Reaching Out In Love
First UMC has active volunteer opportunities for you with Missoula partner organizations serving the most vulnerable and addressing community needs. Team leaders and contact info listed below the volunteer service opportunities.
Poverello Sack Lunches - meets in FUMC Kitchen, 9:00-10:30 am every Saturday morning to make sandwiches for Poverello HOT team to take to our hungry and houseless neighbors. Contact Lorraine Carlson at madamecarlson@gmail.com to sign up.
Family Promise Shelter at The Meadowlark - Family Promise works to transform the lives of families experiencing houselessness. Every 2-3 months we provide residents a week of evening meals, laundry service, gift/gas cards, respect and support. Contact Jane Kisselbach to help janekisselbach@gmail.com
MIC Housing Advocates – be trained to build hope and a sense of connection by walking alongside families and individuals in their search for housing. Joe Loos at joeloos7245@gmail.com
Common Good Missoula – Join other Missoulians across differences to work with those most impacted by our community’s challenges and inequities to create meaningful solutions. Joe Loos at joeloos7245@gmail.com
FUMC Green Team - Solar panels, glass, compost recycling, and partner of Climate Smart Missoula. Contact Carole Addis at cjeanaddis51@gmail.com
Emergency Overflow Shelter – Contact Joan Painter at joanmpainter@gmail.com
Other United Methodist Projects:
♥ Angola – pastor’s salary program
♥ Browning United Methodist Parish - BUMP
♥ Flathead Lake United Methodist Camp Website
♥ Intermountain Home - Helena Website
♥ Wesley Campus Ministry – University of Montana
Local Projects:
♥ Family Promise – homeless families with children Website
♥ Healing Communities – welcome returning citizens and support for their families
♥ Missoula County Detention Center Art Show Inside Out
♥ Missoula Food Bank Website
♥ Missoula Interfaith Collaborative Website
♥ Common Good Missoula Advocacy Group
♥ Queergiving Thanksgiving donations
♥ Soft Landings and Refugee Mentor Teams through Missoula IRC Website
♥ YWCA – Health kits for battered women Website
State, National, and International Projects:
♥ Bread for the world – ending world hunger Website
♥ Faith and Climate Action MT
♥ Habitat for Humanity Website
♥ Jubilee - debt reduction for the world Website
♥ Montana Association of Christians - legislative advocacy inspired by Mathew 25
♥ Reconciling Ministries Network - advocating for full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons in the UMC Website
♥ SERRV – fair wages for craft workers Website
♥ UMCOR – Disaster Relief around the world. Website
♥ United Women of Faith Missions – serving women, children and youth Website