Mission Report
The missions committee meets the 3rd Monday every 3 months
Jan, Apr, July, Oct at 6:30pm
Millie Clements
Jim Harris
Teresa Harris
Lenene Bishoff
Corrine Dawson
Betty Stone
Let all that you do be done in love.
1 Corinthians 16:14 NASB
If you should have any questions on our
Kids in Mission
recipients, please call the Mission's chair person -
Mission giving in our community and beyond our local church is important to us. We are a medium sized church with an average attendance of 180 in our combined worship services. We provide financial help to local organizations throughout the year such as:
The Community Care Center
Good Samaritan House
Phoenix Crisis Center
Faith in Action
...and many other organizations within the Methodist Conference and beyond.
2012 -
There was a total of $338 given in our advent bags (purple bags). These funds will go to Janet McCarty , the missionary we help to support in the Philippines, plus the first $500 from our Christmas offering.
Thank you for your generous giving!
The ministry of Jayson and Lindsay York in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic is the “Kids in Missions” recipient for January. Jayson grew up at Nameoki UMC. His mother, Karen Smith along with his grandparents, Harold and Janet Davis, are all still members here.
Jayson writes: “I grew up attending Nameoki UMC and was first exposed to the gospel and its implications for my life during confirmation classes with Pastor Jerry Reed. I then helped start the Fellowship of Christians Athletes at GCHS with Laura Chapel. After high school, I attended Indiana Wesleyan University for one year, and then transferred to Judson College, just outside of Chicago. There I met Lindsay and in 1999 we were married in the church where she grew up in suburban Chicago. We lived near the suburbs for 11 years, eventually leaving Lindsay’s church to help plant a daughter church in a nearby suburb.
In that time, we welcomed our three children to our family, Noah 11, Amanda 9, and
Jacob 6. God then used a short term mission’s trip with my wife Lindsay in 2009 to
begin to move us toward full time overseas missions. In August of 2010, we moved
from Chicago area to the Dominican Republic to begin working in full-
Jayson and Lindsay are serving with Students International focusing on the poor thru education, occupational ministries, medicine, dentistry, construction, etc… Jayson and Lindsay’s role is to oversee the long term mission’s work, as well as pastor the long term missionaries. They support the Ministry in providing management as well as providing spiritual and personal care. For more info about SI, or to inquire about a short term trip, please contact us at jayson615@netzero.net . You may send donations to:
Jayson & Lindsay York,
Agape Flights STI-
100 Airport Avenue
Venice, FL 34285
CLOTHES FOR CLASS
There is a new volunteer Group in the area called CLOTHES FOR CLASS. With the way
the economy is, we need to be reaching out and helping one another. We all know that
school uniforms can be expensive, and kids out grow them so fast. We have come up
with a solution to recycle them back into the community. Sponsored by: The Hub, Jesus'
Place Distribution Center, 1749 Madison Ave. Granite City, IL. All clothes donated
will be handed out free of charge to children in the Granite City District9 Schools,
on a first come first serve basis. Each child in the family will receive 2 uniforms
each, while supplies last. For more information on locations where you can drop off
clothes, please contact Christy Keehler at 931-
2011 -
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for December will go to Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood
House, (LBDNH) in East St. Louis. The Mission of LBDNH is Improving the Lives of
the Children, Families, and Elderly Persons throughout the greater East St. Louis
community. LBDNH celebrated its 101st year as a United Methodist supported faith-
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for November will go to the Good Samaritan House in Granite City. It all began in 1997 when members of a local church community in Granite City conducted a needs assessment in Madison County. It was discovered that there was an overwhelming need for a homeless shelter in southern Madison County. At that time shelter options were limited and were 20 to 30 miles from Granite City and the rest of southern Madison County. Thus the faith community joined forces and partnered with other community representatives. The Good Samaritan House began serving clients in 1998. Through grants the house now able to provide 18 to 24 Months of transitional housing and supportive services to as many as 9 families at any one time. However, now the Good Samaritan House is in great financial need due to no longer receiving State and Federal Funding. Every dollar you donate will help!
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for October will go to the SHOEBOX PACKAGES/Christmas Child Project. The wrapped shoe boxes full of goodies go to boys and girls all over the world. The money collected will help with shipping, wrapping paper and gifts to be put in shoeboxes. We will still have a signup sheet for those pledging to bring their filled up boxes by the due date. These boxes go to children who otherwise would not receive Christmas gifts. The boxes are specified by way of a name tag to identify the contents to go to a certain age and gender. You may include items such as brush/combs, hair ribbons, barrettes, toys, booklets, and writing materials. Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations worldwide. The deadline to bring the wrapped boxes to the church is Nov. 13th . Each box costs around $7 for postage. Contact Valarie Hendrick with any questions at fliptopbug@charter.net.
