Meeting Needs, Changing Lives
Your gift to First United Methodist Church will help us to continue to change lives for the better, in our church, in our community, and in our world. As we work to share the love of our Lord with others, your pledges and your gifts make a difference in the lives we touch.

Why Pledge?
Your pledge helps us to prepare our budget for the coming year. It allows us to know realistically how much ministry we can plan for the coming year. Your gifts provide for all of our ministries... ministries that change lives.

How do I pledge?
Pledge Commitments Cards are available at the church office. The Financial Commitment Card will be the statement of your pledge for the coming year. You may give weekly, monthly, quarterly or even yearly.

What is the right amount to give?
It is important to remember that we are only stewards of everything that we have. As you prayerfully consider your pledge amount, God will direct your decision.

Special Offerings
Churchwide Special Sundays with offerings enable United Methodists to offer refuge in times of disaster, promote peace and justice, provide scholarships and student loans, reach out to the community, teach skills to encourage self-sufficiency and share the love of Jesus Christ with God's people everywhere.

Six times throughout the year, United Methodist congregations celebrate Churchwide Special Sundays with offerings. Your support is critical to the survival of these important ministries and for sharing God's gifts around the world.

Our church also supports
Other Resources:
Current giving opportunities:

Sundays in the Narthex:

Client’s Choice Food Pantry -
Sun., August 29: "Fill a grocery bag";
Here are some ideas: Cereal, rice, beans, pasta, pasta sauce, instant potatoes, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, tortillas, oranges, apples, soup.

Salem Clothes Closet -
If you would like to donate used wearable clothing please place in the barrel/box in the west hallway.

Hope Harbor
has ongoing needs to service their clients. Please check the cardtable in the Narthex on the west side to see a list of these needs. Please leave your donations on the card table and they will be delivered to the shelter. Thank you for your generosity.

Migrant Ministry
for men’s working camps and family campsites:
Work shoes - Men’s sizes 7 - 9,
  including 1/2-sizes
Work gloves, sizes S, M, L
Men’s jackets, sizes S, M, L
The Bame Plan for 2010

The Bame Plan goal for 2010 is $24,000.

As of August 15 $16,951 has been given. Many, many thanks to the generous people of our church.