We serve Christ by serving others locally, regionally and internationally.
Alternative Christmas Fair
Our Christmas Alternative Giving Fair will be an online event this year. By donating to these organizations, you can give an “alternative” Christmas gift to someone or you may just give because you want to support the project. You can support some great causes during this unprecedented time of need by donations through our church–many of the ministries listed below are part of our Online Alternative Christmas Fair! Contribute online at lajollaunitedmethodist.org/giving/. Click the Give Online box and use the Mission Projects section to indicate your donations. You may also send a check to the church with a note to indicate how you wish your donation to be allocated.
To print a card for your gift recipient(s), please CLICK HERE
Inter-Faith Shelter Network
Our congregation hosts 12 guests for two weeks, providing breakfast and food for sack lunches and dinners for this rotational shelter program. We provide Overnights Hosts to ensure our guests a comfortable and safe stay.
Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA)
We collect and deliver a “Food of the Month” to help keep agency food pantry shelves able to meet the needs of homeless and low income families and individuals.
We support the “Back to School Program” with donations of school supplies and gift cards for shoes, socks, and needed clothing items.
We support the “Adopt a Family for Christmas Program” providing a family food basket and gift cards for each family member for a Christmas gift.
We support the “CCSA Hunger Walk” as walkers or sponsors to help raise funds for food and services provided by CCSA. (Spring/April)
Mission Work Team Information and Opportunities
Information and opportunities to participate in mission work teams are available. We have assisted members of our congregation join in mission work teams in Guatemala (Guatemala Project), Mexico (Joint Commission for Cooperation and Church Extension between the U.S. and Mexico/ Hands Across the Border) and in the San Diego District United Methodist Church Katrina Re-build work teams.
Global Missions
We support our Missionary, Katherine Parker, in Nepal. She is serving with other churches in the United Mission to Nepal ( https://www.umn.org.np/ ), which has been supported by the Methodist Church since its founding in 1954. Katherine currently has responsibilities for the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team based in Kathmandu. She previously served as a Health and Community Transformation adviser with a focus on water, sanitation and hygiene.