Outreach

Some of Salem's Missions . . .
Underlines are links to more information!

Apportionments

• Click above to learn: What is an "Apportionment?" What are our Apportionments?​​

​Missionary Support

• We provide assistance to The Colemans, a missionary family ministering in Ethiopia.

We Collect for Others

• Food Pantry
• Pill bottles
• Labels
• Coupons
• Eyeglasses

UMCOR - United Methodist Committee on Relief

• Responding to natural/man-made disasters at home & around the world. Occasionally you will hear an appeal to provide aid in response to a disaster.

FaithWorks

• An alliance of 39 churches (including Salem!) in Newton County, formed in 2005 to address the growing numbers of Newton County families needing emergency financial aid for rent and utility bills. Its name is taken from James 2:26: ". . . so faith apart from works is dead."  They are located in the Community Resource Center of Newton County, 7129 Turner Lake Circle, Covington.

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Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) 

• One in ten families in Rockdale live below the poverty line. RER ministries help families in our community who are in crisis. One way we support RER: every week we collect your donations of non-perishable food items in barrels, that are in turn distributed by this ministry.​

Summer Lunch Program

• A Bagged-Lunch Program provided for out-for-the-summer school kids. Weekly during the summer we prepare sandwiches for the cause.

Family Promise Homeless Ministry

• Family Promise in our community: NewRock (NEWton & ROCKdale counties)  We assist homeless families once a quarter, providing shelter, meals, and transportation to families experiencing homelessness and certified by the Family Promise Network as persons who, with our help, are "on the road" to once again living independently! ​

Women's Shelter in Conyers

• Phoenix Pass provides temporary & transitional housing/help for women & their children. We donate toiletries and paper products to the shelter.

​Crisis Pregnancy Center in Conyers

• Annually we distribute baby bottles and return them filled with our monetary donations to support the Refuge Pregnancy Center, where pregnant women are offered free help with issues relating to their pregnancy.​

United Methodist Children's Home 

• A favorite of North Georgia Methodists – our ministry to children whose families are going through distress. Offices scattered throughout our Conference provide guidance and resources to struggling families.  We equip interested United Methodists to become Foster Parents to children without a home. We receive an annual offering in the Fall for their support.​

Murphy-Harpst Children's Home 

• A residential facility, assisting children classified with severe problems. This is a national United Methodist ministry based in Cedartown, GA, but helping Georgia families, and receiving its greatest support from Georgia Methodists.​

Hinton Rural Life Center

• A UM Retreat & Resource Center in NC, focused on small and rural UMC's.  We occasionally take a trip to help repair or maintain facilities there. ​

American Red Cross Blood Drives

• Twice a year we sponsor a Blood Drive in our community.​

Taste of Salem Mission Fundraiser

• A first-of-the-year event with good eats, raising funds to support Salem's mission trips.​

Car Washes

• We periodically offer free car washes to our community!​

Trunk-or-Treat

• We invite community children to join in this positive celebration of the season. We decorate our vehicles line up in the parking lot. Children visit from car to car for treats, games, and food.​

Local School Support

• We find ways to show support to staff and students at West Newton Elementary School. Backpacks and School Supplies, On-site Prayers for the school, snacks for teachers and staff.​

Communion Offering

• Funds Salem UMC's Helping Fund, administered by the pastor to assist persons turning to Salem with help with medicine, rent, gasoline, utilities, etc. (when other sources cannot meet these needs).​

Backpack Buddies
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Prayer Shawl Ministry / Lap Robes

Rise Against Hunger (formerly Stop Hunger Now)

• We buy the food contents, then package meals which are distributed to hunger spots around the world.

Imagine No Malaria

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PAST MISSION PARTICIPATION
These are some mission efforts we have participated in recent years, to give some more examples:

• River of Life - Youth from several churches, including Salem, spend 5 days helping needy families with household projects, and each night participate in dynamic worship.
• Kenya Mission Trip
• Support Sara Flores & Dakin Cook, United Methodist Missionaries, Ecuador - Hands of Hope International
• Support Barry & Lilia Phillips, Missionaries - Philippines

FEEDING THE HUNGRY IN NEWTON AND ROCKDALE . . .

   Salem supports an amazingly broad range of ministries that reach out . . . to our immediate community, our Conference, and around the world. Some of these are important annual offerings, but many are also roll-up-our-sleeves, hands-on efforts. All seek to obey Christ's command to help the "least and the lost." The love of Christ motivates us to these compassionate responses.
   In the left column are many of the ministries and missions which we support. Most of them have links that either tell of their work or of Salem's particular involvement. Aren't you glad you're a part of a church so committed to love and service in Christ's name?

SCENES FROM HINTON MISSION TRIP

Kenya Mission Trip