Serve at First Winter Garden
Serving at First Winter Garden is a great way to get connected, add value to your life, and make a difference in the lives of others.
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Lay Leadership
The United Methodist Church, which began as a movement and a loose network of local societies with a mission, has grown into one of the most carefully organized and largest denominations in the world. The United Methodist structure and organization began as a means of accomplishing the mission of spreading Scriptural Holiness over the land. John Wesley recognized the need for an organized system of communication and accountability and developed what he called the “connexion,” which was an interlocking system of classes, societies, and annual conferences. (UM Member’s Handbook, p 24)
No local church is the total body of Christ. Therefore, local United Methodist churches are bound together by a common mission and common governance that accomplish reaching out into the world. United Methodist churches and organizations join in mission with each other and with other denominations.
We serve our community and world in many different ways.
Through the Florida Conference, our church members, adults and youth, serve on mission teams locally and internationally. These many opportunities to serve in mission are one of the great strengths of the United Methodist Church. Join us!
We are a Partner in Ed with Dillard Street. Each month there are various opportunities to support our elementary students. To volunteer at any event, you will need to become an OCPS Addition. Then you can sign up for specific events.
Our church has supported the Coalition for twenty years. On the first Sunday of EVERY month we cook and serve the lunch meal to the families. We meet at the church at 10:30a to go to the Coalition, and we are done by 2:00p. Three to four people are needed each Sunday that we serve.
The FUMC Food Pantry relies on your donations to make this ministry possible. Donation boxes are located in the sanctuary. Suggested items are-manual can opener, canned foods, peanut butter, pasta & sauce, mac & cheese, shelf stable milk, snack crackers, pudding cups, breakfast bars
We are also always in need of volunteers to serve and pray with our guests. For information, call the church office at (407) 656-1135.
Habitat for Humanity builds strength, security, and self-reliance through shelter.
It’s an exciting time for West Orange Habitat for Humanity as we’ve just completed seven homes in East Winter Garden. Families have been selected for new home projects and are anxious to work alongside our volunteers, to build their own home and homes of others.
Our church has now partnered with the HOPE Center in Winter Garden. They offer a variety of services for people in the community, including job opportunities, counseling, and more.
Eight Waves invests in the lives of children, youth and families who live in under- resourced communities by working together, building the healthy support systems they need to thrive, and empowering them to create lasting change in their own lives and communities.
Stephen Ministers are congregation members trained by their Stephen Leaders to offer care to people who are hurting. A Stephen Minister typically has one care receiver at a time and meets with that person once a week for about an hour.
Each month that has a fifth Sunday, the United Methodist Churches in the Florida Annual Conference are asked to receive an offering to support the ministry of the Children's Home.
This ministry is dedicated to providing opportunities to people who are caught in the web of drugs, violence, gambling and prostitution. We assist this ministry through donations at various times throughout the year and programs at their Outreach Center
First United Methodist Church Winter Garden is partnered with a sister Methodist Church in Velasco, Cuba.
We have supported the training of pastors and lay people for the equipping of Cuban disciples.