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for July will go to Mitchell Grade School. This will allow the Nurse and Social Worker to buy under garments and other necessary items for kids in need. Every year Nameoki collects donations to send to Mitchell School for personal clothing items for the school children, as well as supplies and toiletries.
June’s KIDS IN MISSION loose change offering will go to Red Bird Mission School in Appalachia, Kentucky. This offering will help keep this mission school alive and viable in the community. Rebecca Smallwood teaches 4th grade and is from Sumner, IL. Her husband Mark teaches music and choirs. Mark has been in our church with a music group from their school several years ago.
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for May will go to Nets For Life. The IGRC asks the
United Methodist Community of churches to get involved in the “Imagine No Malaria”
campaign. Bishop Gregory V. Palmer challenged the IGRC congregations to raise 3.5
million over the next 3 years for this effort. This money will help provide nets,
medication and other necessities to combat this disease. "THIS IS A FIGHT WE MUST
WIN, BECAUSE" *Every 45 SECONDS, a child in Africa dies of malaria. *Malaria claims
more than 1 Million lives each year. *Infants, children and pregnant women are at
greatest risk *90 percent of malaria deaths occur in sub-
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for April is Salvation Army. In March we will have
a member from Salvation Army visit the church for the 10:30 a.m. Worship services.
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal
Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by
the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet
human needs in His name without discrimination. The Midland Division of the Salvation
Army of which Granite City is a part, is headquartered in St. Louis. It encompasses
most of the state of Missouri and southern Illinois. The Army has a strong presence
across the Division, with 29 Corps Community Centers, five social service institutions
with 615 beds, 12 shelters with 252 beds and 148 service units (local volunteer units)
that are strategically located across the two states. The Salvation Army spent more
than $36 million on services in the Midland Division last year. It is a cost-
The Kids in Mission collection for January is Brad and Maria Fester’s Bible Translation Ministry through Wycliffe Bible Translators. They are translating to the Mpyemo people in Bilolo, Central African Republic.
They have finished the book of Luke and it will soon be ready for publication. Now they are in the process of handing ove rthe project ot Central African translators. For this, a third translator is needed and finances are needed to make sure the project is sustainable over the long term. Brad writes. “We are continually grateful for your standing with us in this work. Thank you so much.”
Much work has been done and much more remains ahead. We at Nameoki have a part in carrying out the Great Commission as we support the ministry of Brad and Maria. Any language project entails more than just translating the Bible. Translators also have to show people how to use the Bible in their daily lives. And in some cases (like theirs), they have to teach people to read. Brad says "We are constantly reminded of our weakness and of our need to rely on God's strength to make it all happen. Through your prayers, gifts and encouragement, you also have been part of helping this project. We want to thank you from ourselves, and on behalf of the Mpyemo people. Our hope is that just as we learn and grow from reading God's Word in English, the Mpyemo and other peoples of CAR will be able to do the same in their language and that God will use it to transform lives and communities."
The KIDS IN MISSION collection for February will go toward purchasing “Bibles for
Prisoners.” Bibles and Christian materials are needed for distribution in the prisons.
Your donations will help spread “the good news.” and to regularly visit churches
of all Christian denominations to spread the good news of God’s work with the incarcerated.”
For more information e-
“Release through Jesus Prison Ministry” enters all levels of confinement facilities to help men and women to know Jesus and lead them to salvation, to teach the men and women to hide the Word of God in their hearts so that they might sin no more,
With your Loose Change offerings you were able to help many people, in many walks of life in 2011. Last year Nameoki UMC congregation in a combined effort was able to send $415 to Brad & Maria Fester, missionaries that we support in the remote village of Bililo, Central African Republic. You gave $330 to Bibles for Prisoners in February. $283 was given in March to Love Packages, Salvation Army received $414 in May. The Red Bird Mission was helped by $283 from Loose Change offerings in June. In July $315 was sent to Mitchell School. In August you helped to buy materials to build a church roof in Honduras by donating $315. In September, $251 went to the Midwest Distribution Center. In October you gave an additional $284 to the Operation Christmas Child Ministry. The Good Samaritan House received $1500 and you were able to help Lessie Bates Neighborhood House by sending $364 in December. Thank you for your generosity! Each year the Missions Committee votes in November who the next year’s recipients will be. For a list of the recipients for 2012 please see Dorothy Luckert.