KINGWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1799 Woodland Hills Drive | Kingwood, TX 77339-1405
Gifts that Change lives 2017-2018
The 2017 missions focus for Advent supports the Methodist
Children’s Home goal to upgrade its residential facilities.
Give a gift, make a difference.
One life at a time, all year long.
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Wise gifts for God’s World
Thank you for your interest in this Gift’s that Change Lives
Catalog. As we prepare our hearts and minds to celebrate
Christ’s birth, I pray we reclaim the Advent theme of Hope,
Joy, Peace, and Love by sharing God’s blessings to those in
our community whose lives have been so disrupted by this
year’s destructive flooding.
Harvey Relief is one of the 24 ministries represented within
these pages that can bring the healing touch of Jesus to
many in our own neighborhoods. Your gifts to our Harvey
Relief Fund will expand the continuing recovery that’s al-
ready been accomplished by the generosity of others.
Along with Harvey Relief, our Advent focus supporting new
dormitory construction at the Methodist Children’s Home,
gives us an opportunity to name one of the newly built
rooms and leave a legacy of love and peace for children
burdened by poverty and neglect.
Praise be to God for generous gifts that definitely will
change lives!
Love and Blessings,
Cathy
Cathy Parva,
Missions Director
Cover photo (courtesy of Methodist Children’s Home, Waco, Texas):
Teens living at Methodist Children’s Home in Waco decorate a Christmas tree in
their dormitory. MCH offers hope to children, youth and families in order to build
healthy relationships. Children living at MCH attend school, participate in orga-
nized sports, community service, and spiritual development.
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Here’s how it works:
Step 1. Read the catalog carefully and select gifts you
would like to give in the name of family, friends, and col-
leagues. Our catalog offers a wide selection of gifts so you
and each member of your family can find the right gift for
each person for any occasion, not just Christmas. You may,
of course, purchase gifts in your own name.
Step 2. Fill out the payment card. You may pay by cash or
by check payable to Kingwood United Methodist Church
and put Gifts that Change Lives or refer to the Index
of Missions beginning on page 16 for a suggested
Memo reference.
Step 3. Use the gift cards and ministry inserts to give or mail
to the persons in whose name you have purchased gift
items. Keep a record of your gifts on page 18 and 19 of this
catalog.
Note: Keep and refer to this catalog throughout 2018. It will
also be available on Kingwoodumc.org for reference and
giving.
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TABLE OF MINISTRIES
Local
Bordersville 8
English as a Second Language(ESL) 10
Family Time 8
Feed My Lambs 8
Harvey Relief 9
Helping Hands 9
Mission Northeast 8
Oaks of Righteousness 9
Oasis Ministry 9
Society of St. Stephen 10
The Village Learning Center 10
Student Ministries
UM Army 11
FLIPt 11
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TABLE OF MINISTRIES
Regional
Heifer International 12
Methodist Children’s Home (Waco, TX) 12
Methodist Retirement Community 12
Prison Ministries 11
UMCOR Sager-Brown 11
International
Bless the Children Ministries 13
Living Water International (LWI) 13
Mission of Hope Haiti (MOH) 13
Stove Builders of Guatemala 12
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TABLE OF MINISTRIES
Missionaries
Lowell and Claudia Wertz (Tanzania) 13
Wes & Elaine Auldridge (Germany) 14
Ashley Ward Valosek (Czech Republic) 14
Marlon & Jessica Obando (Costa Rica) 14
Disciple-makers in undisclosed locations 14
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INDEX AND KEEPING A RECORD
Index of Ministries 16
Keeping a Record 18
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Mission Northeast
Mission Northeast is a faith-based 501(c) 3
that provides free programs and services to
families and individuals living in poverty.
Services include food, clothing, housewares;
adult education, job training, and more.
Family Time Crisis & Counseling
Provides outreach programs and accessible
services for families and individuals through
counseling, crisis intervention, information
and referral and shelter since 1977.
Bordersville Community Center
A community of some of the poorest of the
poor along FM 1960 in Humble, TX. The
Bordersville Three H Community Center
provides services to elderly residents.
Feed My Lambs
Provides lunches to elderly, disabled, and
low income families in Porter, TX. Complete
Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for 50-60
families are also provided.
