Our Mission

We are called together to be risk takers for Christ who:

  • Welcome the Weary,
  • Worship with Joy,
  • Work for God’s Kingdom, and
  • Walk in Faith, leaving footprints for others to follow.

Missions; doing mission work is a vital ingredient to the work of God’s people. Missions take many forms as Christians seek to live out God’s call to be His hands and feet in the world. Doing Mission is Incarnational. In other words, it is a way to experience the living God, present with humanity.

Cherry Hill UMC is involved in many mission opportunities. One of our women just returned from a short term experience in Haiti with the “Haiti School Project”. “HSP” is part of the Michigan Area’s (UM Church) Haiti Task Force and sends a couple of teams a year to help with schools, churches and many other ministries there.

In conjunction with Denton: Faith UMC, we are currently planning a June ’09 Mission Trip to the Portland Parish of Jamaica where we will be working on the Port Antonio Circuit, reroofing the Bloomfield Methodist Church and leading a Vacation Bible School. We will also be visiting the Clonmel Basic School in St. Mary Parish.

Little Girls in Africa will soon be the recipients of cute little “Pillow Case Dresses”. We will be sending some with the team that goes to Jamaica next summer as well. Check out the website to see how to transform a pillow case into a dress at: www.littledressesforafrica.org.

In November volunteers participate in The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign by ring bells at the nearby Kroger Store. This not only helps to raise funds for the necessary charity work of the Army but also help spread the Gospel of Christ through the many ministries the Army carries on for the Kingdom of God.

Cherry Hill supports the Starfish Project here in Canton Township. The Sheldon School on Michigan Ave was the recipient of several back packs filled with School Supplies at the beginning of the school year and each child also received a pumpkin for Halloween thanks to Bob Simmons and Bob Schultz.

Last but not least, Cherry Hill is active in participating with Cass Community Social Services in Inner City Detroit by frequently taking used clothing items to assist the needy. Cass Community Social Services on Woodward Ave was a ministry of the Cass Community United Methodist Church until it became independent in 2001. CCSS serves the community in a variety of ways and you can find them at casscommunity.org.

Guardian Martial Arts offers American Kenpo Karate offers classes here at 6:30PM Wednesday Evenings and Stott Pilates at 7:30PM both under the direction of Kelly Perkins. Their website is guardianmartialarts.com.