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. Below is a list of current Asbury In Mission partners:
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/
Bridging the Gap: A ministry of St. Luke’s/Sacred Heart Hospital and the Parish Nursing Coalition providing financial assistance to those in need for medical co-pays and prescriptions. Website: http://www.shh.org/community-services/parish-nursing/
Bright Hope: Offering individual and group support services that address pregnancy, healthy relationships, life skills, parenting, fatherhood, and abortion education. Website: https://brighthopecenters.org/
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. Website: http://lehighchurches.org/what-we-do/daybreak/
Everlasting Life Ministries: Providing food, clothing and shelter for those in need in Allentown. Website: http://www.elmallentown.org/
Kingdom Life Family Center Food Bank: Providing food for those in need in the Parkland School District area. Website: http://klfc.org/get-help/
La Trinidad United Methodist Church: Reaching the Latino community of Allentown with the good news of Jesus Christ. Contact Pastor Brunilda Martinez at 610-351-4804. Website: http://www.umc.org/find-a-church/church/23322
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: http://mealsonwheelslc.org/
Salem Food Pantry: An Allentown food ministry providing fresh locally grown foods for people in need. Website: http://salemumcallentown.org/foodpantry.php
Sixth Street Shelter: Providing opportunity and direction for people to become self-sufficient, productive members of the community. Phone: 610-435-1490; Website: http://sss.caclv.org/
Turning Point: Providing shelter and support for victims of domestic violence. Website: http://www.tplv.org/
Cookson Hills Center Oklahoma: Ministering to Native Americans. Website: http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/582161
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
High School Youth Ministries Work Trip to Philippi West Virginia: Working on housing projects for those in need in rural West Virginia. Websites: http://www.heartandhandhouse.org/, http://www.asburyym.org/
Millersville University Navigators: Helping students navigate life with a strong spiritual focus, coming alongside to support them as they chart the course of their lives. Website: https://www.navigators.org/locations/ml1034/
Youth for Christ: Working in community youth ministry. Contact John Bovard. Phone: 484-221-5886; Website: http://www.yfclv.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
Africa University Scholarships, Zimbabwe: Changing lives through education. Currently sponsoring Isolo Edouard in the School of Theology. Website: http://www.africau.edu/
Barrels of Love, Liberia: Providing clothing and school supplies for Voinjama District, St Matthew School and Dominic Hena School. Contact: Dick McCreight. Email: dickmcc@ptd.net
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: Colin Boake. Email: colinb@futurenet.co.za
Connectional Ministries, UMC Eastern PA Conference: Supporting United Methodist missions throughout the world. Website: http://www.epaumc.org/ministry/mission-outreach/
Deirdre Zimmerman, Nepal: Providing medical and nutritional care in Kathmandu Nepal. BIO, Website: http://www.npcs.org.np/nutrition.html
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: dickmcc@ptd.net
Mercy & Truth Children’s Home of the Himalaya: Providing school support for needy children in Pokara Nepal. Contact: Hari & Rachel Ghimire. Email: ghimirehari2000@yahoo.com
Rev. Greg & Chris Miller, Source of Light Ministries International: Providing curriculum and courses around the world for evangelism, discipleship and church planting 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: zazamarwu@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/
Through These Hands: Providing free medical supplies to over 50 countries worldwide. Website: https://throughthesehands.org/
Voinjama District UMC, Liberia: Providing support of clergy and the ministry of this United Methodist District in rural Lofa County Liberia. Email: zazamarwu@gmail.com
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: dickmcc@ptd.net