Missions

LOCAL MISSIONS

 
 
Church for All People (Downtown Columbus)
Jerome Church partners with the Community Development and Church for All People in downtown Columbus for a number of ongoing and annual mission events. Weekly, “Soup for the Soul” volunteers make and serve soup and other items to homeless and others in the community served by the Church for All People. Look for sign-ups in the lobby for this important weekly ministry. Annual mission opportunities include a Thanksgiving Dinner and a Christmas Eve dinner.
 
Common Ground Free Store (Delaware)
Jerome Church serves at the Common Ground Free Store in Delaware, Ohio, on the third Tuesday of every month. Volunteers provide and serve food, and assist shoppers with check-in and shopping. To provide food, or to sign up to serve at the next Common Ground Free Store opportunity, sign up through the link below.
 
Miracle on William Street, in partnership with Common Ground
During November, Jerome Church partners with the Common Ground Free Store to provide Christmas gifts for families through the Miracle on William Street in Delaware, Ohio. Additional volunteers are needed for this special event to assist families as they shop for Christmas gifts.
 
The Diaper Angels
Diapers are collected through donation and diaper drives, are organized at the church and then distributed to various partner agencies (food pantries, at the Church for All People, etc.) in the area. Donations of diapers and wipes are always needed and can be dropped off to the Jerome Church office during business hours. Volunteers are needed to help with collection, sorting, distribution and other tasks including seeking funding opportunities and new partner agencies.
 
Habitat for Humanity
Jerome Church is part of the Dublin Habitat Partnership, a non-profit organization working in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Columbus and other area churches to build affordable homes, empower families, and develop the community. Jerome Church supports this partnership by providing volunteers, financial support and involvement with fundraising events. This occurs at various times a year all year round weather permitting.
 

NATIONAL MISSIONS

Appalachia Service Project A home repair and building ministry through which volunteers and ASP staff repair and build homes for low income families in rural Central Appalachia. Jerome Church sends between 10-20 volunteers to this service project each fall.  Good Works Good Works is a mission trip opportunity that takes place each spring. Work on projects with community members to paint, mow lawns, perform minor repairs and construction projects. Volunteer also serve a dinner on Friday night for approximately 150 homeless individiuals, staff and volunteers. Mountain TOP Jerome Church sends a mission team of students and adults each summer to Mountain TOP in Tennessee. The mission team performs basic construction tasks and meets the emotional needs of people living in the surrounding community. UMCOR Jerome Church supports the work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) through regular giving, special offerings, and relief kit packing. To learn more about UMCOR, visit their website here.

 

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

Jerome Church has supported international missionaries serving in various parts of the globe including Vietnam and the Congo, and financially support UMCOR in their international relief and recovery efforts.

Learn more about our missions strategy

 
Biblical Foundation Acts 1:8 is our biblical foundation for missions at Jerome Church; imagining concentric circles for how we reach out through missions at the local, national, and international levels. Our goal is to have all of those types of missions in the Jerome “portfolio”, while changing lives through living out the missions values below.
 
Missions Values
Built on the biblical foundation of Acts 1:8, all missions at Jerome Church will live into the following values:
  • Involve as many people in the church and community as possible
  • Every mission involves as many “layers” of the congregation as possible (ages, interests, demographics, etc.)
  • Goal is for 75% of our worshiping congregation to participate in missions in a 12 month period; the majority of people will participate in a local mission or mission event.
  • Small groups/individuals will seek ways to serve in already existing missions before creating new missions/service opportunities; current opportunities must meet capacity before new missions are added.Do less to do more: being strategic about the missions we participate in as “all church” missions helps us make a greater kingdom impact.
  • Student Ministry plans 3-4 “big-event”, annual missions; as well as each small group participating in existing “all church” local missions.