Edgewater Missions and Outreach
At Edgewater, we designate 10% of our income including donations, rent from the Post Office, and income from the Thrift Store to missions and outreach projects, from local to international missions, as God leads.
OVER $63,000.00 DISTRIBUTED SO FAR IN 2024
In Charlotte and/or Sarasota Counties: Habitat for Humanity, Homeless Coalition, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Helping Our Returning Neighbors (HORN) [assisting former prisoners to assimilate back into the community], Center for Abused and Rape Victims (CARE), Angel Tree (provides Christmas gifts for children of incarcerated parent(s), Veterans Home Canteen
Internationally: Support for our sister Methodist churches in Guayabo and Cueto, Cuba, including: financial aid, food to help ease the famine in those areas, OTC drugs such as asprin and antacids, which are otherwise not available. OASIS medical supply missions to Cuba, ECHO (training and seeds provided to small, family farms to grow sustainable food crops), Sew Powerful (multiple African outreaches), Operation Christmas Child (shoebox Christmas gifts for children around the globe)
FEATURED THIS MONTH: SEWPOWERFUL - a Christ-centered ministry providing hand-sewn purses and feminine hygiene products so that African girls can attend school throughout the month
