MIssions
Supporting Missions locally, nationally & Internationally
The faith community of Ooltewah UMC has always been a mission-forward focused community. Missions at Ooltewah happens day in and day out as our goal is enlarging the Kingdom’s footprint across the street and worldwide. We welcome you to join in fulfilling the Great Commission Jesus gave to each of us! Serving where He leads.
Serving where He leads
We welcome you to join in fulfilling the Great Commission Jesus gave to each of us! We hope your heart will be stirred to become involved with our missions team. We always welcome people who will serve on the mission team at OUMC. We also need people who want to serve with our mission partners. Your prayers and financial support are extremely important for successfully enlarging the Kingdom’s footprint across the street and worldwide.
We invite you to get to learn more about some of our mission ministries below. You will find a brief summary of each mission outreach, a link to their website, and a contact person from OUMC if you want to know more.
THE BETHLEHEM CENTER
The Bethlehem Center is a ministry in downtown Chattanooga that reaches out to families and children in the inner city with goals for education, leadership, and financial responsibility. The center provides a place for students to go for after-school programs and summer programs. OUMC has supported this Christ centered ministry for over 25 years. Their mission is inspired by the gospel, they build lasting relationships with Chattanooga’s youth and families by encouraging spiritual growth, education, and leadership development.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
thebeth.org
Claire Overmyer
claireover16@gmail.com
CAMP LOOKOUT
Camp Lookout, located at the top of Lookout Mountain, is a ministry of the Holston Conference of the UMC. OUMC has partnered with Camp Lookout throughout its many decades of existence. In addition to offering a retreat ministry, Camp Lookout provides an exciting and fun summer camp program for kids in elementary through high school. They come to Camp Lookout from a variety of backgrounds and locations. Campers can participate in numerous outdoor activities, all while learning and growing in the love of Christ and experiencing the beauty of God’s creation. During each summer, hundreds of campers profess or reaffirm their faith in Jesus.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
camplookout.com
Donna Needham | dbn1956@comcast.net
JUBILEE PROJECT
A United Methodist ministry of the Holston Conference that provides community development and services to people living in wide-spread poverty in Hancock County. Jubilee Project envisions a world…where everyone has enough, where those who have more share with glad and generous hearts, and where those who have less find relief from oppression and hope for the future. Jubilee has been a partner with churches and communities since 2001. They have been partnered with OUMC since 2007!
FOR MORE INFORMATION
https://www.holston.org/jubileeproject
Pam Wells | pwells@ooltewahumc.com
GLOBAL ORALITY CATALYSTS
Billy and Joanna have spent twenty years working alongside the church in Uganda. They found that orality and tools such as Bible storytelling have become strategic means of helping people access and engage in scriptures. Now, as global oral catalysts they help to raise the awareness of orality, develop resources, and provide trainings and networking of WGM missionaries and partners that are interested in utilizing oral strategies to make disciples for Jesus. The Coppedge family is currently based in Scotland, providing them a central location to serve the UK and Europe." OUMC has been in partnership with the Coppedges since 2007. They have 5 children: Elsie Jayne, Lucy, Sophia, Chloe and Blake.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
wgm.org/missionary/coppedge
Matt Burton | heart4missions@comcast.net
Hear from Our missions team about what it truly means to be a part of OUMC MIssions
From building relationships to being the hands and feet of Jesus in our community and beyond, this video gives a glimpse into the heart behind the work we do together.
BREAKAWAY OUTREACH
A ministry based out of Chattanooga, locally serving Hamilton and Bradley Counties, providing local outreach and holistic services for at-risk youth, under-served children, and their families. Their program helps provide training and relevant resources for churches, youth workers, and volunteers who serve these families. They also serve internationally. With a vision of helping kids “breakaway” from a troubled past, founders Jimmy and Cindy Larche began the organization primarily as an outreach to at risk teens in South Florida juvenile detention centers. This movement has grown into an international missions network serving from the margins of Chattanooga to the ends of the earth.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.breakawayoutreach.com
Dale Miller | inchristalone_98@yahoo.com
APISON FOOD PANTRY
Apison Food Pantry (also know as Bountiful Blessings) has been serving the local community in Hamilton County by the Apison Baptist Church for over 5 years. They are open to clients twice a week, Mondays from 10-noon and Fridays from 10-3pm. Volunteers are picking up donations from grocery stores every day of the week. AFP is under the guidelines of the Chattanooga Foodbank. OUMC started volunteering 4 years ago and our caring spirits continue with this ministry. Some of the volunteers pack boxes while others are picking up from designated grocery stores using their own vehicles or the AFP van. Our client numbers have doubled or tripled since opening the doors. The need is great and OUMC is a great supporter of this ministry.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Julie Patthoff
jtomato50@gmail.com | 423-GOD-1312 (Pantry #)
PUERTA DE ESPERANZA
Tim and Daina started Puerta de Esperanza (Door of Hope) in Chaquibamba, Ecuador in the year 2007. Their ministry focus is discipling children and families which includes worship, Bible studies, ministry training, and some vocational training. Part of their mission statement says: “to find and reveal the only ‘DOOR’ which is our hope for our whole life both now and for eternity.” All that said, Door of Hope is also a place where spiritual, emotional, educational, and physical needs can be met and developed through their varied ministries. OUMC has been in a ministry partnership with the Datwyler’s since 2000.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
puertadeesperanza.org
Matt Burton | heart4missions@comcast.net
FRONTIERS
Alan & Beth are part of the Barnabas Team of Frontiers, a mission outreach to unreached populations. They encourage Frontiers workers through pastoral coaching, member care, debriefing of those on home assignment, restoring those emotionally wounded in ministry, and re-deployment of those in transition. Frontiers is working to fulfill the Great Commission by making disciples among Muslim peoples who don't know the saving message of Jesus Christ. They are dedicated to lifelong learning, mentoring, and upgrading. They send new teams to live and serve where Jesus Christ is not known, bringing His message to those who have not yet heard the Gospel.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
frontiersusa.org
Becky Lockaby | becky.lockaby@gmail.com
