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Apportionments Urban Ministries Have you ever wondered what you would do if there was nothing in the house to eat-or a way to feed your family? Where would you go for help if you were working and barely making ends meet each week and your car would no longer get you to work? Who could help if you, as a mother, found yourself in an abusive and dangerous situation? If you had no church home and family, where would you look for spiritual nourishment?
The two Urban Ministries that receive support from this apportionment face these issues and many others with astonishing regularity and in different and creative ways. Skyline Urban Ministries in Oklahoma City and Restore Hope Ministries in Tulsa seek ways to meet physical, spiritual and social needs of thousands of people and families each year. They do it in the name of Jesus, the Christ, and on behalf of the United Methodists of Oklahoma.
These two ministries provide spiritual counsel, prayer and worship experiences regularly. Tulsa's Restore Hope ministers to more than 8,000 each year through its Chapel Ministries program. Every Saturday evening, approximately 100 low-income and homeless people go to Skyline Ministries' Eighth Street sanctuary to worship and stay for dinner.
Many local churches collect and contribute both non-perishable foods and good used clothing to these Urban Ministries. This helps provide emergency food to more than 12,000 families each year, and clothing for approximately 50,000 families yearly.
The apportionment for Urban Ministries is divided between the two ministries in an unusual manner. All apportionment dollars received from churches in the Tulsa District go to Restore Hope Ministries. Those received from churches in the North and South Oklahoma City Districts go to Skyline Urban Ministries. Receipts from the other nine districts of the Conference are divided equally between the two ministries.
No one familiar with the teachings of Jesus can doubt that He calls us, as His servants, to these ministries. |
