Each year, our church sends out volunteers to serve in mission ministries that may take us to other states or even other countries. Our teams build new homes with Habitat for Humanity, repair existing homes, pack relief supplies, visit orphanages, share the Gospel, and most of all endeavor to share the love of God, which we have experienced, with the people we encounter. It is a great time for building memories and friendships within our missions teams and learning practical and spiritual life skills.
Sterling United Methodist Church is excited to send out members of our congregation of all ages who want to be available to be used by God to connect others to Him. Short-term missions are one way to step out of your own comfort zone and dare to be something more than you can be on your own. You will be challenged, you will grow, and you will make a measurable difference in someone else’s life – whether it is here in our own community, in another state here in the USA, or in another country.
In prior years our congregation has supported missionary volunteers to Jamaica, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Austria, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Louisiana Since 2014 we have supported missionaries to the rural Appalachian region of Kentucky. In 2016 our Youth Choir went on a mission tour of the Northeast United States, sharing their musical talents and God’s love. Recent teams have traveled to Atlanta to work with the homeless population there and to Louisiana to work with UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) at their relief supply depot which sends supplies to distaster regions all over the world.