Contact: A. W. Jones
19301 Hightower Lane
Bordersville, Texas 77338
Contact: Judy Cox
www.familytimeccc.org
Contact: Sharon Marks
Contat: Pam Dickson-Singletary
Director Mission Northeast
Local
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Helping Hands
A broad-based ministry designed to assist
in minor home repairs for community and
church members unable to do repairs for
themselves.
Oaks of Righteousness
Provides faith-based, transitional living in
the Humble, TX area for women released
from incarceration. Their goal is breaking
the cycle of addiction and homelessness
that leads to re-incarceration, and
offering a better future.
Contact: Beth Whittier
www.oaksoftexas.org
Contact: Marc Flach
Kingwood United Methodist Church
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Oasis Foster & Adoptive Ministry
Oasis serves foster and adoptive families in
Kingwood, Porter and Atascocita by assisting
families with clothing, diapers, food, and
Parent Night Out events.
Contact: Nanette Lynch
Director Oasis Ministry
Harvey Relief
Kingwood United Methodist Church is
dedicated to continuing assistance to
members of our community with spiritual,
economic, and construction support
during the recovery period post-Harvey.
Contact: Cathy Parva
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The Village Learning Center
Serves over 185 families of developmentally
disabled children and adults by providing
transportation, day care, after-school care,
an assisted living facility, job placement,
and independent living apartment homes.
Contact: Erica Badamo
The Village Learning Center
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Society of St. Stephen
A community outreach facility serving
persons living in the Humble, New Caney,
and Splendora school districts. This
organization provides hope to 500+
individuals by assisting with food, school
supplies, clothing, util ity support, and
prescriptions.
Contact: Patti Carter
Director of Society of St. Stephen
http://www.kingwoodumc.org/soss
English as a Second Language
(ESL)
Free conversational English classes for
students wanting to learn basic
communications. Practical, real-life
vocabulary is taught by volunteer ESL
teachers and follows the Humble ISD
calendar. Classes meet at KUMC.
Contact: Mary Ann Brauer
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FLIPt Similar to a UM Army experience, only
designed for youth 6th thru 8th grade.
UM Army
Opportunities for youth and adults to
experience Christian growth by helping to
make minor home rep
Contact: Clint Wyllie
UM Army Coordinator
Contact: Clint Wyllie
Student MInistry, Kingwood UMC
Student
Regional Prison Ministry
A faith-based ministry designed to
transform the hearts and minds of the
incarcerated and those released from
prison through the healing power and
grace of Jesus Christ.
Contact: Doug Chapman
UMCOR Sager-Brown
The United-Methodist Committee on Relief
assists churches to become involved
globally for persons in need through
disaster response and disaster risk
reduction.
Contact: Cathy Parva
http://www.umcor.org/
UM Army
Opportunities for youth and adults to experience
Christian growth by helping to make minor home
repairs in East Texas communities.
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Methodist Children’s Home
Waco, Texas
Provides a loving, safe environment for more
than 700 at-risk youth in Texas and New
Mexico to grow physically and spiritually.
Heifer International
Provides families with cows, chickens,
rabbits, sheep, and fish plus training to
more than 4 million impoverished families to
help them become more self-reliant.
Methodist Retirement Communities
Inspired by the Wesleyan tradition of Christian faith
and wholeness, MRC is committed to faith-based,
quality living for senior adults. MRC is a nationally
recognized leader of quality senior living, with a
reputation as the best in each of our locales.
Contact: Maria Franco Tapia
Heifer International
www.heifer.org
Contact: Allison Crawford
Methodist Children’s Home
http://www.mch.org/
For more information:
www.myMSRCFoundation.org
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International Stove Builders of Guatemala
US volunteer teams assist local
Guatamalan stove builders through
construction of concrete stoves providing
a healthy and safe cooking alternative to
windowless kitchens without ventilation.
For more information:
Gladden Lawrence, KUMC Missions
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Mission of Hope Haiti (MOH)
As an organization following Jesus Christ,
Mission of Hope Haiti seeks to bring life
transformation to every man, woman, and
child in Haiti.
Lowell & Claudia Wertz
(Joy in the Harvest, Kigoma, Tanzania)
Support the community with ministries such
as a computer school, refugee camp, crisis
relief, Friday People, and a feeding program
for orphans. KUMC members Hal and Sue
Hoege assist.
