MISSIONS
The Missions Ministry at First UMC Lufkin is an extension of the overall mission of the church to be living proof of a loving God to a watching world. Our goal is to equip and mobilize our members to share the gospel with those here at home and around the world. We believe that our Lord gave us a command known as the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations. We find it a privilege to be a part of the work the Lord is doing around the world to love others.
Contact the church office for information or see the latest events below.
The Thanksgiving Meal
For over 30 years, we have provided 500-600 Thanksgiving meals for Meals on Wheels - East Texas and our senior citizens of the community.
During the week of November 13-19, 2022, we will be gathering, preparing, and cooking the meals.
We are taking monetary donations, as well as turkeys, frozen green beans, and sweet potatoes. For more information please contact John Brink through the church: admin@lufkinfirst.com.
Back to School Bonanza
Every year, we partner with the Junior League of Lufkin, and put together over 2,500 health kits for the Back to School Bonanza and we need your help!
In Late-Summer 2023, we are making a travel size kit for each student in a reusable clear pouch. The kit will contain a travel-size shampoo, travel-size toothpaste, a bar of soap, deodorant, and a toothbrush. We will be purchasing most of these items in bulk. We are asking for congregation members to bring the bars of soap and travel-size toothpaste. If you would like to donate items, please use the Market to Mission bags to bring your donations on Sunday mornings. You may drop those off in the red wagons located in both worship spaces.
Each kit, with the pouch, costs $10 to assemble. If you would like to make a monetary donation so that we can buy these items in bulk, please click below to make your donation. For more information about Health Kits, please contact Valerie Salaiz.
Lufkin Middle School Teacher Breakfast
Early in August 2023 we will gather together to host our neighbors next door. We invite over 200 teachers, from Lufkin Middle School, to hot delicious breakfast and have a motivational speaker give a talk. We send them off with a small gift for the school year. We need people to decorate, cook, serve, clean-up. For more information about this event, please contact Valerie Salaiz.
UMCOR Sager Brown Mission Trip
UMCOR operates a supply depot, located at Sager Brown in Baldwin, Louisiana. UMCOR Sager Brown collaborates with affiliate warehouses within the United Methodist Relief Supply Network in Alabama, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas.
October 8 - 13, 2023, FUMC will partner up with more than 2,000 volunteers prepare approximately $4 million in relief supplies for shipment from the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot in response to disasters in the United States. UMCOR Sager Brown Depot reaches out to its local neighbors through food distribution, housing rehabilitation projects and through other community outreach efforts. Cost is $185.00 for room, board, and meals. For more information about this mission trip, please contact Carolee Brink.