Ministry and SErvice Opportunities

Cooking/Serving/Cleaning Teams

                The Gathering Meal is the first Sunday of each month.  If you can help with this meal contact                    by text to Eddie Harrison, 325-721-2309

                 Youth and children's meals are directed by Kelly Engel, 325-721-2663

​                 Other All-Church Celebrations are directed by the committee hosting the event.  The church                    office will have that information.

                 Food for funerals, following hospital stays, shut-ins and emergency needs are directed by                          Congregational Care.  Contact the Congregation Care chair, Sharon Ammons at 325-518-1977.

                 For the Kitchen Cleaning Team contact Kelly Engel, 325-721-2663
Van and Bus Drivers 
(We do a background check on drivers)
  • Van Drivers – picking up and taking children/youth on Mondays and Wednesdays and special events like camps, mission trips, etc.
  • Bus Drivers – (CDL required) picking up and taking children/youth on Mondays and Wednesdays and special events like camps, mission trips, etc.

For more information, please contact Guy Irvin 325-673-6769 or by email.
Congregational Care Committee
  • Funeral Meals – Phone tree contact of people who can cook food for our member’s meal FUMC provides for our members who have lost a loved one. The meal is usually at the church before the funeral and volunteers bring food to the church. They also need people who will serve the family and cleanup after the meal.
  • Hospital Visitation – Phone tree contact of people who can visit and pray for our members who are in the hospital. Also, phone tree contact of people who can take food to people who are just getting out of the hospital.
  • Shut-in Ministry – Teams of two who visit our shut-in members. Teams visit twice a month and bring a light meal one visit and communion on the other visit.

For more information, please contact Sharon Ammons at 325-518-1977. 
Family Life Ministries
  • The Family ministry hosts special church wide gatherings, usually meals, such as our July 4th, Thanksgiving and monthly celebrations. They are in need of people who can cook, decorate, cleanup and wash dishes.  

             For more information, please contact Marisa Vasquez at 325-673-6769 or by email
FUMC Choir
  • The sanctuary choir at FUMC leads worship during the traditional service at 8:15am on Sunday mornings. We sing a variety of music styles from traditional hymns to contemporary worship songs. We rehearse each Wednesday evening from 6:00-6:30pm, which enables everyone to participate in other programs/classes that start at 6:30pm on Wednesdays. If you enjoy singing, fellowship, and serving the Lord, you will love being a member of the FUMC Choir!  

For more information, please contact the church office at 673-6769 or call Sandy Drake, Traditional Worship Leader, at 692-6836.
Food Bank
  • The Food Bank is a local nonprofit that is supported by the Abilene Community. FUMC supplies volunteers on the first Wednesday of the month to unpack and sort food that arrives by shipments. The hours worked by volunteers earns discounts on the price of the food that the Food Pantry buys from the Food Bank.

For more information, please contact Barbara Duncan at 325-692-1371.
B.O.B.S.
  • BOBS, Breakfast on Beech Street, located at First Christian Church on North Third and Beech Street, prepares breakfast for the needy and underemployed of our community every week day from 6:30 to 7:15. When the clients leave BOBS, they also receive a sack lunch containing a sandwich, fruit, cookies and a scripture.
  • BOBS is an ecumenical partnership between First Central Presbyterian Church, First Christian Church, First United Methodist Church, Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church, and Highland Church of Christ.
  • FUMC supplies teams on Wednesday mornings from 5:30 to 7:45 AM. We have four different teams, so each team works every fourth Wednesday.

For more information, please contact Jane Harvey at 325-695-0092.  
Other Ministry Opportunities