Michiana District Advance Specials

District Advance Specials

District Advance Specials are funded entirely with voluntary monetary gifts.

BRIDGES

17646 Cleveland Rd, South Bend, IN 46635; 574.272.8068

BRIDGES is an inclusive, multi-sensory worship service for developmentally disabled children, their families, friends and those who love them. The group meets monthly in the Clay United Methodist Church Family Life Center.

Child Abuse Prevention Services

1000 W Hively, PO Box 773, Elkhart, IN 46515; 219.295.2277

Child Abuse Prevention Services is a non-profit organization whose mission is to coordinate and provide services to children and families in Elkhart County, to prevent abuse, and to treat victims and families. In the years 2001, CAPS has served over 2,200 children and families through a variety of programs.

Clothes & Food Basket of LaGrange County

PO Box 172, 202 N Detroit St, LaGrange, IN 46761; 260.463.7974

The Clothes & Food Basket is a non-profit emergency assistance organization for residents of LaGrange County. We supply food, government commodities and clothing as needed.

Community Chaplaincy Corp. of Elkhart Co.

111 N 3rd St, Goshen, IN 46526; 574.533.8644

As jail chaplain, we minister to the spiritual needs of the men and women incarcerated at the Elkhart County Jail. We also minister to families of those incarcerated.

Dismas of Michiana-Dismas Inc.

PO Box 4571, 521 S St Joseph St, South Bend, IN 46634; 574.233.8522

Dismas of Michiana operates a residential home for recently released former offenders, which they share with 1-4 college students. In a family setting, the residents create a positive, alcohol/drug free home. The residents receive support from staff and hundreds of volunteers from the community. The 104-year-old Queen Anne house is open to male and female adults, who accept the mission of Dismas and obey the house rules and guidelines. The house can accommodate up to 15 residents. We provide recently released prisoners with basic human needs of food, shelter, clothing and supportive services so they can begin their journeys toward self-sufficiency.

Elijah Haven Crisis Intervention Center, Inc.

PO Box 198, LaGrange, IN 46761; 260.436.8700

Elijah Haven offers comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence including a 24-hour crisis hotline, safe shelter, support groups and community education, as we; as the M.E.N.’s program for perpetrators.

Elkhart County Youth for Christ

174 State St, Elkhart, IN 46516; 574.294.7407

New outreach of Lifeline on an elementary campus - Hawthorne School, Elkhart. Target group is second and third graders (7-8 year olds). Snacks, games, Bible stories, Bible verse memorization and small group discussions are integrated into a 90-minute after-school program. It's also being piloted in Chamberlain School, Goshen.

Family Christian Development Center

PO Box 227, 151 S Locke St, Nappanee, IN 46550; 574.773.2149

We are a faith based community development organization serving the Wa-Nee School District in the SW corner of Elkhart County. We have three focus areas: 1) Crisis Management, 2) Education and Advocacy, and 3) Development (of people and homes).

First UM Soup Kitchen-South Bend

333 N Main St, South Bend, IN 46601; 574.233.9747

Soup, bread, desserts and drinks are served to all who come on Monday, Wednesday and Friday noon. Extra bread and groceries from Kroger’s, Farmers’ Market and other sources are also distributed.

Hope Rescue Mission

PO Box 4488, 532 S Michigan St, South Bend, IN 46634; 574.235.4150 ext 232

Hope Rescue Mission is a faith based organization with a 48 year history of confronting the needs of the homeless and poor through a daily meals program, nightly chapel services, a residential recovery program, educational opportunities and emergency services.

LaCasa of Goshen, Inc.

202 N Cottage Ave, Goshen, IN 46528; 574.533.4450

LaCasa is a full service community development corporation that works in the following areas: Housing Development and Neighborhood Revitalization. Training Programs such as Home Ownership and Financial Literacy Training, Immigration and Language Service.

Lima/Scott UMC Food Pantry

7020 N 675W, Shipshewana, IN 46565; 574.825.0110

The Food Pantry of Lima and Scott UMC is open Wednesdays to provide food and support fot those in need.

MAC (Mishawaka Alliance of Care) Food Pantry

504 W Mishawaka Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545; 574.259.1975

A community food pantry for needy households. Households may come once a month to receive food, soap, paper products, and cleaning supplies. Pantry opens twice a week, Tuesday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon.

Missions Equipping Mobilization

56156 Tanglewood Lane, Osceola, IN 46561; 574.675.0421

This is an ecumenical ministry of providing equipment, resources, and supplies to missionaries, mission agencies and national ministries overseas in order to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to the entire world.

Nappanee Open Door

201 S Main St, Nappanee, IN 46550; 574.773.3820

A community outreach program to help those in need of utility, clothing, and/or food and lodging assistance (for one night’s stay).

Ray Bird Ministries (replaced Camp Ray Bird Summer Outreach Program)

PO Box 3717, South Bend, IN 46619; 574.232.8523

Ray Bird Ministries is a community based Christian organization. Organized to reach "at risk" children for Christ and to aid the local Christian community in outreach to the inner-city youth.

