Missions at Church Street UMC

2026 Missions Calendar

August

  • Susannah House Work Day
  • Become a Greeter – reach out to Rev. Amber Lloyd to get involved
  • Wesley House Collection

September

  • Hunger Action Month Food Drive
  • Family Promise – meals and overnight hosts (9/28, 9/29, 10/1)

October

  • Dogwood Elementary Kindergarten Pumpkins
  • Dogwood Elementary SoKnoWeen
  • Wesley House Collection

November

  • Wesley Foundation Workday
  • Susannah’s House Workday
  • Thanksgiving Baskets
    • Food Sorting and Gym Preparation (11/18)
    • Basket Assembly (11/22)

December

  • Angel Tree

Church Street is a member of the Holston Conference and part of the global United Methodist Church. We participate regularly in activities within the conference, as well as global UMC efforts, such as UMCOR, to bring services to communities in need around the world. UMCOR is the United Methodist Committee on Relief and is the global humanitarian aid and development organization of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR is a nonprofit 5013 organization operated under the auspices of the General Board of Global Ministries.

While Church Street’s main mission focus is in our own Knoxville backyard, we also support missionaries who are helping communities nationally at a UMC outpost in Willow, Alaska, and internationally at an orphanage in South Sudan, which is temporarily located in Uganda, displaced by war.

Ministry Partners Immediate Needs

This is where you can find opportunities by our ministry partners. We will update this throughout the year as opportunities arise.

Contact

Have a question? Reach out to one of these mission or ministry leaders. 

Missions Committee Chair: Amanda Ford – amandaford3@yahoo.com

Missions Assistant: Jeff Smith – jsmith@churchstreetumc.org

Soup Kitchen: Julia Kelley – juliakelley5402@comcast.net 

Sharing Shop: Elaine Ralston – aralston1025@tds.net 

Family Promise: Grace Buchanan – gracebuchanan99@gmail.com

Dogwood Elementary School: Mary Torres – coachrysmom@gmail.com

Benevolence: Duane Simmons – simmonsduane@msn.com

Service Circle (sewing and craft missions): Nancy Carmon – ncyellen@gmail.com

Ongoing Mission Efforts in Knoxville and Surrounding Area:

Seasonal and Annual Mission Projects:

  • Warming Center – several times throughout the winter months
  • School Supplies Drives
  • Habitat for Humanity Builds
  • Annual Holston Conference Hands-On Mission Projects
  • Mission Day of Service (March or April annually)
  • Youth and Children Advent and Lenten Mission Projects
  • Thanksgiving Baskets with ministry partners and neighbors