Brat Fry
On Saturday, September 7, we will hold a brat fry at Sendik’s in Grafton to benefit Family Services in Ozaukee County.
If you are interested in participating, please let Kim Polan know or sign up on the kiosk.
Please stop by between 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and grab a brat or burger!
Personal Hygiene Kit Packing
for Midwest Missions
On Sunday, September 8, we will be assembling personal hygiene kits for Midwest Missions. We are not asking you for anything other than a few minutes of your time after church. The Outreach committee will purchase and provide the items that will go into these kits. So please join us in Fellowship Hall for a few minutes after church, knowing that your efforts will help those in need.
Current and Ongoing Projects
Ongoing
Aluminum Can Drive
Our can collecton brought in $24.20. In 2023, we earned $77.96. Thank you to all who have been saving cans!
Meta House
Lunch Making
Lunches for the women of Meta House are made and packed on a monthly basis. There are a couple of ways you can help with this project.
First, please feel free to join us when we make the lunches. This happens right after the 10:00 a.m. church service, and it only takes about 30 minutes. We meet in the kitchen to make sandwiches and pack bag lunches. Our next lunch packing days will be held on Sunday, September 22, Sunday, October 13, Sunday, November 3, and Sunday, December 1.
You may also help by offering financial support. Food for a full week of lunches costs approximately $130, or less if we are packing for only one, two, or three days.
If you are interested in helping, please contact the church office (office@cedarburgcumc.org).
Rainbow Covenant Designation
CUMC has once again met the criteria for designation as a Rainbow Covenant Church for 2023. This is a designation that is awarded to those Wisconsin Conference UMC churches who have met their full apportionment, have given to local missions, Special Sunday giving, Conference projects, National projects, International projects, In-Mission Together projects, UMCOR, and have supported a Covenant Relationship missionary.
On average, only about 25% of the Conference churches earn this designation in any given year. CUMC has met the criteria every year that the Rainbow Covenant designation has existed.
United Methodist Missionary, Temba Nkomozepi
Our church supports Mujilla Falls and its missionary, Temba Nkomozepi. Temba is from Zimbabwe, and was commissioned as a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries in 2017.
Temba will continue Mujila Falls projects in agriculture, education, and health projects, as well as church growth and development. He has committed to helping bring together the perfect environment and inputs to grow crops and improve people’s livelihoods.
The Outreach Committee asks that you keep Temba and all the people at Mujila Falls in your prayers.
Family Promise of Ozaukee County
Family Promise works to rebuild lives with compassion by providing resources and services to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
They strive to create a safe and secure environment and are dedicated to helping families regain housing, independence, and their dignity.
Through partnerships with local businesses, organizations, and congregations, they are able to offer their services to those in need.
Their new homeless shelter opened in Ozaukee County. Family Promise teamed up with the county to open Portlight Shelter. We provide meals for the the families at the shelter every few months. Please contact the office if you would like to help with providing meals.
Food Drives
Please bring food donations to our entry-way baskets as we continuously collect food to stock local food pantries. Monthly donations will benefit Family Sharing of Ozaukee County.
Family Sharing is a nonprofit community organization that provides food to people in need in Ozaukee County. All donations of food are distributed directly to those who need it, at no charge. In addition, they provide clothing, furniture, household items, school supplies, new winter jackets for children, and information and referrals.
Coin Drive
Small coins = BIG change
Find the Coin Donation Box in the entry-way and empty your pockets! Your change makes a difference for some great programming!
Each quarter a different program is selected. Change, even a few coins at a time, adds up to big change.
The fourth quarter Coin Offering will go to support the Sojourner Family Peace Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sojourner Family Peace Center is the largest nonprofit provider of domestic violence prevention and intervention services in Wisconsin, serving nearly 8,000 clients each year. This organization provides an array of support aimed at helping families affected by domestic violence achieve safety, justice, and well-being.
When you consider throwing your loose change into the offering each Sunday, please consider adding just a little bit. A normal quarterly collection brings in about $80.00. But if each of us were to add 25 cents each week, we could boost that to almost double that amount.
Thank you for your continued generosity.
Mr. Bob's
Under The Bridge Ministry
Hotel-sized hygiene items, such as soap, shampoo, lotion, etc., new and/or gently used, clean clothing for men, women, and children, and new bath/hand towels and washcloths are collected for this outreach program.
This program is dedicated to helping the homeless in the greater Milwaukee area. Items are collected and made into care packets and then distributed to the homeless living under the viaducts, in empty warehouses, and on the streets in Milwaukee.
We will once again be participating in sorting clothing for Mr. Bob's Under the Bridge Ministry on Thursday, September 19. We will work from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Ozaukee Volunteer Center at 2360 Dakota Drive in Grafton.
While this may not seem like much, the clothing and personal hygiene items that Mr. Bob provides to the homeless in Milwaukee is so important. And the items can not be provided if they are not first sorted. So the one hour of volunteer work that you do does, in fact, make a significant impact on the homeless population of Milwaukee.
If we are serious about “helping the least of these” and treating all as God’s children, then please consider taking one hour of your time to help this important mission.
There is a sign-up on the kiosk in Fellowship Hall for those interested in working. Because of the limited workspace available in the warehouse, we are limited to no more than 5 volunteers. But please…help us make sure that we DO, in fact, have volunteers.
Red Bird Mission
The Red Bird Mission is supported through financial donations.
This organization has been providing ministries in the region of the Appalachian Mountains since 1921. Today the need remains critical in this isolated, rural, distressed area. Chronic poverty, lack of jobs, poor housing, and rugged, mountainous terrain provide obstacles to a fuller life for the residents of this area.
Red Bird Mission and Clinic strives to meet these needs through ministry in five areas: Education, Health and Wellness, Community Outreach, Economic Opportunity, and Community Housing Improvement.
Midwest Mission Distribution Center
Midwest Mission Distribution Center, a disaster relief facility, is a caring ministry related to the Illinois Great Rivers Conference and the North Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. MMDC is also a cooperating depot in the UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) Relief Supply Network.
We support MMDC with disaster relief supplies and monetary donations.
Learn more about the ministries, organizations, and missions we support
Ozaukee Family Services
Meta House
United Methodist Missionary
Northcott Neighborhood House
Family Sharing of Ozaukee County
Rooted and Rising
Midwest Mission Distribution Center
Harbor House
Mr Bob's Under the Bridge
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Ozaukee Food Alliance
Red Bird Mission
Balance, Inc.
Ozaukee Jail Literacy Program
Advocates of Ozaukee County
Interfaith Caregivers of Ozaukee County
Sirona Recovery
Portal Industries
Habitat for Humanity of Ozaukee County
National Association for Mental Illness, Ozaukee County
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Ozaukee County
Milwaukee Rescue Mission
Senegal Mission Initiative
Eurasia in Mission Together