Follow the Orphanage's Progress
We have created a blog to help keep everyone up to date on the progress of Grace Home, the orphanage being built in the South Sudan.
First Disaster Response Meeting!
25 people met with Damon Riggs and Paul Edmonson last Wednesday, August 1 for the first meeting of the new Christ UMC disaster response team. They discussed the roles and responsibilities of the team and the plans for continued training to help them become prepared for future disaster response missions.
Project ARK
Project ARK (Acts of Random Kindness) is a ministry outreach where our high school students serve the homeless, the widows, the poor, and help other mission oriented projects in the Chattanooga area.
Pantry Pile-Up
Our Pantry Pile-up continues to be a wonderful source of help to those in need. This month we are collecting packages of new children’s underpants in various sizes for boys and girls.
Stop Hunger Now Meals Shipped!
We just received word that the 25,002 meals we packed for the Stop Hunger Now event have been shipped!
Fixit Ministry
Costa Rica Missions
While Costa Rica may be a vacation destination for many, it is also a destination where our church has established mission opportunities to help those in need in this beautiful country.
Service Saturday 2013
Missions Medical & Liability Forms
Please click on the links below to download and print the appropriate forms required by Christ UMC for missions. Please fill the form(s) out in its entirety and return to the designated individual for your mission project. For questions concerning the forms please contact your Missions coordinator or email
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South Sudan Child Sponsorships
As you are aware, the orphanage in South Sudan is well underway and going to drastically change the lives of many helpless children. Although the building itself will provide shelter for the children, it does not guarantee food, clean water, clothing, education or medical care.
East Ridge Cares 4 Kids
East Ridge Cares is an after-school mentoring, tutoring, and feeding program for children living in extended stay hotels.
Red Bird Mission Trip
Seven members of the Women of Worth Bible study group recently spent a few days at Red Bird Mission, a United Methodist sponsored mission in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. They packed and loaded commodities and spent time at the Senior Center doing crafts.
South Sudan Mission
David and Becky Hall have just returned from a mission trip to South Sudan. They worked with our missionaries, Fred and Libby Dearing.
Mustard Tree Ministry
The Mustard Tree Ministry needs your help! CUMC will help make and serve meal to the homeless of Chattanooga on the 5th Thursday of the month.
Service Saturday 2012
One of the many service projects for this year's Service Saturday took place here at Christ Church.
A New Ministry For Orphans Organizing!
Katy Higgins, a member here at Christ Church, is leading an effort to construct a new ministry for orphaned children around the world. God calls christians to care for fatherless and orphaned children, to ease their suffering.
Gardening for God
Our mission is to learn how to grow healthy fruits and vegetables, and give them to people who are in need of them. This ministry will have several benefits for you: quality family or friend time, meeting other church members, empower your family to grow their own food, and educate your family about healthy eating habits. Help by weeding, harvesting, or delivering the crops.
Christ's Chauffers
There are members of our congregation who have difficulty finding transportation to various medical appointments. If you would be willing to be a part of our “Christ’s Chauffeurs” ministry, please contact Debbie Hafling at 718-0377.
Christ Church And the Partnership Family Violence Center
We are proud to announce another new ministry opportunity at Christ Church! Christ Church will be assisting the Partnership Family Violence Center as it reaches out to serve our community.
St. Andrews Center Gleaning Project
Gleaning is the ancient, biblically-based practice of gathering those portions of the crop left behind after the harvest. (See the book of Ruth for a good example!)
Baked Blessings
Baked Blessings, a ministry of Christ Church, is an opportunity for individuals or families to bake cookies or brownies for the homeless.
ReSource Center
Please consider making a donation of clothing or household goods to The Bethlehem ReSource Center at 4413 Brainerd Road, next to the Brainerd UMC.
Prayer Shawls Ministry
Prayer Shawl Ministry is a way to share the gift of knitting or crocheting with those who are in need of comforting. The group meets the third Thursday of the month in the Adult Building, A-2. For more information, contact Linda Anderson at 892-4323.
Clothes Closet
Did you know Christ Church has a clothes closet? We have a wonderful ministry in which we give away clothing to all that have needs. If you know of folks who need clothing, please refer them here on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am - 12 noon.
Fixit Team @ St. Andrews
The mission of the Fix-It team @ St Andrews group is to be a part of maintaining the St Andrews facility as a welcoming place that honors the heritage of faithful ministry, reflects the service and growth opportunities offered today and inspires a vision of faithful sharing as diverse neighbors –from all walks of life and all nations, come to learn, work and play together in community.
Elmcroft & TLC Ministries
Elmcroft Ministry reaches out to the residents at Elmcroft’s Alzheimer’s unit. Join us the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month for an afternoon of crafts with the residents. The group meets during the school year August - May at the church at 2:30 p.m. For more information, please call Norma Lane at 706/937-3025.
Our Tender Loving Care Ministry makes sure that all of our members/friends who are shut-ins or in nursing homes are visited regularly. We have many on our visitation list to see or call. If you are interested in learning more about TLC or being part of this vital ministry, please contact Becky Hall at 423-892-9363 or
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Bethlehem Center Opportunities
Christ Church has developed a partnership with the Bethlehem Center. We celebrate the mission and ministry of the Bethlehem center through various outreach programs.
Home Delivered Meals
Care & Share Ministry is a small group ministry to help church families during times of need. The purpose of Care & Share is to provide meals for families.
Volunteers in Medicine
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic is a non-profit clinic that serves the working poor in the Chattanooga area. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities at the clinic, both for those with medical and non-medical backgrounds. For more information, call Sonia Wrate at 855-8220.
Skip A Lunch. Send A Net. Save A Life.
Did you know skipping lunch one day could save a child's life? The United Methodist Church, the NBA, and Sports Illustrated have teamed up to fight malaria, a disease that kills one child in Africa every 30 seconds.
Abaco Trip 2012
The Salt & Light Youth Choir traveled to Abaco, Bahamas June 17-25.
We had an amazing week of being the hands and feet of Christ to the Haitian and Bahamian children living on the island.
Hunger Scavenger Hunt A Big Success!
The Sunday before Thanksgiving XUnitedYouth, our middle and high school students, went out in the community with one guiding force: HUNGER! The hunger that guided them was not their own, but the hunger that many have on Thanksgiving because they cannot afford their own meals.
High School Mission Trip
Our High School Youth recently completed a Mission Trip to New Orleans. The city is seven years past Hurricane Katrina, and many sections of town are still struggling to come back from the storm. 
