Our vision: To extend the Table of Christ to our community in innovative ways in order to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and strengthen relationships within the congregation and the community we serve.
Neighborhood Blessing Box
The Warming Center
Follow this link to learn about the Beckley Warming Center
Hope In The Mountains – Hope Center
Hope Center is a project of Hope In The Mountains, Inc. The Hope Center is a community resource center providing food, clothing, household items and furniture to families located in and around the Sophia, WV area. The Center is managed by the Sophia United Methodist Church and is supported by the Raleigh Shared Ministries parish. Beckley Community is currently collecting funds to provide Thanksgiving food boxes to families in the area. If you would like to contribute to the food boxes or volunteer to work at the Center, please contact the church office.
Information about the Hope Center and the mission of Hope In The Mountains can be found at this link: Hope In The Mountains
Burlington United Methodist Family Services
Beckley Community maintains a close relationship with the Beckley Campus of Burlington Family Services. Burlington Family Services provides needed services for at risk youth and their families
Please follow this link to learn more: Burlington Ministries
New Vision Depot
New Vision Depot is a disaster response depot partnered with UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief) and is located in Southern West Virginia near Beaver, WV. Members from Beckley Community work with the New Vision Depot filling flood buckets and preparing health kits for use in natural disaster situations and in collecting the supplies necessary for the kits and buckets. Members of Beckley Community have participated as a part of work teams from the Raleigh Shared Ministries parish to restore buildings used by New Vision Depot for offices and work areas.
To learn more about The New Vision Depot follow this link to their website: New Vision Depot
Mary’s Cradle
Mary’s Cradle is a Maternity and Infant Community Outreach Center located in Bluefield, WV and is a donation based center which provides the basic necessities for families in the community as well as the surrounding areas. Beckley Community’s United Methodist Women group provides support to Mary’s Cradle as a part of their local mission support. Likewise, the members of Beckley Community as a congregation provide financial support and donations of needed items for continuation of Mary’s Cradle’s mission.
More information can be found at this link: Mary’s Cradle
Local Community Outreach Opportunities
Carpenter’s Corner – loose change offering
Helping Hands Community Resource Center – members of Beckley Community volunteer at Helping Hands on a weekly basis
Monthly Special Mission Projects
Each month, we collect donations for a different mission project. An example of these projects is our connection with Living Hope High School in Bungoma, Kenya, where we sponsor two students. (Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we cannot mail packages there at this time, but we can still transfer funds to the high school for purchases in Bungoma.)