GLOBAL MISSIONS - LIBERIA
GLOBAL MISSIONS - LIBERIA First United Methodist Church Supports Rev. James Labala of Liberia, Africa and the Gbarnga community with education materials and reconstruction projects that allow them to reach out to people and improve their living conditions.
Before replacing gym roof.
After replacing gym roof.
New books for education.
GLOBAL MISSIONS - SPAIN The Drum family serve in several roles in ministry, and each of those holds a variety of ways that work and serve others. Their roles as Care Coordinators for Europe and the Middle East/Balkans and as local CrossCultural Workers to Spain include coaching and counseling, teaching and mentoring, leading and equipping – and a LOT of loving others!
GLOBAL MISSIONS Zoe helps children in Liberia never need charity again!
First UMC in Bryan sponsors a work-group of up to 100 Zoe children in Liberia who are orphans or vulnerable. We are called a Hope Sponsor because we are committed to a three year level of support. When the children ‘graduate’ from Zoe in three years, they are prepared to care for themselves and their younger siblings. They have secure, dependable sources of food and income. They become contributing members of their community. First UMC supports these children through prayer and giving. Funds are raised outside the budget of the church through fund-raisers and individual gifts. Contact David Porterfield to learn how to get involved. Our annual commitment is $7,500.
LOCAL SEVICE / GLOBAL MISSIONS
Record Production in 2016! The local P.E.T. Shop in Bryan has built and packed 105 P.E.T.s in just the first 10 weeks of 2016. At this rate we could build 525 P.E.T.s this year. Our only stumbling block is funding. 525 P.E.T.s packed and shipped have a value of $157,500. You have helped us build over 2,000 P.E.T.s in just 6 years and have changed the lives of 2,000 people by providing them a means of mobility. Please help us keep up our production rate and to continue to help the mobility impaired. Construction of Personal Energy Transport vehicles is underway! Volunteers are needed for the building, painting, assembling, packing, and shipping of the Personal Energy Transporters. Donations can be made to P.E.T. Project TX, Inc. Each P.E.T. costs approximately $300 to complete. These vehicles are sent all over the world to people who are impaired by disease, accidents, or landmines. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-821-2222.
LOCAL MISSIONS Youth Missions Our youth take yearly mission trips throughout the U.S. doing everything from rebuilding hurricane damaged homes and church along the Gulf Coast to being camp counselors for mentally and physically challenged adults at Camp Hope in Colorado. For more information, please contact our Youth & Young Adult Ministries Director, Natalie Jeane at [email protected] or 979-779-1324. Society of St. Stephen
The S.O.S.S. supports the needy in the community. Currently, a volunteer gives their time once a week to assist families or individuals with items that may help them get back on their feet. Funds donated go to assist individuals with medicine, or utilities providing temporary aide. Funds are raised through individual gifts designated to Society of St. Stephen, and by the gifts left at the altar during communion services. 12-Step Recovery We host a variety of groups working through addiction issues. For details please email the church office [email protected] or call 979779-1324.
LOCAL MISSIONS The local missions receiving support from our congregation are many and varied, but several are especially noteworthy, including the following: Brazos Church Pantry Area churches work together through the Brazos Church Pantry to provide food for local families in need. They are located at 403A West 26th Street in Downtown Bryan. For more information, email the Pantry at [email protected] or call 979-822-9660. Crestview Methodist Retirement Community Members of FUMC are among the “Crestview Volunteers” who provide special services to these residents. For more information, please call 979-776-9294.
Elder Aid FUMC is among the strongest resources for this ministry to the elderly of our community. For more information, [email protected] or call 979-823-5127. Family Promise of B/CS Local churches rotate on a weekly basis hosting homeless families while they get on their feet. Hosts serve meals, tutor children, play games with the families, and drive a van to the Family Promise daycenter. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-268-4309. Habitat for Humanity The local chapter is one of the most active anywhere, having built over 75 homes in Bryan/College Station. FUMC volunteers participate regularly in the construction of new homes for self-supporting, lower-income families. For more information, please call 979-823-7200, or to volunteer, email Jason Davies at [email protected]. Save Our Streets FUMC supports at-risk youth in the Bryan/College Station area through this faith-based ministry. For more information, please email [email protected] call 979-775-5357. Still Creek Ranch For nearly fifteen years the ranch has provided a safe home in which boys and girls can live and learn. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-589-3206. Twin City Mission "Providing a home for the homeless, being a friend to the friendless, and giving hope to the hopeless." Twin City Mission offers several support services including a domestic violence center, homeless shelter, counseling services, resale stores, and much more. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-822-7511.
