Missions

Upcoming Trips

St. Louis Mission Week

June 29th - July 4th in St. Louis, MO

Open to all students, this mission trip is hosted through Be The Neighbor, a ministry dedicated to meaningful service and social justice. Participants will work with local organizations in St. Louis, MO.

High School Mission Week

July 12th - 19th in Xela, Guatemala

Open to high school students only, this international mission trip is hosted through ACD. Students will travel to Guatemala to serve alongside local leaders, engage in cultural experiences, and witness God’s work in a global setting.

Other Ways To Get Involved

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Guatemala Mission Partners 

We have partnered with Association for Creativity & Development of Guatemala (ACD).  ACD Guatemala is a non-profit and faith-based organization operating in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Their mission is to serve children and families that are exposed to vulnerable conditions, violence, and irregular migration in rural Guatemala. Our headquarters is located in Quetzaltenango. We focus on education, development, medical and spiritual care, helping children and teens to engage life purposes, healthy relationships, and participation to experience community growth.

Tennessee

At First-Centenary we believe that it is important to serve our community. We operate two outreach ministries
(The Centenary & Mustard Tree) and support several Chattanooga area ministries. 

Our Outreach Ministries

Ministries we support

Costa Rica

We support two United Methodist Missionaries in Costa Rica named Ray & Lidia Zirkel. We have been sending teams Costa Rica to help the Zirkels build a Children's Home (Hogar Metodista) in Coronado, just out of San Jose, for many years now. We have several members dedicated to this project and they are always looking for more folks to join them. We also sent a team to Puerto Viejo to help build an addition onto a church.

Click here to follow Hogar Metodista on Facebook

Romania

First-Centenary United Methodist Church is partnering with four pastors and six churches in different cities and villages in Romania. This partnership consists of financial support and regular visits between our pastors and laity and the Romanian pastors and laity. Sometimes we send teams there and sometimes we bring their pastors here. Our Romanian pastors have infectious hearts for Jesus and they are doing AMAZING work all over Romania.
We are so excited to share with the congregation the things that are happening in Romania! 

Contact Pastor Will for more information

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