Missions | Chambers Hill Umc

Thank You for Your Generosity

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Give It Up 4 Lent initiative this year. Through your prayers, sacrifices, and generous contributions, we were able to make a meaningful impact on several local charities that serve our community with compassion and care. We are grateful for your faithfulness and commitment to helping others, especially those most in need.

This year’s donations supported:

Downtown Daily Bread: $1,094
Dream House: $1,218
Mary Klaus’ Widows Fund: $1,337
Operation Light of Hope: $1,652

Total Contributions Raised: $5,301

Your generosity truly reflects Christ’s love in action. Thank you for making a difference.

Eggers Ministry

Thank You!

The Eggers Ministry has wrapped up for the year, and we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make it another successful season.

Thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time and energy—your dedication is what makes this ministry possible year after year. We are also incredibly grateful to everyone who sold eggs, the local stores that partnered with us to sell eggs in their locations, and to those who supported the ministry by ordering online or by phone.

Your continued participation and generosity helped make this fundraiser a great success once again, and we are truly thankful for the support of our church family and community.

With your support, in addition to supporting the church, the Eggers made don'ations to the following:

On a monthly basis we contributed to:

Bethesda Mission
The Salvation Army
Christian Churches United (CCU)
Day Star Center for Spiritual Recovery
Michelle Vallar (Missonary to Guatemala)
Mission Central
Morning Star Pregnancy Center
Teen Challenge
The United Methodist Children's Home

We have also donated to:

Bethesda Women's Shelter

Dream House

Emergency Shelter at Grace UMC (through CCU)

Give It Up 4 Lent

Beacon Clinic
Mary Klaus Widows Fund
Mission Central
Healthy Steps Diaper Bank

Hurricane Devastation in our southern states (2x)

On a yearly basis we contributed to:

Red Bird Mission, Kentucky
McCurdy School, Arizona
Chambers Hill Fire Company
Lykens Valley Camp Meeting

for your continued support of this ministry!

We collect items for these mission causes on an ongoing basis:

Ronald McDonald House – glossy magazines and aluminum can tabs.
Used eyeglasses for Mary Klaus mission trips – Mary takes your old eyeglasses on her many overseas missions trips and passes them on to those in need.
Used cell phones, computers, and computer equipment for Mission Central.
Bethesda Women's Shelter Monthly Birthday gifts – we collect items such as lotion, shampoo, etc. Wal-Mart gift cards are also needed for this project.
Food Pantry items - specific needs are listed in weekly announcements
Other special collections as needs arise.

We support these missions with an annual gift

Enright Foundational Ministries – for many years our church has served the Enrights, missionaries in Zambia, Africa. Their daughter Elinda and husband, Nathan Steven, continue their work at KataKumba Training Center which now includes a medical clinic, children's school, and pastor school.
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) project – donations are used where needed the most.
Give it Up 4 Lent – We collect the money you save by giving up (you fill in the blank) for lent, and then donate that money to one of four charities that are highlighted throughout the season of Lent. Check out our Give it Up section on the home page for more information on who we are highlighting this year!

We also annually support the following through collections and donations:

Baby Bottle Blessings – we collect spare change to help Morning Star Pregnancy Services.
Collect a specific food item to include in the Thanksgiving dinner baskets that are distributed by Bethesda Mission – this year’s collection item was packets of gravy.
Christmas appeals that center on helping several local needy families with children attending Chambers Hill Elementary School.
Welcome Home Kits for Christian Churches United. This includes bathroom, kitchen, and first aid items to ease the transition for the formerly homeless.
The Church has Left the Building: The day of service starts with morning projects (ex: Adopt-a-Highway, Peanut btter egg making). The morning session is followed by a church servic. The service is followed by a luncheon in our social hall and afternoon projects (ex: yardwork at Carolyn Croxton Enter, gleaning at Strite's Orchard - produce donated to Central PA Food Bank).