation grows in understanding the people, culture, traditions, and religious life that form the context in which our mission workers serve. Our church supports missionaries:

Luis and Janet Garcia serving in Iquique, Chile

Christians Outreach in Action (COA)

COA, located on third street in Long Beach offers meals for the homeless five days a week and lunch on Saturdays and Sundays.  They offer counseling and clothing and transitional housing to families with children.

Christmas Giving to an adopted Church

Go to Adopt a Church for more information.

Members

Rev. Andy Mattick

Henry & Helen Jimenez

Melinda Martin

Beverly & Charles Quaife

Neville & Anna Radcliffe

Helen Sebring

Merlin & Delores Thimlar

Lucy Tokeshi

Carol Waechter

Lietta Wagner

Campus Ministry at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Link
http://www.csulb.edu/~univmag/archives/2001/spring/v5n5/v5n5-perspective.shtml

Christians Outreach in Action (COA) http://www.coalongbeach.org/

The Door of Faith Orphanage : http://www.dofo.org/whoweare.htm

Toberman Settlement House: http://www.tobermansettlementhouse.org/