Mission & Ministry Wish List

Christmas is an opportune time to make wish lists for the things we need, but these 21 missions and ministries cherish your gifts all year long. Keep this list handy and refer to it whenever a group in your church seeks a new project. The alphabetized list includes a variety of opportunities, appropriate for children and youth as well as adults.

Alton Park Empowerment Ministry
Chattanooga District

• 10 Webster pocket-size dictionaries (the more entries, the better)
  
• Art supplies (magic markers, modeling clay, finger paints, and collage materials such as feathers, buttons, seeds, and ribbon)
  
• New clothing of all sizes
  
• New (or gently used) dolls, toy trucks, and toy cars
  
• New elementary science kits (magnetism, chemistry, electricity, etc.)
  
• Scholarships for student transportation ($9 per week or $35 per month)

Contact: Lisa Nichols, (423) 821-9424


Bethlehem Center - TheBeth.org
Chattanooga District

• Prayer partners
  
• Lunch sponsors for 2007 Summer Literacy Academy
  
• A volunteer coordinator (who will work as a volunteer)
  
• Opportunities to share what's happening at Bethlehem Center
  

Contact: Lurone Jennings, (423) 266-1384 ext. 14


Big Stone Gap District Community & Renewal Project

• Books for ages toddler to 9
  
• Fifty $15 Wal-Mart or Food City gift cards
  
• 3 skeins of homespun yarn to make prayer shawls
  
• Clean, gently worn clothes (sizes XXL and larger) for thrift stores
  
• $25 to send a child to VBS Day Camp
  
• 1 case of toilet tissue for camp
  
• Regulation soccer ball and basketball
  
• 600 packets each of carrot, beet, squash, bell pepper, okra, melon, and other vegetable and fruit seeds
  
• 225 pounds each of seed corn and beans (needed by April 10)
  
• 4 people to spend 3 hours packaging seeds in mid-April
  
• Ruled filler paper and other school supplies (needed year-round, but especially in August and January)
  
• 4 large, plastic storage bins with tight-fitting lids
  

Contact: Nancy Hobbs, (276) 523-0417


Buffalo Mountain Camp BuffaloMountainCamp.org
Johnson City District

• White bed sheets to cut out bandannas for tie dying
  
• Colored string for making bracelets
  
• Newsprint for making posters and signs
  
• Markers
  
• Projector (for worship, capable of using with a computer and Microsoft PowerPoint)
  

Contact: Jason Onks, (423) 753-6678

Camp Dickenson - CampDickenson.com
Wytheville District

• Laminating film
  
• $50 gift cards to buy gasoline
  

Contact: Chuck Jones, (276) 744-7241


Camp Lookout - CampLookout.com
Chattanooga District

• Waterproof digital camera
  
• Duct tape for crafts, repairs, and overnight camping trips
  

Contact: Don Washburn, (706) 820-1163


Camp Wesley Woods - CampWesleyWoods.com
Maryville District

• Used or new candles (to melt down and make new candles)
  
• Rakes, shovels, and other outdoor equipment for volunteers to use
  

Contact: Joy Bragg, (865) 448-2246


Holston Conference Camp and Retreat Ministries - HolstonCamping.com

• $300 scholarships to send children to camp
  
• Lesser amounts for partial scholarships
  

Contact: Charles Maynard, (423) 928-2156


Holston Conference Children's Ministries
HolstonKids.com

• A prayer partner for every child in every church
  
• The celebration of "Children's Sabbath" in each church
  
• Church staff and members greet each child by name
  

Contact: Anita Henderlight, (866) 690-4080


Holston Conference Missions
Missions.Holston.org

• Sticks of lip balm for children served in Alaska
  
• New toys for children in Red Bird Missionary Conference
  
• 5-gallon buckets for the annual food mission project serving Ishe Anesu in Zimbabwe
  

Contact: Bill Daugherty, (866) 690-4080


Holston Conference Older Adult Ministries - SeniorAdult.Holston.org

• Ten $100 scholarships to send older adults on fixed incomes to Jubilation (a retreat held March 18-20, 2007, in Kingsport, Tenn.)
  

