Missions

Endwell United Methodist Church believes that one of our primary tasks is to send persons into the world to live as disciples of Jesus Christ by serving others.

Community Meal

We serve "The Lord's Table" each Monday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. All persons are invited to satisfy their physical or spiritual hunger.

National & Worldwide Mission

Haiti Partnership

We participate in the Haiti Partnership of the Wyoming Conference. Sally Vazquez went to Haiti in February 1999 and taught English to Haitians. Previously, several members worked as Volunteers-In-Mission and built a six-room addition to the Good Samaritan Center for Homeless Women in Jeremie and worked at the Methodist Medical Center in Gebo. Our church paid for a roof on an elementary school in a mountainous region of Haiti. Recently, we prepared "school bags" for Haitian children.

Local Ministry & Mission

We sponsor the Endwell Nursery School which meets in the education building. We support other local ministries that help children and families, including Sky Lake in Windsor, N.Y., Mom's House in Endicott, SOS Shelter in Endicott, the Children's Home of Wyoming Conference, Samaritan Counseling Center in Endicott, Broome County Council of Churches and its Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW). Each year at Thanksgiving, our members fill grocery bags with non-perishable food for CHOW. With our Advent and Lent coin folders, we support the Broome County Prison Ministry of Rev. Phil Singer, chaplain, who is the son of our pastor emeritus, Rev. Edgar Singer. We assisted five refugee families to settle in our area -- Markovic from Hungry, Samphong from Cambodia, Shalnev from Ukraine, and Tunovic and Muhovic from Bosnia.

Friendly Visitors

Lay persons are trained as "Friendly Visitors" who are assigned to visit nursing home and homebound members. On World Communion Sunday, the "visitors" distribute the consecrated elements to persons who are unable to attend worship, fulfilling Christ's invitation for all to gather at The Lord's Table.

United Methodist Women

United Methodist Women support the Women's Division of the Board of Global Ministries through their annual mission pledge. UMW sponsors many activities: Father and Son Brunch, Christmas Tea, Mother and Daughter Banquet, Spring and Fall Rummage and Bake Sales, Spring Retreat, and a Fall Bazaar. The women award a monetary scholarship each year to a high school student in honor of former pastor, Rev. Jose Valencia, and give full scholarships to two children who attend the Endwell Nursery School.