OUTREACH

OUTREACH

Our support of local, regional and worldwide missions is a big part of who we are at FFUMC. We strive to deeply impact our community

Christmas Community Day

We provide children’s gifts and books, children’s clothing, groceries, free pictures with Santa, and necessities to over 800 guests. This ministry is supported by the Rita Hommel Endowment, general budget contributions, and hundreds of volunteers associated with First Farragut UMC

Family Promise of Greater Knoxville

Provides shelter, meals, and comprehensive support to families without homes, enabling them to achieve sustainable independence. If you want to know more about Family Promise or Volunteering for Family Promise, here is a link to a short online training course. Or, contact Steve Krupski (sjktools@charter.net) or Jeff Cleveland (clevelandjt@icloud.com).

FISH of Knox County

Works to reduce hunger in our community by delivering bags of groceries to the those who have no transportation.

LINUS Project

Provides security blankets for babies and children suffering from various sicknesses, trauma, or abuse.

Loudon County Habitat for Humanity

Builds simple, decent, and affordable houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter.

Mission Trips- Youth and Adult/Family

Provides short-term mission trips for youth, adults, and families.

Mobile Pantry

Distributes a truckload of food (in partnership with Second Harvest) three times a year and distributes children’s clothing from UMW’s Wesley’s Attic ministry.

Morgan-Scott Project

Provides support for needy families in Morgan and Scott counties. You support this project financially and with volunteers for the Christmas toy drive.

Remote Area Medical Foundation

Serves low income, homeless, and indigent people with medical care in the USA, and around the world, with traveling medical teams.

Wesley's Attic

Wesley’s Attic is a clothing ministry operated out of First Farragut UMC. Each year, thousands of articles of clothing are distributed to members in the surrounding area.

Volunteer Ministry Center

Serves the working poor, indigent, and homeless people of Knox County. The center helps with job placement, education, and emergency shelter.

ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT

Compassion International

Emerald Youth Foundation

Holston Home for Children

Turkey Missionaries

Red Bird Mission

Wesley House Community Center