Contact: Bob Bostick, (866) 690-4080


Holston Conference Sudan Action Team - SudanHope.Holston.org

• $1 to buy notebook paper and a pencil for a child in Yei, Sudan
  
• $5 to buy a textbook for a child in Yei
  
• $10 for a mosquito net to prevent malaria in Yei
  
• $55 to buy a college textbook for "Lost Boys" now living in Holston
  

Contact: Lori Sluder, (866) 690-4080


Holston Conference Young Adult Ministries - Holston.org/youngadults

• $75 scholarships to support participants in the 2007 young adult mission trip
  

Contact: Eric Glass, (866) 690-4080


Holston Home for Children
HolstonHome.org
Morristown District

• New clothing for children, especially teens, in all sizes: polo shirts, khaki pants, jeans (without holes or worn places), and shoes (casual or athletic)
  
• $125 donations to send youth to summer camp
  
• $20 donations to purchase concert and theater tickets
  
• Wal-Mart gift cards
  

Contact: Laura Morgan, (423) 787-8753


Jubilee Project - JubileeProject.Holston.org
Morristown District

• $39 rolls of stamps
  

Contact: Steve Hodges, (423) 733-4195


Morristown District Hispanic Ministries

• $500 scholarships to send Hispanic youth to Resurrection spiritual weekend in January (registration fee, lodging, transportation, and meals)
  
• $250 scholarships to send Hispanic youth to summer camp
  

Contact: John Thompson, (865) 397-0733


Project Crossroads
ProjectCrossroads.holston.org
Abingdon District

• Lowe's gift cards (to buy drill bits, saw blades, tape measures, and other construction necessities)
  

Contact: Harry Howe, (276) 782-3339


Wesley House Community Center
WesleyHouse.com
Knoxville District

• $200 scholarships for one semester of tutoring
  
• 1 hour of volunteer tutoring for elementary students
• $50 Wal-Mart gift cards for family emergencies (clothing or food)
  
• $200 scholarships for inner-city children to attend Camp Wesley Woods for 1 week
  
• 2 hours per month to serve on a committee (Program, Special Events, 100th Anniversary Celebration, etc.)
  
• $50 Sam's Club gift cards to buy three days of after-school snacks
  
• Commercial grass-cutting service for the summer
  
• Opportunities to speak to church groups about Wesley House ministries
  

Contact: Richard Gibson, (865) 524-5494


Wesley Foundation – University of Tennessee - WesleyUTC.com
Chattanooga District

• A volunteer with tree removal expertise (to remove trees causing damage to the roof and utilities)
  
• Volunteers to help with outdoor beautification (i.e., installing a walkway, drain lines and ornamental trees)
  
• Volunteers to lead special interest groups on topics like church history, Methodist history, Christian financial principles, etc.
  

Contact: Keith Moore, (423) 266-3691


Wesley Foundation – University of Tennessee - web.utk.edu/~wesfound
Knoxville District

• Regent Lighting Industrial Grade High Pressure Sodium Light (Item # 26177 @ Lowe's) for outside lighting
  
• Regent Lighting Bronze High Pressure Sodium Mini Flood Lights (Item #42543 @ Lowe's) for outside lighting
  
• Digital camera for photos on mission trips, retreats, etc.
  
• 25 blue, hardcover, New Revised Standard Version Bibles from Cokesbury Bookstore
  
• Lowe's gift cards for paint and other supplies
  
• Wal-Mart gift cards (for food and paper products)
  
• Titleist NXT Tour golf balls (for recreation)
  

Contact: David Jackson, (865) 522-2728


Wesley Foundation – University of Virginia College at Wise
people.uvawise.edu/wesleyfoundation
Big Stone Gap District

• 30 matching vinyl or cloth tablecloths (for 6-foot, oblong tables)
  
• Food City gift cards
  
• Wall banners, tapestries, hangings, or large poster for our walls
  
• 2 computer desks, new or used
  
• Bags of concrete mix (to repair outdoor concrete steps)
  
• A volunteer to paint lines on our parking lot, including 2 handicapped spaces
  
• Laptop computer and projection system
  

Contact: Beth Tipton, (276) 328-6826

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