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Cinco Estrellas
Share in the Excitement of
Missions! Our Objectives:
1) Encourage all churches to
become missional &
engaged in life-changing
events
2) Strengthen mission
projects within the New
Mexico Annual
Conference.
NM Annual Conference Board of Global Ministries
Autumn 2015 Volume 6
Mission Memo M
It was WONDERFUL to see the
in Cinco Estrellas (5-Star) Awardees this year!
Twelve Churches stepped up to meet Jesus in Mission Well done, good and faithful servants: Christ UMC, Albuquerque; Cimarron
UMC; First UMC, Aztec; First UMC Ft. Sumner; Grace UMC, Alamogordo; Grace UMC Albuquerque; Maxwell UMC; St. Paul’s UMC, Las Cruces; St.
Paul’s UMC, Socorro; University UMC, Las Cruces; Valley View UMC, Espanola; and Zia UMC, Santa Fe.
Is Your Church ready to meet Jesus in Mission? Start NOW, and you’ll achieve the 2016 Cinco Estrellas Award Criteria in no time:
Meet 5 of these 8…
1. Support World Service and District Missions through Second Mile giving in the amount of $3 per average worship attendee.*
2. Support the Conference Mission Project/s financially or in kind. 3. Financially support an Advance Special at each of 3 levels – Conference, National and
International. See the 2015 Conference Journal, page 221, for details. 4. Observe One great Hour of Sharing with a financial offering. 5. Participate in a Volunteers in Mission Trip – 1 person per 100 average worship
attendance. 6. Engage in a Local Mission Project (Food Pantry, Home Repairs, etc.) benefitting your
community. 7. Share a Local Mission story with the Conference via the Mission Memo
([email protected]) or Conference e-News ([email protected]). 8. Support Methodist Missionaries around the world. $5 per church member per year
earns Cinco Estrellas credit.
*Criterion modified to accommodate the 2016 “Tithing” approach to Shared Ministries, pending approval.
Submit applications by May 15, 2016 in writing or via e-mail to Rev. Mike Stahl PO Box 410, Fort Sumner FUMC, Fort Sumner NM 88119 or [email protected]
2016 ABQ District Mission
Projects Award Application
Any United Methodist Church or related nonprofit organization within the bounds of the Albuquerque District is eligible to apply. Our mission is to demonstrate God's love and presence in the world through evangelism, service, advocacy, and community development.
In 2015, the Committee awarded $12,128 with a range of $400 - $900 per project.
Anticipated amount available for 2016 is $9,600. In recent years, the Committee has funded the following type of projects: direct services to the hungry and homeless, care for young children, older adult services, Hispanic and Native American ministries, women's shelter, prison recovery program, secondary education, and the purchase of Bibles for newborns.
Deadline for applications is October 23, 2015. Contact
Rev. Reuben Thomas at [email protected] for an
application.
In this Issue: P1….2016 Albuquerque District Mission Projects
Award Application ; Cinco Estrellas Awardees & 2016 Criteria
P2….2015 Annual Conference Special Offerings, Greetings from NM Missionary Greg Henneman (Church for All People); Itinerating Missionaries, MCCreless & Sively Grants Awarded
P3 & 4…. In the Spotlight– Grace UMC Alamogordo, Bernalillo UMC & Farmington Free Store
The “Mission Mountain” For McCurdy Ministries
Camp Stars & Volunteers in Mission received a truck-load of in-kind donations plus >$6,000
Thank You for your Generosity!
Annual Conference Special Offerings
Grants Awarded from Endowment Funds through the Conference Board of Global Ministries:
MCCRELESS $2000 First UMC Albuquerque – Grace Meal
$1200 Mountainair UMC – Promised Land Food Distribution SIVELY
$2000 First UMC Albuquerque – Grace Meal $1100 Asbury UMC – Disaster Relief Training
Congrats All !!!
Ready to Host an Itinerating Missionary Couple? Brenda and Alex Awad will be itinerating in our Conference in October
They have served many years as missionaries in Palestine (both being native Palestinians) but will soon be retiring to the US to be near their
daughter's family.
Congo Ministries – Water Wells >$14,000 Mulungwishi Seminary Scholarship
contributions > $22,000
4 Days 4 Others - Hands On Mission Project, Zia UMC Santa Fe partnering
with Habitat for Humanity
Grace Meal >$2,000 First UMC Albuquerque
Greetings from NM Missionary Greg Henneman Church for All People - Columbus, OH
How is your church bringing a full, abundant life to the people of your community? What would it look like for your church to join the United Methodist campaign to make Global Health a local issue? Pastor Greg
Henneman is now doing this kind of work as a Global Ministries missionary in Columbus, Ohio. If you want to find out more, connect with
him at [email protected] and follow his blog at https://lookedwithcompassion.wordpress.com/. Also, Church for All People is hosting an October training event. To find out more go to,
http://www.4allpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2015-SAVE-THE-DATE-Brochure.pdf. Scholarships are available.
Grace UMC, Alamogordo: Fulfilling Our Purpose While many children were celebrating the start of summer vacation by sleeping in and taking it easy, children participating in Kids With a Mission were hard at work, with smiles on their faces and joy in their heart, making a difference in their world. With talents to share and time to give, 61 children, 12 youth, and 68 volunteers spent June 1 - June 5 being the hands and feet of Christ.
