The FUMC Missions and Outreach Committee supports the efforts of our church family in sharing Christ’s love in our community and throughout the world.  We organize activities to serve those in need.  We financially support ministry through gifts to charitable organizations, missionaries, and to help cover expenses for those in our church family who desire to participate in Christian service opportunities.  We lift up in prayer the concerns of those involved in and supported by our church. Our outreach activities include several local, state and national organizations as well as supporting 5 missionaries world wide.

The United Methodist Church is Helping Refugees in Ukraine.

Photo courtesy of the Rev. László Khaled.

By Urs Schweizer and Sam Hodges, UMNS

As Russia’s assault on Ukraine intensifies, United Methodists near the besieged country are finding ways to help with the flood of more than 1 million refugees.

So are United Methodists in western Ukraine, such as the Rev. Volodymyr Prokip, in Lviv, who described his church and student ministry’s efforts to help in a video interview with the Rev. Fred Vanderwerf of the Minnesota Conference.

“God is with those who are crying,” said Prokip, who with fellow United Methodists has provided food and temporary shelter to those headed out of the country.  Read More

You can help through the efforts of UMCOR and Pastor Prokip click below to go directly to the websites. You can send your support to First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos, 715 Diamond Dr., Los Alamos, NM 87544 with a memo UMCOR Advance #982450 or Pastor Prokip #14055A.  

The UMCOR Advance # is 982450 and Pastor Prokip (Lviv) is #14055A.