Missions

Missions

Habitat for Humanity
This national organization has a very active group right here in Lubbock. During their yearly Blitz-Build, they construct or repair homes for local residents who qualify for assistance. The client must contribute a large number of hours helping build their own home as well as helping others.

Salvation Army
A monthly gift from Oakwood aids the Salvation Army in their community outreach. The Salvation Army ministers to the spiritual as well as the physical needs of Lubbock’s homeless people.

Wes Putnam
Wes is a Methodist evangelist who brings his special services to congregations throughout the United States. He always makes himself available for the 4th & 5th grade One Way Camp at Ceta Canyon each summer. He has brought his Dayspring Revival and Bible Quest for kids several times in recent years to UUMC.

Interfaith Hospitality House
The Interfaith Hospitality House is an outreach to homeless families in our community. Oakwood partners with Agape UMC four times a year to help provide meals and a Christian atmosphere of caring for these families.

McCurdy School
McCurdy School is a K-12 Methodist School in Espanola, New Mexico. The student body of 440 students is 80% Hispanic, 15% Anglo, 4% Native American and 1% Afro-American. Volunteers in Mission go out from Oakwood each spring to do a variety of tasks, from carpentry projects to assistance in classrooms.

Wesley Foundation at Texas Tech
Wesley Foundation reaches out to Tech students in a variety of ways. The Foundation is located in a building across the street from the Tech campus. The staff is there to meet physical, spiritual, and emotional needs. Every spring, Tech students reach out on mission trips across the nation and the world.

South Plains Food Bank
The South Plains Food Bank encourages the members of our church to fast for one meal in October and donate the cost of the meal to the Food Bank. In December, church members spend a morning at the Food Bank packing boxes to help feed needy Lubbockites.

Sonscape
Sonscape is a non-denominational retreat focusing on spiritual formation and burn-out prevention for pastors and their spouses. It provides a setting in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to refresh, renew, and revitalize those in full time Christian Ministry.

Mark & Diane Abbott
The Abbott family is serving full time as Christian missionaries in Spain. Mark is Dean of a University, Diane has her corner and assists in many ways. Students from all nations come to learn of God and then go back to their country and take the message.

Jonathan & Lisa Mayo
The Mayos’ serve as missionaries in Uganda. They are with World Gospel Mission. They are part of a team that trains nationals to carry out the Great Commission.

Across the Street Food Pantry
Oakwood members supply specific food items several times a year to keep this pantry at Vandelia Church of Christ open and helping needy Lubbock families.

Current Christmas Project – Christmas Child
Samaritans Purse is the outreach arm of the Franklin Graham Ministries. Each fall, shoeboxes are filled with gifts for children. Each box is designated girl or boy and is filled with age appropriate gifts. They are dispersed in December to needy children world wide.

Meals On Wheels
Many people cannot cook meals for themselves due to handicaps and health. Lubbock’s home bound can look forward to one ot nutritious meal each day and a visit from a volunteer.

Contact Lubbock
Listens by telephone trought trained volunteers to those in need of encouragement. Many suicides have been interviened and a new path taken because of these faithful 24 hour listeners.

N.H. House
Serving a Wade County community with baby needs, medicine and sack lunches for the homeless. They also offer assistance in mnay ways to children.

Women’s Protective Services
Cares for women and children abused in need of shelter. A light to those struggling to escape violence in our community

Les and Cara Burrus
Les, Carla and their two daughters are missionaries in France. Les heads a Camp called Champfluri with Carla and the girls assistance. Many come from all countries to study and hear God’s message.