Come to our next men’s breakfast on June 29 and stay for a couple of hours to do small appliance repairs. 

We are participating in the 2013 Holston Annual Conference Hands-On Mission Project – Chattanooga District.  We will be collecting items for food buckets to be sent to Liberia and Zimbabwe.  

Thank you to 150+ volunteers that helped package 25,002 meals for the Stop Hunger Now event. We are extremely grateful for your time and support of this project. 

Openings are available in the donut cutting and coffee ministries.  Donut ministry involves cutting and setting out donuts for two services; requires 1-2 hours about once per quarter.  

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.  

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Missions Medical Form

Missions Liability Form

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.

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.

Friday, September 14th, Christ UMC hosted the Golden Agers for lunch, music, and games.  This group is an inner city club of women who have the Bethlehem Center as its hub. 

East Ridge Cares is an after-school mentoring, tutoring, and feeding program for children living in extended stay hotels. 

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. 

David and Becky Hall have just returned from a mission trip to South Sudan.  They worked with our missionaries, Fred and Libby Dearing.  

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. 

One of the many service projects for this year's Service Saturday took place here at Christ Church. 

Christ UMC had a very successful Vacation Bible School with the Bethlehem Center children and youth, July 9-13.  Click here to view pictures from the week.

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.

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.

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. 

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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. 

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, a ministry of Christ Church, is an opportunity for individuals or families to bake cookies or brownies for the homeless.

Please consider making a donation of clothing or household goods to The Bethlehem ReSource Center at 4413 Brainerd Road, next to the Brainerd UMC. 

The Christ Church Green Team began this fall with the goal of practicing environmental stewardship—and encouraging other Christians to do the same. 

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.

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. 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga strives to make a difference in the lives of children through professionally supported one-to-one relationships. ‘Bigs’ are matched with ‘Littles’ in their community and spend 4-8 hours per month doing various activities in the community.

The Fixit Ministry, sponsored by Men United, is designed to connect men with basic "fixit" skills with members of our church and community that have "fixit" needs.  These skills include basic, non building permit type home repair.  If you are an individual with physical limitations with a "fixit" need or know someone who does, please sign up as a Fix It volunteer click here to fill out a volunteer form online.

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 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.

There are lots of ways that people can serve others at Christ Church.  From Ushering to driving the handicapped accessible van, we can find the perfect volunteer opportunity for you.

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.

Christ Church has developed a partnership with the Bethlehem Center.  We celebrate the mission and ministry of the Bethlehem center through various outreach programs.