"Go Therefore and Make Disciples of All Nations"
-Matthew 28:18-20
July Mission of the Month
Residing Hope
We are deeply humbled and honored that you chose Residing Hope as your Mission of the Month for July. Residing Hope? Yes, Residing Hope. After several years of effort and consideration we re-branded on March 16, 2024 to a new name which we hope more fully conveys exactly who we are and all we do.
Residing Hope, formerly known as The Florida United Methodist Children’s Home was started in 1908 as an orphanage in Enterprise, Florida. Today, it has transformed into a multi-faceted organization with a great deal of breadth and depth. Residing Hope serves children through two residential campuses (Enterprise and Madison), and Independent Living services in Enterprise. Community based services include serving children through our foster care program in four counties around the state and community children through our Montessori School in Enterprise. Finally, we serve children and families through outpatient therapeutic counseling in ten counties.
Some organizational highlights include our Equine Therapy program at the Madison Youth Ranch which time after time continues to impact young lives and enables them to eventually open up to their counselors and others. This form of therapy has consistently led to transformed lives, confessions of faith to Christ and baptisms signifying new life! Our Spiritual Life Team on our Enterprise campus reports that seven youth made decisions to step out in faith and were baptized in 2023. We had three youth start taking weekly piano lessons and they performed in their first recital while several of our other youth worked together and wrote three original songs we now use in worship on Sundays!
In 2023, we served 155 children in our residential care programs. We served 166 children in Volusia, Flagler, Broward and Palm Beach Counties through our Foster Care Services. Of those children, 27 were re-unified with their families and 18 found their forever families! Our Independent Living program provided support to 13 young adults, two of whom graduated from high school and began college. In addition, three of them were able to buy new cars! Our Outpatient Counseling Services provided counseling for 1234 children and their families. For more success stories please check out our website at www.residinghope.org.
We are excited to announce that on October 12, 2024, we will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of our Madison Youth Ranch. All are invited to attend to celebrate this great achievement! We look forward to seeing you there and sharing with you the long-lasting impact of your partnership with us.
Finally, we could not accomplish anything without your inspiring partnership with us. The continuing, consistent support of the local church is the backbone of our ministry. Thank you!
May our GOD richly bless you all.
We are a passionate congregation about reaching out in our local community as well as across the world with the love of Jesus Christ. We try to include an element of Missions in almost everything we do. We love traveling to places such as Africa, Peru, Cuba and many more as well as helping local missions such as the Fight Against Human Trafficking, Good Samaritan Mission, our UMC Children's Home and many more. Please consider getting involved in making a difference.
For more information about any of our mission ministries contact the church office at 813-634-2538
The Disaster Response Team helps those who have been impacted by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, or other disastrous situations. We respond both locally and beyond our community to provide help. The Disaster Response Team’s mission is
“To provide a caring Christian presence in the
aftermath of disaster”.
For further information regarding this mission ministry, please click the the button below:
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Mission of the Month at the United Methodist Church of Sun City Center. As the Mission team, we are excited to learn more about your mission.
We receive many requests to become part of this program. We prayerfully read all applications with special consideration given to missions whose program is dedicated to making disciples of Jesus Christ and show a proven history of successful ministry. All missions accepted as Mission of the Month must support the mission and vision of the United Methodist Church of Sun City Center. Because we currently have many applications, not every mission that applies will be accepted this year.
We will closely study the goals of your mission, the actual percentage of your proposed budget that directly supports the slated mission, and your plans for documentation and ongoing evaluation and accountability. Should we support your mission, we will ask for a follow up at the end of the year, stating how the funds that you received were used.
Please complete the enclosed application and return it to:
The United Methodist Church of Sun City Center
Attention: Missions Team
1971 Haverford Ave.
Sun City Center, FL 33573-5224
Blessings to you, and thank you for all that you do in moving forth in your mission to make a difference in our community and in God’s world.