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