Outreach Beyond Our Walls — Making an Impact
Reaching out to the community in our own neighborhood, across the country, and globally – is a vital part of our ministry at Kent UMC.
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Reaching out to others – in our neighborhood, across the country, and globally, is a vital part of our ministry at KUMC.
If you want to join us in making a difference, contact the church office at 253-852-3900 or general@KentMethodist.com. You can also fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page, and someone will contact you.
Donate Christmas Stockings and Stuffers for Atlantic Street Center
Did you know Atlantic Street Center in Seattle was founded in 1910 by two Methodist Deaconesses, nurse Jesse Gasser and teacher Mary Jane Hepburn? KUMC has a long history of supporting Atlantic Street Center through our Mission and Outreach Committees and the United Women in Faith (formerly United Methodist Women). Atlantic Street Center is helping and encouraging children to grow into their full potential. To make that happen, children need adults to provide support and encouragement. Sometimes, that support can be as simple as a Christmas stocking from someone who cares.
Here is how you can help. Donate new or homemade Christmas stockings and stocking stuffers for newborns to 18.
The age breakdown is 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18.
Atlantic Street Center always needs help with quality items for teenagers! Suggested items for teens are portable phone chargers, mini-hand creams, satin pillowcases, spa headbands, fidget toys, mini card games/brain teasers, mature coloring books, colored pencils and markers, small LEGO sets, dark-colored knit hats, local sports team T-shirts, hats, and scarves.
Suggestions for children 3-12 include new stuffed animals, small toys, puzzles and games, art supplies, coloring books, crayons, and markers.
Items can be dropped off at KUMC in the ASC basket in the Narthex by the Giving Tree through Wednesday, December 11.
Monetary Donations Welcome:
Look for Atlantic Street Center envelopes on the Giving Tree in the Narthex. Drop the envelopes in the Sunday collection or mail them to KUMC. You may also donate online via the KUMC app or website.
Giving Tree
Again this year, Outreach: Beyond Our Walls is decorating the Kent UMC Giving Tree with tags so you can bring Christmas joy to children and families of the Mockingbird Society.
Mockingbird Society is a foster family network that comes together to create a community. It is a place for foster kids to feel safe and to meet others who truly understand their unique situation. When they are taken from their home, they also lose extended family. Mockingbird families aim to fill that space, to become their aunts and uncles, one extra support system. They work to ensure positive placements, proper medical care, and educational success.
Providing Christmas presents for the foster kids adds an additional financial burden for these families, and that’s where we can help:
Choose a gift tag from the Giving Tree. Each tag will have a child’s name, age, and gift. Some of the gift tags are for a family gift. Purchase the gift, wrap it, put the tag on it, and return it under the Giving Tree no later than Sunday, December 15.