Missionary Andrew Lee: Welcome to Baker Memorial’s new missionary—Pastor Andrew Lee! (pictured on the left in the photo) Pastor Lee is the country coordinator for the Methodist Church in Cambodia. Our former missionary (recently retired), Clara Biswas, headed up Street Children, emphasizing children’s education, vocational skills, and health care in Cambodia. Pastor Lee oversees that program, as well as several others: Project Ark—providing housing while fighting poverty and human trafficking using home construction trades; Project Chad—providing clean water; Suzanna Wesley House—providing safe housing while students continue their education; Women—training and education to empower women; Mondulkiri—establishing a youth and community center.
An exciting new twist to our work with Pastor Lee is that we are partnering with our neighbors, the Geneva and Batavia UMC’s. With three churches sponsoring Pastor Lee, the communication and cooperation between missionary and the Tri-Cities will be significantly enhanced.
Administer Justice: Under the guidance of Betty Erickson, BMUMC is starting up a chapter of Administer Justice to serve the local underprivileged in the legal services realm. Starting in July, on the third Saturday of each month (from about 9am to noon), Wiley Hall will be utilized to provide legal guidance and assistance to those in our area who are in need, but can’t afford a lawyer. To make this program work, we need volunteers—lawyers, interpreters, hospitality specialists, client advocates, community advocates, and prayer warriors. More information and resources can be found on our website by clicking here.
This is an ambitious undertaking, and we’ll need plenty of volunteers to pull it off. Please contact Betty Erickson at: N9YFC@aol.com or go to: tinyurl.com/AJVolunteers
Blood Drive: Trying something new, on May 19 we added a Spring blood drive to our previous two (Fall and Winter), and it was a huge success! We received credit for 22 donations, which put an important dent in recent blood shortages In Illinois and elsewhere. The next blood drive will be in October. Thanks to those who donated, and to Pete Holmes and Marge Meanger who, as always, did a great job of putting it together.
One mission: BMUMC sponsors other missions as well. So… which one will you pick as your mission?
