Missions
February Mission Focus
Methodist Mission Home
Methodist Mission Home serves people experiencing major life transitions, so they may reach their goals and dreams.
Local Missions We Support:
Agape
The Agape Ministry provides emergency assistance in the form of food, clothing, and some utility assistance to individuals and families in the following zip codes: 78154, 78209, 78217, 78218, 78219, 78239, and 78244. Volunteers assist as phone receptionists, record receptionists, interviewers, food pantry workers, thrift shop workers, and clothing organizers. The Agape Ministry is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 to 11:00 am and 2:00 to 3:00 pm to serve clients.
Please visit here to learn more or call Pat Ridenour at 654-4405.
Christian Assistance Ministry (CAM)
CAM assists low-income and homeless families with food, clothes and financial assistance. CAM is supported by 56 churches that provide us with donations of food, clothes and financial contributions, and volunteers. It takes 120 volunteers a week to run CAM.
If you'd like to know more, visit www.christianassistanceministry.org or call Terry Horkulic at 646-2312.
Fisher House (BAMAC)
The Fisher House is a comfortable temporary home within walking distance of the hospital. It’s filled with warm, caring people who help family members endure the stresses associated with a loved one's serious medical condition. The Fisher House enables families to stay together, cook meals, do laundry, and relax in a "home away from home" atmosphere. There are no other facilities on military installations which provide this caring, compassionate environment. Families do not pay to stay at a Fisher House. Fees at Army, Navy, and Air Force Fisher Houses are underwritten by Fisher House Foundation. While we all wish there were no need for Fisher Houses, the reality of life is that thousands of active duty and retired military and veterans' families are served each year by this wonderful network of beautiful homes! Fisher Houses, a gift of love!
Visit fisherhouseinc.org for more information or call Mary Behrend at 653-3872.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio, Inc. (HFHSA) is an ecumenical Christian non-profit housing organization working in partnership with God's people in need to build simple, decent and affordable houses without interest or profit, thereby witnessing God's love in action.
For more information visit www.habitatsa.org or call Dave Falk at 858-8682.
Health Ministries Team
For more information about the Windcrest UMC Health Ministries Team visit us here or call Susan Montesi at 590-4454.
Kairos Prison Ministry
The mission of Kairos Prison Ministry is to bring Christ's love and forgiveness to all incarcerated individuals, their families and those who work with them, and to assist in the transition of becoming a productive citizen.
For more information visit thebamfordgroup.com/kairos or contact Maureen Barnes at mochurch@att.net.
Methodist Children's Home
Methodist Children's Home is a non-profit child care ministry affiliated with the seven United Methodist Annual Conferences of Texas and New Mexico. Founded in 1890, the Home began as an orphanage and has developed into a comprehensive program of care. The Home serves more than 1,000 children daily through residential care, a Boys Ranch, foster care and a college program.
To learn more go to www.methodistchildrenshome.org or call Gertrude Batiste 654-6335.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries (MHM)
Methodist Healthcare Ministries is a faith-based, non-profit organization that was created to provide care through health-related programs and services that it owns and operates. These include primary care medical and dental clinics, support services like counseling, case management and social services, parenting programs, community centers, and church-based community nursing programs. MHM also provides financial support to established organizations that are already effectively fulfilling the needs of the underserved in local communities through programs and services that they already operate. It is guided by the principles set forth by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Want to know more, visit www.mhm.org or call Joanne Hall at 646-8156.
Methodist Mission Home
Methodist Mission Home offers hope to individuals facing spiritually, emotionally, and physically challenging circumstances, so they may lead enriched, rewarding, satisfying lives. Through professional guidance and compassionate support, teens and young women facing unplanned pregnancy and families considering adoption make mutually beneficial decisions. Through transitional education, including life skills and vocational training, young adults with disabilities and those who are deaf develop confidence and competence to reach their personal level of independent living.
To learn more go to www.mmhome.org or call Ron Wo
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a ministry started at Windcrest UMC for the people who come to our church nearly every day looking for help. We provide emergency assistance to individuals and their families in our community in the form of prayer, food, a Wesley nurse, some utility assistance and the listening ear that is part of the Body of Christ.
For more information call Joan Warner at 655-5537 or Linda Gwathmey at 654-0404.
San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries (SAMM)
SAMMinistries is an interfaith ministry whose mission is to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing, and services. SAMMinistries provides volunteers opportunities to be renewed and fulfilled as they serve.
To learn more visit www.samm.org or call Joe Gwathmey at 492-8719.
Woman at the Well
The mission of Woman at the Well is to promote the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual health of formerly incarcerated women so they may make a successful transition into the larger community.
If you'd like to know more, visit www.womanatthewellhouse.org or call Tonya Valenvuela at 373-1048.
International Missions We Support:
Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships is a global charity that has operated hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor by mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving all people without regard for race, gender or religion.
To learn more, visit www.mercyships.org or call Tony Neve at 646-6371.
Missionary Guillermo "Willie" Berman
Our church supports Guillermo "Willie" Berman. He is the Volunteers In Mission (VIM) Coordinator for the Eastern Conference of the Methodist Church of Mexico (GBGM Advance #014314) that covers the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, parts of San Luis Potosi and Veracruz. This conference borders Texas on the North and the Gulf of Mexico on the East. Willie lives in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from McAllen, TX, where he serves as a Pastor of the Iglesia Metodista Puebla de Dios, which is also a VIM dorm facility for visiting teams. He and his wife, Veronica, have been married for ten years and they have two children. Their daughter Marla is eight years old, and their son Alejandro is four.
To learn more visit here or call Chuck Stinson at 655-3850.
Mexico Mission Trip
Each year we are involved in ministering to our neighbors across the Mexican border by building houses, churches, medical clinics, etc. Our group ranges in age from teens to 70s - and no carpentry experience is required! If you can hold a ladder or a child, you are welcome to join us.
To learn more about these opportunities call Bob Jones at 651-0301 or Ron Wood at 657-7013.