Living Water International (LWI)
LWI exists to demonstrate the love of God
by helping communities acquire desperately
needed clean water and experience the
‘living water’ of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Contact: In the US, Melinda Bendle
http://www.joyintheharvest.com/about/the-mission
For more information: www.water.cc
For more information:
http://www.mohhaiti.org/
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Bless the Children Ministries
Bless the Children Ministries is dedicated to
caring for Ugandan orphans and vulnerable
children through discipleship, Christian
education, and health care.
Contact:
Attn: Marsha Baker
Bless the Children Ministries
www.btcm.org
Missionaries
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Missionaries (Continued)
Disciple-makers in
undisclosed locations KUMC supports missionary families located in
some of the most dangerous parts of the
world. Support will be equally divided for
these families.
Ashley Ward-Valosek
(Young Life, Czech Republic)
Ashley is sharing the Gospel with the youth
of the Czech Republic by showing them the
love of Christ and mentoring teens.
Wes & Elaine Auldridge
(Germany) Sharing the gospel and their lives with the US
military community stationed in Germany.
Marlon & Jessica Obando
(Costa Rica)
Serving the Turrialba region of eastern Costa
Rica, Marlon and Jessica are reaching the
lost by providing revival and
encouragement through a network of
‘house churches’ in the region.
Contact: John Wesley Auldridge
https://www.cadence.org/content/
Contact: Ashley Ward-Valosek
http://www.younglife.org
Contact: Marlon & Jessica Obando
http://mapcostarica.vpweb.com/
Contact: Cathy Parva
Kingwood United Methodist Church
MAP Costa Rica
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Index of Ministries
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Bordersville Community Center
Three H Community Service Center
Attn: A.W. Jones
19301 Hightower Lane
Bordersville, TX 77338
Bless the Children Ministries Attn: Marsha Baker
http://www.btcm.org
Cadence International
Attn: John Wesley Auldridge
Ringstrasse 3 55776
Frauenberg, Germany
Cell: 49 171 3134810
Disciple-makers
Undisclosed locations
Attn: Cathy Parva
Kingwood United Methodist Church
Family Time Crisis and
Counseling Center
Attn: Judy Cox
PO Box 893 Humble, TX 77347
www.familytimeccc.org
Feed My Lambs
Kingwood United Methodist Church
1799 Woodland Hills Drive
Kingwood, TX 77339
Memo: Feed My Lambs
Heifer International
Attn: Maria Franco Tapia
1 World Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72202 www.heifer.org Helping Hands Attn: Marc Flach Kingwood United Methodist Church 1799 Woodland Hills Dr Kingwood, TX 77339 Memo: Helping Hands Joy in the Harvest USA-Melinda Bendle PO Box 496 Lansing, IL 60438 Memo: Joy in the Harvest www.joyintheharvest.org Living Water International 4001 Greenbriar Ste 200 Stafford, TX 77477 www.water.cc MAP Costa Rica PO Box 6082 Humble, TX 77325-6082 Attn: Marlon & Jessica Obando Memo: MAP Costa Rica [email protected]
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Methodist Children’s Home
1111 Herring Avenue
Waco, TX 76708
Attn: Allison Crawford
www.methodistchildrenshome.org
Methodist Retirement Communities
1440 Lake Front Circle, Suite 110 The
Woodlands, TX 77380-3607
www.MyMRCFoundation.org
Mission of Hope Haiti (MOH)
PO Box 60004
Fort Myers, FL 33906
239-791-8125
www.mohhaiti.org
Mission Northeast
22098 Loop 494
New Caney, TX 77357
Attn: Pam Dixon-Singletary
Memo: MNE
Oaks of Righteousness
P.O. Box 1731
Humble, TX 77347
832-444-0739
www.oaksoftexas.org
Prison Ministry
Kingwood United Methodist Church
1799 Woodland Hills Drive
Kingwood, TX 77339
Memo: Prison Ministry
Society of St. Stephen Kingwood United Methodist Church 1799 Woodland Hills Drive Kingwood, Texas 77339 Attn: Patti Carter
Memo: S.O.S.S. Stove Builders of Guatemala Kingwood United Methodist Church
1799 Woodland Hills Dr.
Kingwood, TX 77339
Attn: Gladden Lawrence
Memo: Stove Builders
The Village Learning Center
3819 Plum Valley
Kingwood, Texas 77339
Attn: Erica Badamo
281-358-6172
UM ARMY—KUMC
Kingwood United Methodist Church
1799 Woodland Hills Drive
Kingwood, Texas 77339
Attn: Clint Wyllie
Memo: UM Army-KUMC
Index of Ministries (continued)
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