LOCAL MISSIONS Meals of Love for Crestview Affordable Housing Residents The residents at the Crestview Affordable Housing have enjoyed bi-monthly meals, a scriptural message and fellowship provided by volunteers from both FUMC, Bryan and other congregations. Volunteer opportunities are available for cooks, servers and speakers. Donations can be made to FUMC Bryan with Meals of Love in the memo line. Contact Natalie Patterson at 979.779.1324 or [email protected]
COUNSELING SERVICES
Counseling & Support Group Services in Bryan / College Station Are you in need of counseling or a support group? Please consider the following:
Hope Counseling Services FUMC Bryan is glad to announce that a counseling service is now available on the premises. From time to time, people that you know may need licensed professional counseling during life’s challenging times. FUMC is glad to refer you to HOPE Counseling Services which is conveniently located in our office complex (on the playground side). Mrs. Ava Porterfield, MA, LPC, is available to see clients by appointment. For additional information, please contact Ava Porterfield at 979-224-0832 [email protected].
Brazos Valley Counseling Services "Whatever you're facing, you don't have to face it alone." BVCS counselors assist clients with a wide range of mental health needs, from counseling for depression to training for parents with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) children to marriage counseling. They believe that clients have the ability to choose how to resolve their own problems and make their own decisions with a counselor assisting as facilitator. The counselors at BVCS hope to develop within their clients a greater self-awareness by examining life experiences that will build confidence and self-esteem. By doing so, they strive to provide their clients with a greater capacity to effectively navigate the complex challenges of life. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-774-2863. A&M Christian Counseling Center The A & M Christian Counseling Center is a counseling and prevention ministry, dedicated to providing Christ-centered professional mental health care to those who are dealing with a variety of difficulties. They strive to provide individuals, couples, and families with an open and authentic experience for change. They hope and pray that your journey with them will be driven by the acknowledgement that changes of the heart are created through the willingness to invite God into the difficult times. This counseling center is a ministry of counseling that seeks to serve Bryan/ College Station and surrounding areas. If you are currently seeking help, please contact them to schedule an appointment at 979-703-1808 or [email protected].
Support Group for Children of Aging Parents (CAP) Crestview Retirement Community is hosting a FREE support group for Children of Aging Parents (CAP) every 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Eva Hutton, Community Outreach Coordinator for Crestview Retirement Community at 979-774-6953 or [email protected]. Crestview Retirement Community is located at 2505 East Villa Maria Rd., Bryan, TX 77802.
Before replacing gym roof.
After replacing gym roof.
New books for education.
GLOBAL MISSIONS - SPAIN The Drum family serve in several roles in ministry, and each of those holds a variety of ways that work and serve others. Their roles as Care Coordinators for Europe and the Middle East/Balkans and as local CrossCultural Workers to Spain include coaching and counseling, teaching and mentoring, leading and equipping – and a LOT of loving others!
GLOBAL MISSIONS Zoe helps children in Liberia never need charity again!
First UMC in Bryan sponsors a work-group of up to 100 Zoe children in Liberia who are orphans or vulnerable. We are called a Hope Sponsor because we are committed to a three year level of support. When the children ‘graduate’ from Zoe in three years, they are prepared to care for themselves and their younger siblings. They have secure, dependable sources of food and income. They become contributing members of their community. First UMC supports these children through prayer and giving. Funds are raised outside the budget of the church through fund-raisers and individual gifts. Contact David Porterfield to learn how to get involved. Our annual commitment is $7,500.
LOCAL SEVICE / GLOBAL MISSIONS
Record Production in 2016! The local P.E.T. Shop in Bryan has built and packed 105 P.E.T.s in just the first 10 weeks of 2016. At this rate we could build 525 P.E.T.s this year. Our only stumbling block is funding. 525 P.E.T.s packed and shipped have a value of $157,500. You have helped us build over 2,000 P.E.T.s in just 6 years and have changed the lives of 2,000 people by providing them a means of mobility. Please help us keep up our production rate and to continue to help the mobility impaired. Construction of Personal Energy Transport vehicles is underway! Volunteers are needed for the building, painting, assembling, packing, and shipping of the Personal Energy Transporters. Donations can be made to P.E.T. Project TX, Inc. Each P.E.T. costs approximately $300 to complete. These vehicles are sent all over the world to people who are impaired by disease, accidents, or landmines. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-821-2222.
