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Independence |
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Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday Worship 6:30 p.m |
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| Mission Statement We are a caring congregation striving to make disciples of Jesus Christ by drawing generations together to worship, study, and serve.
Shawnee Interfaith Hospitality Network (SIHN) is sponsored by 10 Shawnee churches for "suddenly homeless" people. It is part of Shawnee Family Promise and the national organization. The SIHN Day Center 273-0161 is host to families in the daytime. Evenings are spent in the churches. Wesley is now a "helper church" for SIHN families, providing volunteers to the Day Center and sending quarterly supporting checks for operations. For more information about SIHN and how you can help, contact Gary Dowdy. Read more on the IHN national link. Shawnee's Habitat for Humanity chapter offers our church a chance to be involved with local construction efforts that benefit selected needy families to have a home of their own through local volunteer helpers and their own quantity of "sweat equity." Learn more about the national program by clicking here on Habitat for Humanity. Wesley's
United Methodist Men have helped sister
churches in Shawnee with renovation projects and done several in-town
home projects, most notably wheelchair ramps to make a home accessible
for disabled and elderly. The Wesley Youth participate with church
members in mission work across the state as well as at home. Whether playing,
clearing brush, weeding, or building and painting, the means to sharing
God's love are provided with missional service and outreach. Mission
Trips Mission trips provide church members opportunities to experience hands-on service. Many members have now gone to help build homes in Mexico. Others have served in Slovakia, Poland, Russia, South Africa, and in Bosnia. Youth go to the Methodist Boys Ranch in Oklahoma, to Texas and to Louisiana to work with Volunteers in Mission teams. In 2007 we are scheduled to do a VIM medical mission team to Mexico and a VIM construction team to Bolivia in the fall. Rio
Bravo Mission Teams Wesley helps sponsor a missionary in Mexico. Marsha Alexander is the director of "Manos Juntas Mexico" (Hands Together Mexico) in Rio Bravo. We are helping support her in her mission there. We sent 22 people to Rio Bravo in June, 2007, to build a 12'x20' home and to put a roof on a church. We look forward to our next mission trip to Rio Bravo to build another concrete block home (casita) for a homeless family. Marsha Alexander, Director, Manos Juntas Mexico We Care Fund, Salvation Army (meals, Bibles, blankets, Christmas, Angel Tree) and Habitat for Humanity home building projects, and other Saturday projects.
The Wesley congregation seeks to lovingly fulfill this mission statement with several ongoing programs. The Logos (Logos means "the Word") program is a nondenominational after-school event on Wednesdays, which unites children, youth and adults within and beyond our church for Christian study, dinner and recreation. Our weekday Parents Day Out program serves many families. Our Wesley facility is used by the Boy Scouts weekly. Vacation Bible School is very well attended. High school youth enjoy our Shawnee All-Church Youth Volleyball Tournament sponsored by the Wesley Youth.
Statewide Volunteers in Mission, Partners in Mission, Habitat for Humanity work groups, Gore Boys Ranch ("Circle of Care" website) National Youth Summer Mission Trip Global Mexico, South Africa, Europe, Central and South America Additional Links
General Board of Global Missions |
Rev. Kris Steele, Associate Minister
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a summer lunch program with Bible stories. It was started through
Good Shepherd Chapel to feed 250 undernourished kids from Shawnee at five
local sites for the 40 weekdays of the summer. For most of these
children, it is the only well-balanced meal of the day. This and
love and care from volunteers is also leading to other needed family ministries.
Wesley is a big supporter of this program and sends volunteers and cash
to this ecumenical effort in Shawnee. For the summer of 2007, Wesley
is the base of operations for "Mission Shawnee." Our kitchen
is lunch assembly headquarters. Food and volunteers load up in our
parking lot to go to five sites around Shawnee to feed and read to the
kids of need. 
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