Your mission dollars do make a difference. Each dime you leave at the chancel rail on the third Sunday makes a huge difference when put together with your fellow congregants!

As you write your check for missions, think of the many blessings we take absolutely for granted. Our lives are not threatened in the same way as millions of others around the world. We can make choices in our lives; many must put their full efforts toward surviving in their world of starvation, illness, homelessness, or the threat of human aggression.

Spring Valley's mission budget doesn't begin to cover the needs our church has identified as important. Thank goodness for this second-mile offering to support our missionaries, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Habitat for Humanity, Richardson NET, and others. Come, be part of this outreach mission from Spring Valley to our brothers and sisters!

SVUMC Active Missions 2010

Austin Street Centre - Provide and serve breakfast to homeless
Carter Blood Care Drive - Mobile unit on premises two Sundays a year
Community Garden - Initial stages of development, workers and gardeners needed
Guatemala - Supports Salud y Paz clinics financially and with Volunteer teams
Habitat for Humanity - Volunteer and financial support for Spring and Fall Builds
Labors for Neighbors - Roofing aid to Texas hurricane victims
Meals on Wheels - Delivery of meals to elderly/disabled
Neighborhood Service Council - After school program/day camp for disadvantaged kids
Network of Community Ministries - Assists in crisis situations in RISD community
Nueva Vida - ESL teachers to 100+ adult students and financial support for VBS
Savutos - Missionaries at Maua Hospital in Kenya
UMCOR- Haiti relief
Vision Africa - Bibles for new pastors in Nigeria
Z.O.E. Ministry - Support for orphan-headed families in Rwanda