“Colesville UMC is “in the community, serving our community”

Close of 2025 Praise Reports

Caring for our Community…

As we approach the end of this year, I wanted to share how we are making a significant difference in our “Community”.  How lives are being changed, and how we are caring for one another.

This year our CUMC Food Pantry Distribution has given a total of 1,052 bags of food to our community in need.

Thanksgiving Food Pantry Distribution Drive-thru (FPD) - and our School-base partners:

Christmas FPD Drive-thru:
We handed out 100 bags of groceries to our participants this Christmas Holiday.

God has blessed this Ministry and He is faithful.  AMEN

We started off Jan 2025 and handed out 15 bags of groceries. The number of bags prepared every month for Feb/Mar/April/May/June and July stayed steady at 30+ bags until August when we prepared 39 bags.  Sept, we gave out 80 bags and in Oct we handed out 114 bags.

November was a Thanksgiving blessing and between the Drive-thru and supporting our Partner Schools we were able to provide 235 bags of groceries to our community.

Breakdown:

The Food Pantry Distribution drive-thru handed out 122 bags.

Our Schools received the following:

Kemp Mill Elementary - 90 bags

Westover Elementary - 20

Burnt Mills Elementary - 3 bags

October - Interfaith Women’s Shelter Rockville, Taff Rd. 

The women were fed with home cooked meals and were so appreciative to receive the dinners prepared by our own congregation and the various ministries within the Church.

C4 Toy Collection

This year’s C4 Toy collection was a success as well.

The C-4 Clothes Closet, continues to need clothes for boys clothing size 3T up to preteens as well as linens, mainly sheets and towels. These items can be dropped off in two sheds at the old Colesville Elementary School on New Hampshire Ave.  Please check the website for hours of operation.

Project Operation Christmas Child (OCC):

A wonderful time was had by all who attended CUMC's very 1st Operation Christmas Child (OCC) packing party on Sunday, October 5, 2025!!!

Giving God the glory for the 50 packed shoebox gifts that received much love, beautiful gift items, a personalized letter and were each prayed over.  Please continue to pray for  our International Missions effort.

Winter Children’s Coat Drive 2025 - School-based Program

Is currently underway

Emergency Local Support 

We're here to assist with helping our community

International Support

The O&M will provide financial support for a Guatemalan student (Mizra) again this year.  We felt blessed to be able to bless this young person with financial support needed.

Praise God for answered prayers on behalf of our student in Guatemala, Mirza. She was able to successfully graduate from the 9th grade. Hallelujah...Thanks for praying for her! Please see the thank you note to CUMC for her school scholarship.

Note: Greetings. The school year ended late November. It’s Guatemala, so things are fluid every year.  Mirza successfully graduated from the 9th grade. She is working very hard during school break to help her mother out.  Mirza is on the right-hand side.

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From the Chair, of the Outreach & Missions Ministry...

To our Colesville family,

The Outreach & Missions Team are so overwhelmed with gratitude for your support and Love. Your donations made it possible for so many lives in our community to have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Along with your Love offerings, I am happy to report this Thanksgiving was truly a blessing for ALL. We were blessed to fill the bags with turkeys or chickens, fresh greens, celery, onions, butternut squash, pumpkin pie, winter squash, fresh string beans, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, yams, rice, beans, apples, oranges and brownie mix :-

A Special Thank YOU to the O&M Team

I Thank God for YOU ALL, for your endless dedication to this Ministry.  Many are called but few are chosen and I'm so grateful for each one of YOU.  People who enrich our lives are such a blessing and I consider YOU ALL a treasure that God placed to serve HIM through CUMC's Outreach & Missions Ministry.  I can't express enough words right now, but I will tell you God's Spirit as changed me through this service of serving HIM.  My heart is full of gratefulness for the opportunity and I'm so thankful I answered the call.  I have felt in my heart nothing but joy and the fullness of HIS Love and yes, most times (smile) I'm tired and that's when I feel the most venerable and "Thank you" Holy Spirit who gives me strength to keep on keeping on.  I feel each your spirits too and I know I'm not preaching to the choir.

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This year the O&M along with the constant support of our CUMC Congregation helped to Support Students for a Successful School Year.  All of the supplies were delivered to the Essentials Needs Center on Tuesday August 12, 2025.