LOCAL MISSIONS Youth Missions Our youth take yearly mission trips throughout the U.S. doing everything from rebuilding hurricane damaged homes and church along the Gulf Coast to being camp counselors for mentally and physically challenged adults at Camp Hope in Colorado. For more information, please contact our Youth & Young Adult Ministries Director, Natalie Jeane at [email protected] or 979-779-1324. Society of St. Stephen
The S.O.S.S. supports the needy in the community. Currently, a volunteer gives their time once a week to assist families or individuals with items that may help them get back on their feet. Funds donated go to assist individuals with medicine, or utilities providing temporary aide. Funds are raised through individual gifts designated to Society of St. Stephen, and by the gifts left at the altar during communion services. 12-Step Recovery We host a variety of groups working through addiction issues. For details please email the church office [email protected] or call 979779-1324.
LOCAL MISSIONS The local missions receiving support from our congregation are many and varied, but several are especially noteworthy, including the following: Brazos Church Pantry Area churches work together through the Brazos Church Pantry to provide food for local families in need. They are located at 403A West 26th Street in Downtown Bryan. For more information, email the Pantry at [email protected] or call 979-822-9660. Crestview Methodist Retirement Community Members of FUMC are among the “Crestview Volunteers” who provide special services to these residents. For more information, please call 979-776-9294.
Elder Aid FUMC is among the strongest resources for this ministry to the elderly of our community. For more information, [email protected] or call 979-823-5127. Family Promise of B/CS Local churches rotate on a weekly basis hosting homeless families while they get on their feet. Hosts serve meals, tutor children, play games with the families, and drive a van to the Family Promise daycenter. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-268-4309. Habitat for Humanity The local chapter is one of the most active anywhere, having built over 75 homes in Bryan/College Station. FUMC volunteers participate regularly in the construction of new homes for self-supporting, lower-income families. For more information, please call 979-823-7200, or to volunteer, email Jason Davies at [email protected]. Save Our Streets FUMC supports at-risk youth in the Bryan/College Station area through this faith-based ministry. For more information, please email [email protected] call 979-775-5357. Still Creek Ranch For nearly fifteen years the ranch has provided a safe home in which boys and girls can live and learn. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-589-3206. Twin City Mission "Providing a home for the homeless, being a friend to the friendless, and giving hope to the hopeless." Twin City Mission offers several support services including a domestic violence center, homeless shelter, counseling services, resale stores, and much more. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-822-7511.
LOCAL MISSIONS Meals of Love for Crestview Affordable Housing Residents The residents at the Crestview Affordable Housing have enjoyed bi-monthly meals, a scriptural message and fellowship provided by volunteers from both FUMC, Bryan and other congregations. Volunteer opportunities are available for cooks, servers and speakers. Donations can be made to FUMC Bryan with Meals of Love in the memo line. Contact Natalie Patterson at 979.779.1324 or [email protected]
COUNSELING SERVICES
Counseling & Support Group Services in Bryan / College Station Are you in need of counseling or a support group? Please consider the following:
Hope Counseling Services FUMC Bryan is glad to announce that a counseling service is now available on the premises. From time to time, people that you know may need licensed professional counseling during life’s challenging times. FUMC is glad to refer you to HOPE Counseling Services which is conveniently located in our office complex (on the playground side). Mrs. Ava Porterfield, MA, LPC, is available to see clients by appointment. For additional information, please contact Ava Porterfield at 979-224-0832 [email protected].
Brazos Valley Counseling Services "Whatever you're facing, you don't have to face it alone." BVCS counselors assist clients with a wide range of mental health needs, from counseling for depression to training for parents with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) children to marriage counseling. They believe that clients have the ability to choose how to resolve their own problems and make their own decisions with a counselor assisting as facilitator. The counselors at BVCS hope to develop within their clients a greater self-awareness by examining life experiences that will build confidence and self-esteem. By doing so, they strive to provide their clients with a greater capacity to effectively navigate the complex challenges of life. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 979-774-2863. A&M Christian Counseling Center The A & M Christian Counseling Center is a counseling and prevention ministry, dedicated to providing Christ-centered professional mental health care to those who are dealing with a variety of difficulties. They strive to provide individuals, couples, and families with an open and authentic experience for change. They hope and pray that your journey with them will be driven by the acknowledgement that changes of the heart are created through the willingness to invite God into the difficult times. This counseling center is a ministry of counseling that seeks to serve Bryan/ College Station and surrounding areas. If you are currently seeking help, please contact them to schedule an appointment at 979-703-1808 or [email protected].
Support Group for Children of Aging Parents (CAP) Crestview Retirement Community is hosting a FREE support group for Children of Aging Parents (CAP) every 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Eva Hutton, Community Outreach Coordinator for Crestview Retirement Community at 979-774-6953 or [email protected]. Crestview Retirement Community is located at 2505 East Villa Maria Rd., Bryan, TX 77802.
