December 1st, 2025
by Morgan Bunker
by Morgan Bunker
Christmas to Remember is an annual challenge we raise to our congregation to give as much funds to our specially chose projects as you spend on gifts for family and friends. The Missions Committee and Church Council have chosen three special projects to receive our Christmas to Remember offering-one local, one national, and one international. Our local project this year is Fayetteville Family Life Center. Our national/US project is The Jeremiah Project. Our international project is Impact Global Health Alliance. If you would like to participate in our Christmas to Remember, you will be given the option to designate the exact project you would like your funds to support, or you could give to Christmas to Remember, in which case your funds will be split evenly between the three projects. If you would like to learn more about each of our carefully chosen projects, we encourage you to read below and prayerfully consider our challenge to make this a Christmas to Remember.
Fayetteville Family Life Center: The Fayetteville Family Life Center has provided spiritually integrated psychotherapy and pastoral counseling to individuals and families of Cumberland and surrounding counties since 1974. As a Church-related non-profit ministry they can continue to provide counseling services to the community because of support they receive from their partners and gracious donors. Anyone who seeks counseling that the Center is equipped to provide will be served. They do not turn people away because they cannot afford care. If a client requires services that the Center cannot provide, they do their best to refer the individual to any agency that can provide those services. The FFLC does all it can to ensure that all who would like to receive counseling may do so. And so, the FFLC enlists help from local friends to cover other expenses, such as building rent, cost of administration support, utilities, and client aid assistance.
The Jeremiah Project: The Jeremiah Project was founded in 1997 by three Youth Pastors who all felt there was a tremendous need for a Christ-centered mission trip experience designed specifically middle school students. Selecting Jeremiah 1:7 as the foundational scripture, the Jeremiah Project was born. In recent years, JP has embraced ministry to high
school students as well. If The Jeremiah Project sounds familiar to you, that would be because our HUMC Youth attend The Jeremiah Project each summer! The funds we are collecting during Christmas to Remember would go towards purchasing building materials for middle and high school students to use during their mission trips.
Impact Global Health Alliance Togo Project: HUMC has worked with
Impact Global Health Alliance (previously Curamericas) for many years. Their mission is to partner with underserved communities to make measurable and sustainable improvements in their health and wellbeing. We have sent numerous church members on medical and construction work teams through this organization. Previous projects we have funded through Impact Global Health Alliance include providing transportation resources to midwives and pregnant women in remote areas of Bolivia, and providing solar panels to help provide electricity for birthing hospitals in Kenya. Our funds collected from Christmas to Remember last year provided funding for microgrids for two maternal health centers in remote areas of Guatemala which are deeply impacted by civil war and systemic challenges.
This year’s funds will go to support Impact Global Health’s new Togo project. In partnership with the Methodist Church of Togo, they are working to transform maternal and child health in rural communities of the country. Through long-term collaboration grounded in shared values, they are working on strengthening local health systems while equipping mothers and families with the knowledge and tools they need to thrive. They are accomplishing this goal through training and supporting local health workers, improving health center staffing and services, and mobilizing community leadership to ensure long-term impact.
Fayetteville Family Life Center: The Fayetteville Family Life Center has provided spiritually integrated psychotherapy and pastoral counseling to individuals and families of Cumberland and surrounding counties since 1974. As a Church-related non-profit ministry they can continue to provide counseling services to the community because of support they receive from their partners and gracious donors. Anyone who seeks counseling that the Center is equipped to provide will be served. They do not turn people away because they cannot afford care. If a client requires services that the Center cannot provide, they do their best to refer the individual to any agency that can provide those services. The FFLC does all it can to ensure that all who would like to receive counseling may do so. And so, the FFLC enlists help from local friends to cover other expenses, such as building rent, cost of administration support, utilities, and client aid assistance.
The Jeremiah Project: The Jeremiah Project was founded in 1997 by three Youth Pastors who all felt there was a tremendous need for a Christ-centered mission trip experience designed specifically middle school students. Selecting Jeremiah 1:7 as the foundational scripture, the Jeremiah Project was born. In recent years, JP has embraced ministry to high
school students as well. If The Jeremiah Project sounds familiar to you, that would be because our HUMC Youth attend The Jeremiah Project each summer! The funds we are collecting during Christmas to Remember would go towards purchasing building materials for middle and high school students to use during their mission trips.
Impact Global Health Alliance Togo Project: HUMC has worked with
Impact Global Health Alliance (previously Curamericas) for many years. Their mission is to partner with underserved communities to make measurable and sustainable improvements in their health and wellbeing. We have sent numerous church members on medical and construction work teams through this organization. Previous projects we have funded through Impact Global Health Alliance include providing transportation resources to midwives and pregnant women in remote areas of Bolivia, and providing solar panels to help provide electricity for birthing hospitals in Kenya. Our funds collected from Christmas to Remember last year provided funding for microgrids for two maternal health centers in remote areas of Guatemala which are deeply impacted by civil war and systemic challenges.
This year’s funds will go to support Impact Global Health’s new Togo project. In partnership with the Methodist Church of Togo, they are working to transform maternal and child health in rural communities of the country. Through long-term collaboration grounded in shared values, they are working on strengthening local health systems while equipping mothers and families with the knowledge and tools they need to thrive. They are accomplishing this goal through training and supporting local health workers, improving health center staffing and services, and mobilizing community leadership to ensure long-term impact.
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