Outreach
The Outreach Ministry has an international, national and local focus. We distribute clothing, food, toiletries, toys and much needed assistance to rebuild communities as well as lives. Our interfaith mission gives us a diversified outlook that opens our hearts and minds to the needs of others.

NUMC sponsors Boy Scouts. Troop 54 has met in our facility for several years. They meet every Monday night and have the Courts of Honor here as well. They annually sponsor a car wash in the church parking lot.  There website is http://www.novitroop54.org

NUMC also sponsors a Cub Scout group, Pack 746. They generally meet on the third Thursday of each month.  There website is www.tcpack746.com

Here is their meeting schedule from fall 2008 through spring 2009:

Novi UMC has four chapters of Alcoholics Anonymous who meet Tuesday through Friday at noon.

Other Outreach Ministries, some ongoing and some seasonal, are:

Peace Ministry        Participate in monthly peace vigils along Ten Mile Road in front of the church on the first Sunday of each month.  The vigil will be from 12:00 noon until 1:00pm.  This will not be a protest against anything, but rather done in a totally positive manner, expressing a desire for Peace.  We will hold signs, pray for peace, and sing songs of peace.  You may provide signs if you wish that state "Peace" or "Pray for Peace", but providing a sign is not required.  If you can not attend every month, you may still participate when you can.  Contact Howard Kahn at (248) 225-7706.       Click for Pictures

Cass Luncheons          We serve CASS Luncheon once every three months on a Saturday morning.  We meet at church at 9:00 a.m., transport supplies down to CASS Community Center where we prepare and serve the meal to the homeless.  We are back at the church around 2:00 p.m.  Further information about this Outreach Ministry can be obtained from Nan Douglass (810) 229-9808 or Kathy Ballard (248) 624-7389.     Click for Pictures

Cass Hygiene Packets        Assemble and deliver hygiene packets for the homeless of CASS.  Contact Kathy Ballard.

Rotary Lunches        Novi Rotary meets each Thursday at noon in Memorial Hall. A special ministry team headed by our Kitchen Supervisor, Kathy Ballard meets at the church each Thursday morning to prepare the luncheon meal for the group.

Halloween Care Packages for College Students        This ministry team assembles and packs care packages for college students away from home to remind them that they are still in our family, loved and not forgotten.  Contact Beth Hinman.

Ministry by Mail        These ministry members reach out to those that could use a reminder of God's love through the mail.  They send cards, letters, care packages (and thoughts and prayers) to individuals that may benefit from the occasional greeting, such as the ill, injured, college students, service personnel or prison inmates away from home.  Contact Beth Hinman either to join this ministry or to provide the name and address of someone who should receive this ministry.

Sharing Tree        We provide needed clothing and toys to severely underprivileged children at Christmas time.  We service the children of the Whitmer school in Pontiac.  This team decorates a Christmas tree in the narthex with cards with the children's information on them for selection by the congregation.  The team collects the gifts and delivers them to the children at the school.  Contact Heather Kahn or Howard Kahn            Click for Pictures

Winter Hats        We provide hand made hats to the severely underprivileged children at the Whitmer school in Pontiac.  Knitting experience is not needed as each volunteer is provided with a nifty knitter that allows anyone to create hats easily.  Training on the nifty knitter will be provided. If you know how to knit conventionally, you may make hats that way also.  The hats are distributed to the children at Christmas time along with the Sharing Tree gifts.  Contact Kaye Ferris.

Yard Clean Up        Volunteers do raking and yard clean up for older members of the congregation who need assistance with fall yard clean up.  Contact Kaye Ferris.                        Click for Pictures

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