Mission Projects

We support 34 different mission projects from near to far, Alaska to Zaire! Our annual Mission Festival celebrates our sharing and educates our church family about the many mission opportunities. We also provide information about special mission projects of the District, the Annual Conference and denomination.

Meeting Time: First Tuesday of the month @ 7:00pm.

Mission Teams

Since 1998, our Haiti Mission Team has traveled each January to Port au Prince, to do short term mission projects. We have helped construct a medical center, an orphanage, a private home, and upgraded the mission house where teams stay. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, kept down for centuries in part because of spiritual bondage to voodoo. Christianity has had a meaningful impact on the people and recently on the government, such that there is real hope for the future for the first time in generations. Join us in spreading the gospel of Jesus to these wonderful people.

Interfaith Hospitality Network – As a host church for IHN we provide shelter and food to homeless families for a full week six times per year. We share a rotating schedule with other churches in the Cincinnati area in a program managed by the Greater Cincinnati Interfaith Hospitality Network. You can help by providing supplies and/or companionship to the families during their time with us.

N.E.E.D.S. (North East Emergency Distribution Services) – A cooperative group of concerned churches and civic organizations. It’s mission is to do God’s work of caring for our neighbors by providing basic emergency assistance for families in our area.

Litter Gitters – We have adopted a stretch of Kemper Road, west of State Route 42. Periodically, we get together to “git’ the litter” and keep that part of the road free of trash.

Tending His Flock – Provides a full box of designated food items or a laundry basket of cleaning items to needy families through IHN, the Hispanic Ministry or as brought to our attention. Sign up on the last Sunday of each month and return boxes of food or baskets of cleaning items on the 2^nd Sunday of each month.

Thanksgiving Baskets – We collect all the makings for a full Thanksgiving Dinner, including pumpkin pies and distribute them to needy families as designated by the Sharonville Health Department, the Hispanic Ministry or others known to SUMC.

Christmas Gift & Mitten Tree – First you can play Saint Nicholas by taking a gift tag and purchasing items needed by families served by the Interfaith Hospitality Network, the Emanuel Center in Over-the-Rhine, or the Hispanic Ministry. Then, the tree is decorated with new winter hats and mittens for those in need.

Operation Christmas Child – Donate a shoe box filled with necessities and the small things a child’s imagination desires to send the love that a child’s heart longs for! A program of Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse organization, we can share our blessings with children all over the world, whether living in a war zone or fighting a battle against hunger and want.

Valley Interfaith Food & Clothing Center - A volunteer organization in the upper Millcreek Valley, dedicated to helping the less fortunate in that thirteen-community area meet short term emergency needs for food, clothing, and other needed services. Look for monthly "Mana Needs" listed in the church newsletter and leave needed items at the Ministry Link Board.