Local Outreach
Our mission field begins when we leave the church parking lot...
Navarre Day Resource Center
We are getting ready to begin the first phase (pilot program) for the new day resource center in Santa Rosa County
Resource Center Information
Advent Angels
Every year around Christmas more than 500 low income local children and senior adults receive Christmas gifts through this ministry. Contact: Vida Straley (850) 432-4946.
Blood Drives
Each year 4.5 million Americans would die each without life saving blood transfusions and your single dontaion could help save up to three lives. The remaining Blood Drives for this year are:
July 18 Fairpoint Campus
August 29 Soundside Campus
October 17 Fairpoint Campus
November 14 Soundside Campus
Good Samaritan Clinic
Provides limited health care to residents who don't have insurance. The clinic is located at 4435 Gulf Breeze Parkway (1.6 miles east of Wal-Mart) (850) 934-0064.
Habitat for Humanity
Volunteers from Gulf Breeze Methodist provide labor and funds to build 1-2 houses per year. Contact: Terrye Takacs (850) 932-3594.
Interfaith Ministries
Provide food, clothes, thrift store and financial support for a variety of needs within our community. Contact: Shirley Cornett, Director, (850) 934-8385 or Interfaith Ministries.
Prison Ministry (Pathways for Change Newsletter)
Pathways for Change (PFC) is a jail-based addiction treatment program dedicated to helping inmates realize and overcome the destructive behaviors, attitudes, and habits that prevent them from living a life free from crime and incarceration. The team provides instruction and guidance to help inmates gain the skills needed to function in society. Contact: Pat Southerland (850) 932-6666.
Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen
Our church provides hot dinner for 150 homeless on the 4th Sunday of each month. The food is prepared at church's kitchen and then delivered and served by volunteers at Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen downtown Pensacola at 4:00-6:00 p.m. Contact: Joy Schulz (850) 916-1050.
Methodist Meals
Volunteer Drivers provide hot noon-time meals to the elderly and home-bound in South Santa Rosa County. Contact: Terrye Takacs (850) 932-3594.
Relay for Life
Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's signature activity. Relays are 18 to 24 hours in length and are overnight events. Teams of eight to fifteen people camp out at Gulf Breeze High School. Want to be a part of the GBUMC team? Contact obatov@gbumc.org.
Run for the World
This 5K run/walk, held annually benefits all of our missions. Contact: Biff Wheeler (850) 934-1011 or Run for the World.
Angel Food Ministries
HISTORY: Angel Food Ministries started in 1994 in Monroe, GA. Pastors Joe and Linda Wingo began by distributing food to 34 families who had been affected by the closings of local industrial plants. Over the years other churches became involved and today Angel Food Ministries feeds over 500,000 families a month in 35 states.
ABOUT THE FOOD: The menu is different each month but always includes, fresh, frozen and packaged meats, vegetables, and fruits. The food is purchased from top food suppliers at substantial volume discounts. It is fresh, name brand food, never out of date or seconds.
THE COST: The cost of each box of food is $30 and requires no applications or qualifications to purchase. "Specialty Boxes" of steak, chicken, pork or other foods are also available. For seniors and people on the go there are ten fully cooked meals to just heat and serve for only $28.
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National Outreach
Henderson Settlement (Kentucky)
Groups go Appalachia to do light construction and help with the Food Pantry and the Thrift Store. The next trip is scheduled for October 16 -23, 2010.
Lakota Indians
Our church supports the Tree of Life Ministry in South Dakota showing Christ’s love to the Sioux Indians on the Rosebud Reservation. It is an ecumenical Cross-Cultural service effort. The next family trip is scheduled for June 2011. For more info contact Diane Lawson at difl@mchsi.com or 850-916-9682.