Riverview Adult Day Care Center, Inc.

2715 E Jackson Blvd, Elkhart, IN 46516; 574.293.6886

Riverview Adult Day Care Center provides persons over 55 who have a need to be monitored for physical health, safety or emotional or some mental illness need services. It is an interactive social model program with a professionally supervised and specialty trained staff to care for these clients. Alzheimer’s disease is the diagnosis of the largest number of people attending. Transportation, hot noon meals, activities, entertainment, snacks and assistance with toilet and personal care are some of the services provided. We are adding a bathing component and foot care to the services available.

Ryan's Place

PO Box 214, Middlebury, IN 46450; 574.202.1688

We work with children/teens and their families as they try to work through the grief brought on by the death of someone significant in their life (a parent, sibling or other close person).

Samaritan Center-Elkhart

221 E. Crawford St., Elkhart, IN 46514; 574.262.3597

The Samaritan Center is a non-for-profit, interdenominational pastoral-counseling center. Established in 1972, the Center provides individual, couple, family and group counseling and psychotherapy. A community based Board of Directors raises funds to allow for fee adjustments in cases of financial need. The Center has formal covenant relationships with ten Elkhart County congregations.

Sidewalk Sunday School

17646 Cleveland Rd, South Bend, IN 46635; 574.272.8068 ext 112

Sidewalk Sunday School is an outreach Sunday School ministry that brings the Good News of Jesus Christ to inner-city children. We serve two inner city neighborhoods in South Bend, IN. Approximately 12 Saturdays in the Spring and 12 Saturdays in the Fall, we minister to children for about one hour. In that house, we pray, say the pledges to the American and Christian flags, sing praise songs, teach a memory verse, teach from God’s Word, share object lessons that help kids to understand and apply the Bible lesson to their lives, play games, have a snack and build caring relationships with children.

Susanna’s Kitchen

PO Box 2402, 137 State St, Elkhart, IN 46516; 574.522.5893

To provide, with the support of its members, a noon meal service to the needy of Elkhart County regardless of age, sex, race, religion, or disability while affirming the human dignity of each individual.

Thelma A. Schrock Homestead Adult Day Services

PO Box 819, Goshen, IN 46527; 574.537.4000

The Homestead exists to serve families in Goshen and surrounding areas through adult day services in a caring, safe, supportive environment. Up to 35 persons can be accommodated with stays from several hours a week to five days a week. Transportation is available, as are scholarships for those unable to pay the full cost. Support comes from user fees, fund raising events and designated contributions.

United Religious Community Advocacy Centers (S. Bend & Mishawaka)

2015 Western Ave #336, South Bend, IN 46628; 574.282.2397

The advocacy center in South Bend and Mishawaka are serving over 4,000 families and individuals with direct financial aid.

World Missionary Press, Inc.

PO Box 120, New Paris, IN 46553; 574.831.2111

World Missionary Press produces and mails million of free scripture-by-subject booklets, Bible study booklets, and New Testaments in various languages each year. Scripture booklets have now been produced in 308 languages. More languages are continually being added.

Michiana District Conference Ministries

The following Conference Ministries are partially funded by Conference apportionments.

AIDS Ministry/AIDS Assist

201 S William St, South Bend, IN 46601

Broadway Christian Parish

1412 S Carroll St, South Bend, IN 46613

Broadway Christian Parish United Methodist Church was organized to serve as a spiritual and social service resource to the people of the economically depressed southeast area of South Bend. As we work on this, we feel that the ties that grow between people in our community strengthen people and affirm them in God's good gifts. These needs are at once spiritual, emotional, economic, social and communal.

Church Community Services

629 S Third St, Elkhart, IN 46515

Our mission is to provide immediate assistance as well as educational self-help programs for persons and households in need, without reference to ability, age, gender, race or religious belief. We assist more than 1,000 people each month. Our primary service is our food pantry, and we also distribute personal care items such as soap, toothpaste, and toilet paper. We help with prescriptions and other needs on an individual basis.

Companions on the Journey

C/O Central UMC, 1920 S Michigan St, South Bend, IN 46613

Companions on the Journey ministry helps returning prisoners by matching them with small ministry teams in local congregations. These partnerships last for approximately four months prior to release and one year after release. Through the support of these temas, we are meeting some of the practical (locating food, clothing, housing, help with employment and transportation, etc.), emotional and spiritual needs of men and women returning from prison as they rebuild their lives back home here with us.

Transitional Housing for the Homeless

101 E Hively Ave, Elkhart, IN 46517

The Transitional Housing Program is an extension of the Elkhart County Women's Shelter which is the only domestic violence shelter in Elkhart County. The families who enter the shelter only have a short period of 30-45 days to find other housing or they risk the possibility of returning to an abusive home. The Transitional Program is a next step for families that have left a domestic violent home and want to live an abuse free life. While they are in the two year Homeless Families Program, they learn valuable life skills such as budgeting, goal setting, parenting and home organization training. The goal of the Transitional Program is to empower its participatns to become self-sufficient without depending on government assistance (e.g. welfare system) or returning to an unsafe living environment.