OUTREACH MINISTRY

A private, non-profit living facility that houses adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses. Christ UMC volunteers to help with fall and winter organic garden and flower bed maintenance. Residents also attend Sunday worship services at Christ UMC.

Three days a week, September through April, Christ UMC helps provide after-school tutoring and enrichment programs for young students at Johnson Elementary School who benefit from one-on-one instruction, leading to academic success. Tutoring requires no advance preparation. 

Christ UMC partners with Glencliff UMC, a mission congregation church in Nashville that works toward achieving mercy and justice for all people. Christ UMC participates in worship services, garden management, and meals.

Supports Williamson Co. residents in need by providing food, clothing, housing support, and direct financial assistance. Christ UMC assembles "fuel bags" of non-perishable foods that are distributed to students with food insecurity during the school year. 

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Christ UMC volunteers offer their skills to work on homes and provide meals for workers on at least one home per year. 

A ministry of Highland Park Church that works with The Davidson Co. Sheriff’s Office and Toys for Tots, churches, business, civic groups, and individuals to provide gifts to Nashville’s families in need. In December, Christ UMC members collect bicycles and other gifts for this mission.

This is a partnership of Franklin-area churches working together to cook and deliver hot, nutritious meals to approximately 130 elderly or homebound residents three days a week. Be a part of Christ UMC's team of cooks or drivers monthly.

Miriam's Promise builds bridges through crisis pregnancy counseling and child placement services. Christ UMC volunteers with two annual fundraisers—the Mary Cooper Golf Challenge and a dinner/art sale in early spring. 

Support staff in the Franklin Special School District and Williamson County. The N.O.O.K is a resource center that provides on-demand essentials like coats, shoes, socks, underwear, shirts, pants, and hygiene, to students in our local schools at the request of a school nurse, counselor, or social worker.

At Riverbend Prison, the prison ministry holds weekly communion services and a bible study. They also host a holiday dinner, collect soap to distribute in Christmas packages, and hold a Souper Bowl fundraiser in February. A badge is needed to participate in some of these activities.

Each Thursday from November through March, Christ UMC provides meals and a warm place to sleep for 12 unhoused men. Volunteers are needed weekly to provide supper, breakfast, and sack lunches, as well as wash sheets and towels. RII also accepts clothing donations. 

Society of St. Andrew is a national non-profit that has been gleaning fields to feed the hungry since 1979. Christ UMC helps sort 40,000 lbs. of sweet potatoes into 10 lb. bags to deliver to local food banks. This is an annual church-wide, child-friendly event usually held in February or March. 

WCHA's mission is to develop and maintain a permanent transitional sanctuary meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness in Franklin/Williamson County by partnering with local government, non-profits, businesses, individuals, and churches.