Outreach

Missions, Ministries & Service

Countryside UMC was started as a missional church over 60 years ago and has an inherent DNA that includes mission and outreach to the community. As a whole, our Countryside congregation is blessed with financial abundance and a culture of giving that is faithful and responsible in stewardship. We have great opportunity to continue to develop our financial generosity through creative stewardship and endowment strategies. We are challenged to continue to develop a generous and diverse missional response to human need in our city, nation and world.


  • Mission

    Looking for hands-on volunteerism that makes a significant impact on others around the world?  Countryside's Mission Ministry team can get you connected with the next scheduled mission trip. Share Christ's message of hope & love!


    Every year, Countryside sends a team to United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Sager Brown facility in Baldwin, Louisiana. Volunteers help in a variety of ways to help ensure the United Methodist Church is ready to help in cases of humanitarian relief/disaster response, sustainable development and global health.


    In 2019, Countryside sent a team of volunteers to Guatemala (pictured here) to help construct homes for native peoples.


  • Ministry

    Countryside United Methodist Church offers mission and outreach ministries as the foundation for spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. We are all partners in God's mission and are all called to participate. God's light shines in every corner of the earth, and God's mission extends to all creation. There are no places in the world where God is not present, only places where God in Christ is not yet known, acknowledged, served or heeded. Partnership in God's mission means being in mission as God is in mission.

    It is global in focus and local in expression. In the United Methodist tradition, it is also connectional in representation.

    Christian discipleship is patterned after the servant-hood of Jesus, who cared for the sick, fed the hungry, and befriended the outcast.


  • serve

    Please explore opportunities to serve through Countryside. We work in partnership with our local schools, support other local ministries, share our gifts with our communities, and offer help to those in need. For more information please take a look through our website,

    or feel free to contact Brenda Bauman Swank, Mission Coordinator.

     

    We look forward to serving with you through Christ!