Looking for a way to reach out to serve our neighbors beyond the walls of the church? Try out one of these options!
Thanksgiving Outreach
November 23, 2024
Our annual Thanksgiving Outreach aims to provide a Thanksgiving meal and opportunities for prayer to those with food insecurity.
We work in partnership with the Hilliard Food Pantry, Hilliard City Schools, Scioto Ridge United Methodist Church, and many volunteers.
Thanksgiving Outreach serves 350-400 families with thousands of pounds of fresh produce, several pallets of turkeys, hundreds of pumpkin pies, and over $9,000 in gift cards, thanks to your generous donations!
To sign up to receive support for Thanksgiving for your family, please go to the Hilliard Food Pantry Plus during service hours starting on November 5.
Staff Contact: Pastor Jon Osmundson.
Hilliard Food Pantry Plus
Collect nonperishable groceries for the Hilliard Food Pantry to distribute to families in need in Hilliard. Visit the Hilliard Food Pantry Plus website for more information, and sign up here to volunteer at the Hilliard Food Pantry.
We’re thrilled to be hosting the Food Pantry for a season in our Warehouse 839 building, while their own space is being repaired following a devastating fire in 2023.
Share Closet
The Share Closet is a ministry of the Hilliard Food Pantry Plus and provides gently-used clothing for men, women, teens, and children, along with small kitchen appliances, dishes, and bedding.
Volunteer opportunities available Donations welcome.
Feeding Hilliard Students
In partnership with Hilliard Kiwanis, we send food home on Fridays and for holiday breaks during the school year with 450 students who experience food insecurity in the Hilliard City Schools District.
These packs cost approximately $3.50 each, to help ensure that children have access to food when not in school. We are thankful for our partnership with our Kiwanis friends, and we are always thankful for anyone who wishes to pack bags on Wednesday nights or offer financial contributions.
During the summer this ministry continues to provide food packs for about 250 at-risk students in partnership with Hilliard Kiwanis and Festa (formerly SON ministries).
Meets Wednesdays at 6pm in the Warehouse 839 studio space. Prepping these bags takes about an hour, and all ages are encouraged to participate! There are also opportunities to deliver the bags to the schools on Thursday mornings during the school year.
Want to support this ministry with a financial contribution? Click or tap the Give Online button below, use the FEEDING MINISTRIES fund, and select “Feeding Hilliard Students.” Thank you!
Ministry Leaders: Lori Lee (staff) and Jeff Decker.
Wednesday Community Supper
FREE hot meal
5:30-6:30pm
Wednesdays (school year)
Dine In or Carry Out
All welcome! Invite your friends to stop by, or take them a meal, whether connected to Hilliard UMC or not!
This community outreach meal is prepared by Hilliard UMC folks for our neighbors.
There is no cost for the meal, but free will offerings will be accepted each week.
Volunteers always needed! Cooks start at 3pm, setup team at 4:30pm, serving team at 5:15pm, and cleanup team at 6pm. We also need delivery drivers to drop off meals to a few families who cannot use our drive-through. Come join the fun!
Want to support this ministry with a financial contribution? Click or tap the Give Online button below, choose the FEEDING MINISTRIES fund, and select “Wednesday Community Supper.”
Ministry Leaders: Beth Latella & Louann Liming.
Red Cross Blood Drives
The Red Cross hosts a Blood Drive at Hilliard UMC several times a year. Even one pint of blood can help many patients.
The American Red Cross is urging donors who are feeling healthy and well to make an appointment to give blood to maintain the blood supply for patients who rely on lifesaving transfusions.
Blood donations support patients fighting cancer, mothers experiencing complications during childbirth, transplant patients and those with chronic illnesses.
Check our online calendar for the next blood drive – generally the first Thursday of the month in our Warehouse 839 space.
Donate the gift of life
Make an appointment to donate blood:
- Call the American Red Cross (1.800.RED.CROSS) OR
- Visit RedCrossBlood.org, using sponsor code Hilliard UMC
Walk-ins always welcome, though appointments take priority.
For detailed donor eligibility questions, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org.
Books in Little Hands
Donate new or gently-used children’s books, and we’ll distribute them to young readers in the greater Columbus area through local food pantries, including Hilliard Food Pantry.
In 2019 Books in Little Hands received 8180 books and distributed 7333, thanks to your generosity!
You can drop off books at the church office during office hours. There are also opportunities to help pick up books from church or other locations and distribute them to food pantries. Sign up using the Get Involved button, and we’ll send you more information about how you can serve.
Want to support this ministry with a financial contribution? Click or tap the Give Online button below, use the COMMUNITY OUTREACH fund, and select “Books in Little Hands.”
Ministry Leaders: Bill & Diane Bates.
Seams That Bind,
Threads of Faith
Quilting Ministry
Mondays 9am-12pm
Wednesdays 9am-12pm
Location: Missions Room, Warehouse 839 building.
Monday is mission day, and our emphasis has broadened. Come help create homemade quilts for:
- Moms2B, an “innovative, community-based program” of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center that aims to support low-income women through pregnancy and motherhood.
- Stepp Clinic Program (OSU)
- My Very Own Blanket, fleece blankets for foster children
- UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief), large unlined quilts that go internationally as well as stateside
- Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Kentucky
- Toledo Maternal Health
We also make quilts for children getting baptized at Hilliard UMC.
We accept fabric and pass on what we cannot use to St. Paul’s Lutheran (New Rome) and the Golden Hobby Shop (Columbus), which assists seniors in their arts and crafts projects.
Wednesday is open for your own projects. Linda is also available some afternoons for special projects.
Don’t know how to quilt yet? Beginners welcome! You can cut fabric, sew, do finishing work, and more, while you learn.
Ministry Leader: Linda Overman.
Want to support this ministry with a financial contribution? Click or tap the Give Online button below, use the SEAMS THAT BIND fund.
United Methodist Free Store
Donate new or gently-used clothing and household goods to persons on the West Side of Columbus, and/or serve at the UM Free Store at Church 4 All People. Contact the UM Free Store for more information (614.443.1713), or visit their website HERE.
Mission Item of the Month
Donate food or other items to benefit the Hilliard Food Pantry or another worthy mission. There’s a collection bin outside the Sanctuary & in the church office reception area.
Hilliard Farm Market
Volunteers representing Hilliard UMC are needed each week during Farm Market season to make this important outreach possible (Tuesdays, 4-7pm, late May through September).
You can help with setup, hospitality, parking, or tear down.
More details on the Farm Market website.
When you serve, wear your blue or tie dye “God loves you no matter what” tee shirt (available through the church office for $10/$20).
In 2021, an average of 1,070 people came to the Hilliard Farm Market each week, thanks to your generous contributions of time, talents, and money! We host 40 vendors each week and 11 food and sweets trucks!
The community donated 525 books through the Farm Market to Books in Little Hands and packed 175 backpacks with Hilliard Kiwanis to give to Hilliard City Schools students!
Want to make a financial contribution to support this ministry? Click or tap the Give Online button, use the FEEDING MINISTRIES FUND, and select Farm Market. Thank you!
Staff Contact: Isabella Bozzi, Farm Market Manager (link coming soon).
