Local & National Ministries

Angel Food Ministries

Angel Food Ministry is a non-denominational grocery relief project that offers food at a very low price. There are many opportunities to serve including helping to unload the truck, take orders for next month's menu, and distribute the food. E-mail afm@cbsalem.org or call 366-1409 xt. 8 for more information.

Gifts of Love

Spread the joy this Christmas to local families through Gifts of Love! Adopt a family, shop & wrap their gifts. OR adopt a family, shop, and bring the gifts to Salem for Salem youth to wrap. OR donate dollars towards a child and a Gifts of Love committee member will do the rest! There are many opportunities to participate. You can help organize the used items and wrapped gifts. You can also greet families as they come to pick up their gifts, help carry packages to their cars, or serve cookies & cocoa. Contact the church office at 366-1408 or amy@cbsalem.org to get involved.

Got a Green Thumb?

Volunteers are needed to care for the plants & flowers around the church. If you've got a green thumb and like working outdoors in the garden, you can help keep our grounds beautiful & thriving. Contact the church office at 366-1408 if you can help out.

Ingathering

The Thanksgiving Ingathering is a way for Iowa United Methodists to help in addressing hunger problems, locally and around the world. As Salem's part of this effort, we are making kits, which are distributed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Various items are asked to be donated depending on the type of kit needed this year. Opportunities to be involved are donating kit items, or being involved in the creation of the kits with the UMW. Contact Betty Smallen at 366-5032 for more information.

Manna Campus

This project focuses on the community in Manawa, bringing them the word of Jesus Christ. Worship services are held each Saturday at 5:00PM. Various events are held throughout the year at 10 Huron Circle. Volunteer opportunities abound in relation to youth & children. Contact Associate Pastor Janice Carlton at 366-1408.

'Maizing Grace/ Grow a Row

For a second year, Salem is participating in a growing project for Foods Resource Bank (FRB). The major focus of FRB is to supply the knowledge and materials people need to start feeding themselves through sustainable agricultural projects in developing countries. For an investment of $10 you become a sponsor for one of the 528 rows of soybeans in Salem's 25 acre 'Maizing Grace field! Your contribution will help pay for rent of the land, chemicals, fertilizer, and harvest expenses. You may sponsor a 1/2 row, 1 row, or multiple rows. Please make checks payable to Salem UMC designated to Grow a Row. If your business would like to donate input costs, please contact Gary Thien at 328-3477. Thank you, donors!

Operation Christmas Child

Salem will be collecting filled & wrapped shoe boxes in October and early November. Pick up information at the church and start filling your shoeboxes for a boy or a girl. Want to be involved? Here's how!

  • Pray for the children receiving the shoeboxes-that they will hear and believe in Jesus' perfect love for them.

  • Fill a shoebox with toys, school supplies, hard candy and/or non-liquid toiletries. Bring it to the church.

  • Donate items to fill the shoeboxes. Place them in the Donation box in Fellowship Hall.

  • Make a cash donation. Shoppers from Salem will purchase items for the shoeboxes. (Please make checks out to Salem & put Operation Christmas Child in the memo line.)

Thank you for your love & support. If you have questions regarding this ministry or would like to be involved, please contact the church office at 366-1408 or amy@cbsalem.org.

United Methodist Men

United Methodist Men exists to declare the centrality of Christ in every man's life. Men's ministry leads to the spiritual growth of men and effective discipleship. This purpose is served as men are called to model the servant leadership of Jesus Christ. Contact Jeremiah Mieska at 323-4246 for meeting dates/times.

United Methodist Women

United Methodist Women are a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the Church. For information regarding United Methodist Women, please contact Cheryl Anderson (366-2305) or Kathy Kennedy (366-1253).



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