{"id":1880,"date":"2015-07-04T05:50:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/?page_id=1880"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:25:40","slug":"serve","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Serve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE AND MISSION\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ministry-fair.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2299\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ministry-fair-295x300.jpg?resize=281%2C286\" alt=\"ministry fair\" width=\"281\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ministry-fair.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ministry-fair.jpg?resize=442%2C450&amp;ssl=1 442w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ministry-fair.jpg?w=1650&amp;ssl=1 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many opportunities in this community to find your place serving others. Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News\/Events page<\/a> and the Sunday \u201cBlue Addendum\u201d for short-term needs and opportunities, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/news\/#lifemoves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>LifeMoves dinners<\/em><\/a> \u2013 We help provide bi-monthly dinners for the homeless at the Montgomery Street Inn in San Jose. Needs include cooking, delivering, and serving.<\/li>\n<li><em>Second Harvest\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 3rd Tuesdays monthly; give, sort and pack food for hungry people in local communities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/church-in-action-cia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Church in Action<\/em><\/a> is the group that sponsors\/coordinates calls for social justice and\/or community service work for Campbell UMC. Click to the CIA page for opportunities to participate.<\/li>\n<li>Monthly dinners served at Billy DeFrank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defrankcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBTQ+ Center<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Stop Hunger Now<\/em>\u00a0events \u2013 one-day volunteer events for all ages, packing food to be sent to hungry people all over the world.<\/li>\n<li><em>Rosemary School<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 help support families and staff at the elementary school right down the street\u2014by offering school supplies or uniforms or snacks.<\/li>\n<li><em>Care<\/em>-a-vaners<em> \u2013<\/em> [Unsponsored] retired folks who travel in their RV\u2019s all over the state, and sometimes the country, to do service, building and repair projects on campsites, church facilities, and mission and ministry sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information, contact: info[at]campbellunited[dot]org<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Caring Ministries at Campbell UMC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/serve\/care-giving-ministries\">Care-giving Ministries<\/a> at Campbell UMC offer encouragement, <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/caregiver_med_BlackText.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2355 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/caregiver_med_BlackText-300x210.jpg?resize=280%2C196\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>Christ-centered care giving, spiritual support and prayer as we seek to work for the good of all to fulfill Jesus\u2019 command to love one another and to bear one another&#8217;s burdens.<\/p>\n<p>There are many opportunities at Campbell United Methodist Church both to receive encouragement and support and to minister to others who have needs. Caring Ministries at CUMC offers help as needed and training in the ministry to others. For more information, contact: care[at]campbellunited[dot]org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Care Ministry Team<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Care Ministry Team\u00a0are\u00a0laypeople who receive Christian care giving training in the\u00a0congregation, and provide one-to-one care to hurting people. They can provide care to individuals facing a variety of crises or life challenges such as grief, divorce, cancer, financial difficulties, chronic illness, job loss, disabilities, loneliness, a spiritual crisis, or other life struggles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Home Communion Servers<\/strong><br \/>\nHomebound members are visited or called every month and, if they desire, are served communion in their own homes by trained volunteers. This group of volunteers touches the lives of others by sharing one of the\u00a0most sacred sacraments with them in a loving manner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caring for Homebound<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Care Ministry Team visits those\u00a0who have become homebound. These caring visits demonstrate the\u00a0giving of care and time to show love and concern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hospital Visitation<\/strong><br \/>\nPersons who are hospitalized and have notified the church they are in the hospital, are visited by the pastor and Care Ministry.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Art &amp; Spirit Ministry &#8211; <em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">(Currently Suspended)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe bring them a tiny, tiny bit of hope and they load us up with joy and love!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Elmwood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/art-spirit-ministry\/\">Art and Spirit Ministry<\/a> teams go to the Elmwood County Jail facility on a regular schedule, to lead inmates in art projects that encourage them to explore their own spirituality and sources of hope. Exhibits of the art from the jail have been displayed in public buildings; read about a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/news\/previous-events-and-articles\/#transformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibit<\/a>, held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sj-mqt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1522 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Elmwood_art1.png?resize=229%2C229\" alt=\"Elmwood_art1\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Elmwood_art1.png?w=229&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Elmwood_art1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1523 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Elmwood_art2.png.jpg?resize=229%2C229\" alt=\"Elmwood_art2.png\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Elmwood_art2.png.jpg?w=229&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Elmwood_art2.png.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/> This is an exciting and transformative ministry.<br \/>\n<em>Here\u2019s what volunteers say about their experience:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration with our group of amazing and dedicated volunteers is inspiring. Inspiring, too, are the words, works, and expressions of the incarcerated women with whom we work. To feel God guiding our efforts and to see the glorious creations resulting from our collective endeavors bring me great joy. I am humbled and grateful to be a part of this ministry, and I look forward to seeing our outreach flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Elmwood ministry is a reminder to us all that our real \u201cjob\u201d in life is to love others without judging; judging is not what God asks us to do. Everyone deserves love and kindness. Where they are, who they are, what they do, or have done is not our spiritual business \u2013 it is God\u2019s business and their business. This is great news, and it frees us all to give and love with our whole hearts. Being selective about who we love and care for would only get in the way of connecting with God and loving others\u2026 our real job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with the women at Elmwood has been an uplifting experience filled with grace. Although they have a tough road ahead of them, they are trying to find a way to better themselves, find hope, and strengthen their faith. They show me what grace looks like in their gratitude, excitement, and willingness to expose their hearts to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking on the jail art ministry team has been such a blessing! Seeing the materials we bring in metamorphose into vibrant works of art and hearing the women&#8217;s hopes and prayers amidst their circumstances is a spiritual experience. I believe everyone touched by this ministry has been transformed in a profound and beautiful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with inmates and our team allows me to learn truths about myself, turns my concerns into concrete action and constantly puts me in the presence of God\u2019s forgiving and transforming grace. This healing grace has no bounds. We, inmates and volunteers, are transformed; I am changed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE AND MISSION\u00a0 There are many opportunities in this community to find your place serving others. Watch the News\/Events page and the Sunday \u201cBlue Addendum\u201d for short-term needs and opportunities, including: LifeMoves dinners \u2013 We help provide bi-monthly dinners for the homeless at the Montgomery Street Inn in San Jose. Needs include cooking, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6VbcX-uk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":832,"url":"https:\/\/www.campbellunited.org\/web\/serve\/opportunities-in-the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":1880,"position":0},"title":"Opportunities in the Church","author":"cumcadmin","date":"January 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE AND MISSION There are many opportunities in this community to find your place serving others. 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