Outreach

This ministry prepares and delivers meals to community members in need.

The church maintains a selection of frozen casseroles that members can take for themselves, or deliver to anyone who has a need.

In cooperation with local churches, WMCC packs 30 bags with food and snacks and delivers them weekly to Wilson’s Mills Elementary School.  On Fridays, the bags are given to children who might otherwise not have enough to eat over the weekend.

Week of Compassion (WOC) is the relief, refugee, and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).  WOC works “around the world, around the year” to equip and empower disciples to alleviate suffering around the world.  WMCC receives a special offering for WOC once a year.  In addition, we also respond directly through WOC and its partners when disasters generate a need for things like hurricane clean-up buckets and school supply kits.

You can read more about Week of Compassion here.

Church World Service's vision is a world where everyone had food, a voice, and a safe place to call home. When a disaster happens, they focus on supporting vulnerable community members. WMCC has prepared hygiene kits, backpacks, and hurricane buckets for CWS to distribute after several natural disasters.

Camp Caroline, located in Arapahoe, NC, “exists to provide a setting for ministry to help form and develop young lives into greater Christ-likeness and to provide transforming, nurturing and challenging ministry for Christian leaders for the building up of the Church and the Glory of God.”  

WMCC has adopted a cabin, providing maintenance and upkeep so it can be enjoyed by campers all year.  In addition, WMCC participates in Camp Caroline workdays twice a year to help keep the campgrounds in good condition.  Many of our own members enjoy Camp Caroline, and we are happy to support their participation. 

More information about the camp is available here.

In the past WMCC partnered with other area churches to provide “people power” and financing for home-builds with Habitat for Humanity.  We continue to support this cause financially and look forward to future opportunities to do the hands-on work of building a better world right in our own backyard.

We have taken two teams to Jonesville, VA to work with ASP. With the help of more than 16,000 volunteers each year, ASP’s goal is to make homes warmer, safer and drier for families in need in Central Appalachia. This ministry “provides a unique framework that fosters transformational experiences for volunteers, families served, and staff — by building relationships with each other that break down cultural, social and economic barriers.” Our teams have found our time with ASP to be filled with prayer, work, and fellowship. 

You can read more about ASP here.   

WMCC Outreach Committee is actively involved in providing for the needs of students in our local schools.  We stock food pantries and provide snacks to schools with students struggling with food insecurity.  Clothing collections, holiday meals for families and hot meals served at school events are some of the additional ways we seek to partner with area schools. We are happy to know that school staff and administrators have come to see us as a resource when needs arise.

Each summer, we seek opportunities to support our area schools, either directly or in partnership with Clayton Police Department, by providing school supplies such as notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, highlighters, backpacks, and more. In addition, we provide supplies to local schools during the year when we become aware of a need.

We are blessed to have wonderful gathering spaces in our building, which we are able to share with several community groups including Ministerios Ebenezer Bible Study and several local Girl Scout troops. Whether these groups use our space regularly or only for special events, we value this opportunity to connect with and support our local community.

We maintain a free little library in memory of Rachel Konneker, a long time member of the church and Wilson's Mills Elementary School librarian. The little library, located at Wilson's Mills Community Park, is kept stocked with books that are free to take or exchange with a hope of instilling a love of reading in the children of the community.