There is good reason for the missions committee at Asbury to be known as “Asbury in Mission” or “AIM.” Mission means more than just dropping a check in the mail to Asbury. We strive to be “in mission” by partnering with our missionaries through regular communication to learn of their needs, to pray for them, to work on one-time mission projects, to go on one or two week mission trips, celebrate mission, and provide financial support. Are you interested in becoming personally involved in His mission at Asbury? Email missions@asburylv.org for more information.

Current Asbury In Mission partners:

LOCAL

Allentown Rescue Mission: Working to end homelessness one person at a time. Website: http://www.allentownrescuemission.org/

Asbury|Ramos Initiative: Partnering with this city school to provide supplies for students and teachers as well as volunteer help in the classrooms. Website: https://lar.allentownsd.org/

Casa del Rey UMC: La Trinidad UMC & Familia Dei Ministry joined together to become one ministry. On January 1, 2021.  Reaching the Latino community of Allentown with the good news of Jesus Christ. https://www.facebook.com/latrinidadumcpa

Community Bike Works: Providing at-risk youth with meaningful work-ethic alternatives to drugs, crime and the street. Website: http://www.communitybikeworks.org/

Daybreak: Serving three balanced meals each workday and teaching life skills to people living with mental illness, physical disabilities, addictions, HIV/AIDS and to the elderly.  A ministry of LCC.  Website:  https://lehighchurches.org/what-we-do/

Grace Food Cupboard: Providing food for those in need residing in the East Penn School District. Website: https://www.gracemacungie.org/Grace-Food-Cupboard.htm

Kingdom Life Family Center Food Bank: Providing food for those in need in the Parkland School District area. Website: https://klfc.org/food-bank/

Laundry on Linden:  Providing free laundry services and healthcare to those in need in Allentown center city. More information: https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/health/allentown-program-offers-clean-laundry-clean-bill-of-health/

Lehigh Conference of Churches: Making Christian unity visible in the community through a number of agencies. Website: http://www.lehighchurches.org/

Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County: Providing meal services to people in need. Website: https://mowglv.org/

Parkland CARES Food Pantry: Strives to feed and serve every member of the Parkland School District community affected by and suffering from hunger. Website: https://parklandcaresfp.org

Salem Food Pantry: An Allentown food ministry providing fresh locally grown foods for people in need. Location: 1401 Linden Street, Allentown, PA 18102

Sixth Street Shelter: Providing opportunity and direction for people to become self-sufficient, productive members of the community. Phone: 610-435-1490; Website: https://www.sixthstreetshelter.org/

Turning Point: Providing shelter and support for victims of domestic violence. Website: https://www.turningpointlv.org/

REGIONAL/NATIONAL

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Camps:  Providing camps and retreat centers where people of all ages and backgrounds can experience God’s love in a caring Christian community. Website: https://www.epaumc.org/ministry/camp-retreat/

Emerging Ministries Corporation, Cookman Beloved Community Church: Providing high school diploma completion and GED courses for youth and young adults in North Philadelphia. Contact Rev. Donna Jones. Phone: 267-886-3139; Website: https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Emerging-Ministries-Corporation

Mobility Worldwide:  Providing hand-cranked three-wheel Mobility Carts that allow people in developing nations with mobility issues to go where ordinary wheelchairs won’t go.  Website: https://mobilityworldwide.org/

On Mission Sports:  Providing Christ centered youth sports programs. Website: https://onmissionsports.com/about

The Worm Project: Striving to relieve the suffering of millions of children through the distribution of pills around the world, which purge worms from the intestinal tract. Website: https://wormproject.org/

Through These Hands: Providing free medical supplies to over 50 countries worldwide. Website: http://www.throughthesehands.org/

Young Life Lehigh Valley: Inviting high school students to follow Christ; caring for them regardless of their response and changing lives in the process. Website:. https://lehighvalley.younglife.org/

Youth P.E.A.C.E. Ministries: Providing scholarships to change lives of urban Philadelphia youth through Christian camping. Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjLfrbhuWTw

GLOBAL

Africa University Scholarships, Zimbabwe: Changing lives through education.  Website: http://www.africau.edu/

Barrels of Love, Liberia: Providing clothing and school supplies to those in need in Liberia. Contact: Dick McCreight. Email: missions@asburylv.org

Boake Family Home, South Africa: Caring for 19 children/youth (battered, abandoned, HIV/AIDS babies) in need of a home, food, clothing, education and career opportunities. Contact: Pam Boake. Email: colinb@futurenet.co.za

Connectional Ministries, UMC Eastern PA Conference: Supporting United Methodist missions throughout the world. Website: https://www.epaumc.org/connectional-ministries/mission-outreach/conference-missions/

Fire & Fragrance, South Africa: Operating evangelism, relief, development and discipleship training programs in Southern Africa. Website: https://ffsouthafrica.com/

Healthy Women-Healthy Liberia and Dr. Chris Hena: Promoting the health of the people and educating patients through comprehensive, sustainable, community-based primary healthcare. Website: http://www.healthywomenliberia.org/

Kevin & Kathy Bruce, Liebenzell: Working with the Awa people of Ecuador by communicating the Bible to them in their own language. Website: http://brucekev.blogspot.com/

Liberian Scholarships: Changing lives in Liberia through education of 15 elementary through high school students and three university students. Contact: Dick McCreight. Email: missions@asburylv.org

Living Water Well Ministry (Wells for Liberia): Providing a source of clean drinking water for villages in Lofa and Bong Counties in Liberia through donations from Asbury and churches in Western Pennsylvania and Florida. Contact: Dick McCreight. Email: missions@asburylv.org

Lofa River District UMC, Liberia: Providing support of clergy and the ministry of this United Methodist District in rural Lofa County Liberia. Email: pastorjerome.umc@gmail.com

Mercy & Truth Children’s Home of the Himalaya: Providing school and housing support for needy children in Pokara Nepal. Contact: Baburam Paudel.  Email: himmatch9@gmail.com

Rev. Greg & Chris Miller, Source of Light Ministries International: Providing curriculum and courses in prisons with Bible studies in over 100 languages. Website: https://www.christfc.net/crossworld/

Sewing School in Paynesville Liberia: Providing sewing machines and support of instructors for career training for women and men in Liberia. Email: pastorjerome.umc@gmail.com

Thembelihle Primary School: Providing quality education to young children from disadvantaged backgrounds in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Website: http://www.thembelihleschool.co.za/

Titus Island Sewing School: Providing sewing machines and support of instructors for career training for women and men in Liberia. Email: pastorjerome.umc@gmail.com