OUTREACH
Local Outreach
Edgewood's main local outreach program to the City of Rochester, NY is called Healthy Harvest Ministries.
We are working hard to meet spiritual, physical, and academic needs in our city.
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Healthy Harvest
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The Healthy Harvest team holds a Bible club and mentors students weekly during the school year.
We work with students and serve the community from our formerly called "Turning Point" now "Edgewood on Plymouth" facility at the corner of South Plymouth and Jefferson Avenues.
Location: In the Plymouth-Exchange Neighborhood at Edgewood on Plymouth: 1175 S. Plymouth Ave.
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Missions Committee
As faithful Christian Stewards, we administer our church's tithe by cultivating relationships, financially supporting, promoting, and nurturing fruitful missions and ministries that reach outside our local church, into our community,
across our nation, and around the globe, to heal brokenness and bring Christ's light, hope, and truth to all the world.
Our Committee members: Joe Blakely(Chairperson) | Pastor Tom Kilburn | Sandy Hill | Amanda & Oscar Chavez | Brent Rathke| Deb Stampone
Supported
Organizations
Pastor Heritage Munyakuri
Pastor Heritage and his ministry to refugees from the African great lakes region,
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Open Door Mission
Open Door Mission is a Gospel Rescue Mission breaking the cycle of homelessness and poverty.
We also support their recently opened Coldwater Women & Children Residential Home
Location: 240 Coldwater Rd., Rochester, NY 14624
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Scholarships
We provide scholarship support to those in our Edgewood family who attend college. Scholarships we have supported or currently support are: Roberts Wesleyan College, Northeastern Seminary, other Free Methodist colleges, and The Charles Finney School.
Locally Run
Flower City Work Camp
Flower City Work Camp is a ministry of Flower City Outreach, an organization that unites Rochester-area churches to deliver a range of services into the City of Rochester.
Each year, students and adults from nearly 60 churches deliver over 30,000 hours of service by improving homes, mentoring youth at basketball and soccer camps, and connecting with younger children in neighborhood Sidewalk Clubs to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to some of the neediest areas of our city.
We help send a small group of our youth students to the camp every year and Adults provide the student workers with meals, supplies, and more.
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Other Supported Ministries
Caring Choices Pregnancy Help Center, and Heart & Soul Community Church, New Hope Immigration Legal Services.
Outreach
National
Some of our national outreach programs include a partnership with the Free Methodist Denomination to support Oakdale Christian Academy, a Christian boarding school for at-risk youth in Jackson, Kentucky.
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The Free Methodist Church has always advocated for the abolition of slavery. We try to support as many Fair-Trade and ethical organizations as we can. We are committed to helping end modern slavery through Eden's Glory, The Set Free Movement and Edgewood's own Set Free Rochester team.
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Outreach
International
We provide regular support to the following international ministries, missions projects, and missionaries:
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J.R. & Becky Crouse (Ecuador),
Gerry & Kati McNamara (Hungary),
Chance & Dee Dee Galloway (Bulgaria),
Al & Stacy Anderson (Czech Republic Young Life),
Thad & Nikki Roller (Colombia)
Hope Africa University (Burundi),
Jessome School (Haiti),
International Childcare Ministries (Burundi and Haiti).
Want To Know More?
If you want to know more about our outreach programs? We post updates on our blog monthly.
If you want to get involved & join our missions team, fill out a: connection card