sign up to serve!
If you can help serve in any of the following areas with our outreach ministries, please indicate your interest below so we can get you connected! Please contact us with any questions.
Ways to Serve
Camp Hope Dinners
Each month, a group of volunteers gathers to cook a meal that will be delivered and served at Camp Hope. This is a great way to give back to our veterans and show our appreciation for all they have done. If you would like to get involved with Camp Hope, please click the link below to learn about the upcoming ways you can volunteer.
UPCOMING ways to serve
Back to School Ways to Serve
Serve Together at the Wesley Community Center
Friday, September 12 | 7:30 AM - 12 PM | Wesley Community Center
MDUMC is committed to supporting the Wesley Community Center by providing volunteers for the food pantry on the second Friday of each month. We invite you to consider signing up to serve on one of these Fridays! Questions? Contact Jim McPhail or Kelly Williams at Communications@mdumc.org
Manos Juntas Mexico Mission Trip
Trip Dates: October 10-13, 2025
We’re excited to invite you and your family to be part of a meaningful mission experience with Manos Juntas, a United Methodist Church ministry based in Rio Bravo, Mexico. This trip is designed for all ages and skill levels — everyone is welcome to serve and make a difference.
Take some time to prayerfully consider whether this opportunity is right for you and your family. We hope you’ll join us! More information to come, but please contact Kelly Williams at Communications@mdumc.org with any questions.
MDUMC GRANT APPLICATION INFORMATION
The 2025 grant application is closed. The 2026 grant application will open on May 31, 2026.
MDUMC offers many opportunities for outreach, including our missions program. Missioners are sent throughout the US, and around the world, showing love for God and neighbor by reaching into the community to help those in need.
Please contact us with any questions.
GLOBAL MISSIONS
Missions are transformative, and it is impossible to return home unchanged. Serving alongside others and seeing injustice in our world fosters a need to tell the story of our experience and expose the issues affecting our neighbors. If you are prepared to say yes, God will use you to change lives, build the Church, and impact communities around the world. Missions are part of the faith journey of the entire church, not just those who are physically able to make the journey. There’s a place for anyone to become active in missions by serving on a team, giving generously to missions, and most importantly, supporting our teams and those they serve with prayer.
“Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.”
Manos Juntas Mission Trip
Manos Juntas (Hands Together) is a ministry of the Methodist Church of Mexico. Serving the people and churches of Northeast Mexico since 1992, Manos Juntas supports the communities of Reynosa, Rio Bravo, and Nuevo Progreso. Ministries include two medical clinics, a mobile medical clinic, a children’s home, a day-care center, a kinder/elementary school, a retreat center, the Susana Wesley Institute after-school program, a community center, and a re-sale store. Willie Berman, a missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, directs ministries of Manos Juntas. Manos Juntas hosts several US mission teams each year, including many teams from Chapelwood and St. Luke’s UMC.
INTEREST MEETING
Manos Juntas Mission Trip Interest Meeting
Sunday, August 24 | 4 PM | Wesley Hall, Main Campus
Join us to learn more about MDUMC’s upcoming family-friendly mission trip to serve alongside our ministry partners at Manos Juntas in Río Bravo, Mexico. This trip offers something for everyone—whether you’re skilled in construction, love working with children, enjoy gardening, or simply want to connect with the community.
At the meeting, you’ll hear about:
The heart and mission of Manos Juntas
Trip dates, travel details, and costs
The variety of service opportunities available for all ages and skill levels
How you can be part of this transformative experience
Bring your questions, your curiosity, and maybe even a friend who’d like to join you!
Trip details
October 10 – 13, 2025
Rio Bravo, Mexico
The trip fee is $150/person.
Trip cost includes meals while at Manos Juntas (breakfast, lunch, dinner), and accommodations.
The deadline to register is Sunday, September 28.
Supply drive
Manos Juntas has asked for donations to support the thrift store, which is a large source of revenue for their mission. MDUMC will be hosting a donation drive during September to collect items to be transported to the mission. We will be collecting:
· New or lightly used educational toys (puzzles, building blocks, Lego sets, craft kits, etc. (please note, no books unless they are in Spanish)
· New teacher classroom supplies (pens, markers, pencils, notebooks, etc.)
· New or lightly used tools in working condition (including painting supplies, gardening supplies, power tools, etc.)
FAM HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP
Working for justice by building an empowered community among refugees, immigrants, and local Houstonians through practices of hospitality, mutuality, storytelling, and inclusivity.
SHAMBA YA AMANI
Shamba Ya Amani (“the Farm of Peace” in Swahili) is located in the Alief area and directed by FAM’s Women’s Empowerment Group. Members of this group work together each Saturday, along with volunteers, to plant, maintain, and harvest community rows as well as individual family beds. Shamba is also home to a number of beehives that are tended by mothers and youth in the FAM community.
MDUMC serves alongside the women of Shamba Ya Amani at least one Saturday each month! To sign up for an upcoming Farm Day, click the button below.
Coming Up at Shamba Ya Amani:
Saturdays | 9 AM - 12 PM | Shamba Ya Amani - 8401 Dairy View Lane
Saturday, September 13 | 9-12 PM
Saturday, October 11 | 9-12 PM
Saturday, November 8 | 9-12 PM
Contact Kelsey Johnson or Roger Robinson to learn more!
Pick Your Own Bouquet This Summer!
Every Saturday, 9 AM - 12 PM
8401 Dairy View Lane | Houston, TX 77072
$10/vase or $50/ bucket
Bring your own container!
PAMOJA PROJECT
The Pamoja Project is a brand-new initiative of FAM, piloted with MDUMC members! This project seeks to connect refugee and immigrant families to Houstonian families to create mutual aid groups. MDUMC members are paired with refugee households from FAM as Companions, to accompany one another alongside the joys and struggles that all lives hold.
FAM Houston is recruiting for our next Pamoja Program cohort! Pamoja ("together" in Swahili) builds empowered community by pairing newcomers and Houstonian families to form relationships, engage in mutual learning, and walk alongside one another through all of life's ups and downs. Participants (called Companions) let their partners know that they are seen, cared for, and not forgotten. This cohort will be comprised of Companions from multiple faith communities. FAM staff will hold an interest meeting via Zoom on Sept 25.
LEADERSHIP