"Imagine what we could do if we did this all summer! We could really make God and a lot of people happy!"
These words, spoken by a young six-year old, give witness to the fact that Kids With a Mission was a success. But, more than that, these words give witness to the fact that Kids With a Mission was a success far beyond all the dresses, far beyond all the Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts, far beyond the carwash, far beyond the neck wraps, far beyond the washing machine buckets. Because you see, Kids With a Mission reached beyond all that we accomplished to the very heart of why we did it - to make a difference… to fill a need… to answer a calling… to bring a smile… to lend a hand… to
minister to those around us… to fulfill the very purpose for which we were created.
Each of us were created on purpose, with purpose, for a purpose. Each of us were created with talents, giftings, and passions. And, each of us were created to fill a need, to answer a calling, to bring a smile, to lend a hand, to minister to those around us.
For three hours a day, the first five days of June, all those participating in Kids With a Mission had a taste of what it feels like to live life with purpose, on purpose, for a purpose. For three hours a day, the first five days of June, all those participating in Kids With a Mission felt the joy that comes when we live to bless others, experienced the satisfaction one feels when completing a project with someone else in mind, explored the very reason for their existence, and glimpsed the impact their life can make in the life of someone else.
When this very special week came to an end, their labor of love yielded the following fruit: * 26 little dresses and 3 little britches had been sewn for children in Africa * 13 neck wraps and 10 back wraps had been embroidered, decorated, filled with rice, and sewn for hospice patients * 29 bucket washing machines had been decorated and assembled for the Four Corners Native American Ministry. * 30 derby cars and numerous pretty girl bracelets and numerous paracord boy bracelets had been made to tuck into Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in the Fall. * Countless crosses had been made to be delivered to shut in members of our church family and residents in area nursing homes. * Scripture magnets were made to place at the Welcome center or give out around town * Woodwork in the sanctuary had been polished, pencils in the hymn racks sharpened, and pews cleaned. * Marionette puppets had been creatively created and taken to two area nursing homes to bring smiles and cheer as the children danced with their puppets and visited with the residents. * Cookies and cupcakes were baked for our weekly Shared Table community meal * Flowers were planted in recycled detergent bottle planters to then be given to a loved one * $670 was raised at our carwash to support "Hydrants of Hope", a firefighter driven outreach helping support children fighting cancer * Weeds were pulled, bushes were trimmed, and a bench was painted at the home of an elderly church member * Door hangers created to share God's love and invite our neighbors to come "be our guest" were distributed through out the Grace neighborhood. * Children learned to sign the precious words of John 3:16
Add to this, fun outdoor games, delicious snacks, daily Bible stories, and amazing worship and you begin to catch a teeny glimpse of this God-filled week.
In the Spotlight – Grace UMC, Alamogordo
Bernalillo UMC, and the Farmington Free Store
With Thanksgiving from your Conference Board of Global Missions Team: Chair, Harry Riser [email protected] Vernon Baker [email protected] Peggy Blackburn [email protected] Matt Bridges [email protected] Dennis Gill [email protected] Bonnie Hardesty [email protected] Cindy Meador [email protected] Michael Stahl [email protected] Reuben Thomas [email protected] Jane Vaughan [email protected] Dick Wimberly [email protected] Greg Henneman [email protected]
Bernalillo United Methodist Church… Focuses on a different mission project each month. Listed below are the projects for 2015:
January: McCurdy School February: Special Warriors OP’s
March: Methodist Home (Waco, Texas) April: Wycliffe Bible Translators
May: Zoe Ministry June: BUM Fund
July: Heifer Project August: Compassion International
September: St. Vincent De Paul (Bernalillo Food Bank) October: Town of Bernalillo Children’s Christmas Fund
November: Howard Chapel Gallup, New Mexico December: A Peaceful Habitation
What’s your church doing? Let us know… we’d love to put YOU
in the SPOTLIGHT!
FARMINGTON FIRST UMC OVERFLOW FREE STORE
First, look at the following facts and figures:
Our Overflow Free Store was opened in December of 2014 for just 2 days so people could get “stuff” before
Christmas. We have been open Wednesdays and
Saturdays since the middle of January 2015. We have
donations from our congregation, their friends, our
members and the whole community. We have 31 adult
volunteers, 12 youth volunteers and 2 grandchildren of
volunteers. We have 642 member households for over
1900 individuals served. We have given away 21,700 items with an estimated value of $117,000. Smith’s Food
and Drug has donated over 650 pounds of bread and
pastries to be given to our members. But these are just the facts; the real story is the people – the people served
and the people serving.
The woman who recently confided that everything
she had on was from the store, from her shoes to her blouse – and everything under her clothes!
The bruised and battered women from the Crisis
Center who left their homes with no clothes!
The people on fixed incomes who are looking for
something nice to wear.
The prayers with those seeking peace. The listening – always listening to the life stories.
The young girl crying because she found a wedding
dress in our store. The smiles on the children’s faces as they find a
nearly new toy of their very own. Just look…
