Missions

The Higgins family of believers is very active in missions in the community and around the world! We have volunteer service opportunities throughout the year. Please Contact Us to find out how you can be involved.

​Download Community Love Signup form here
Mission Updates:
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​Community Love Local Mission Project
 Reconciliation House Expansion
 
In May we had a pledge drive to sign up volunteers for this “local mission” project to help construct a much needed addition to Reconciliation House. We had a great response to filling out pledge cards and now is the time for you to follow through! 
Higgins will be using our “Community Love” ministry to organize volunteers of all ages to help when appropriate in September and beyond.  Skills used in typical mission trip construction projects are needed.  Feeding volunteers are needed as well as construction skills, so anyone can be involved.

If you have not already done so, please complete the “Community Love Signup” survey form; that way we will know what skills you have, what days of the week work best for you to volunteer, and how you would like for us to contact you when jobs are ready for volunteer labor. Community Love Signup sheets are available at the FLC Welcome Wagon, in the church office and online here.  Please return the completed forms to the office, Jim Swaim, Ray Strickland or Paul Bradley.

Construction work for the foundation has begun! Don’t miss your opportunity to serve Christ right across the street.  Thanks!

Local

  • BackPack Program (Operation Feed a Child) – during the  school year, we help provide weekend meals for qualifying children
  • Benevolence - money available for pastor’s discretion to help folks in need
  • Children’s Advocacy Center of Yancey County – helping children with needs in Yancey county.
  • Construction Love –Higgins-identified selected housing needs for repairs and help, selected projects throughout the year
  • Family Domestic Violence Center - local safe sanctuary for families at risk
  • Habitat for Humanity –building houses with families in need
  • Manna Food Bank – Higgins partners with Manna Food Bank to help feed local families in need
  • Reconciliation House –help with clothes, fuel and food for families in need
  • Sewing and Ugly Quilts Ministries – Higgins teams prepare needed garments and quilts for variety of mission needs, locally and internationally.
  • Thanksgiving Dinner – Higgins provides a “no cost” Thanksgiving meal to the community. All are welcome for food and fellowship!
  • Be the Church Sunday – At Higgins, although we believe in “being the church” every day,  we set aside one day a year for our entire church family to participate in missions activities. We start the day with worship in the Sanctuary, then head out into the community in teams of all ages. Our services to the community have included packing meals for Stop Hunger Now, assembling filters for Wine to Water, performing yard work for the disabled, and even hosting a free carnival. Everyone is invited to participate, and we often have volunteers join us from other local congregations.

National & Regional

  • AMCI (Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution) - 12 Step Bible Study, Yokefellows program, Kairos, special holiday meals and One Day with God for prisoners’ children in August
  • Camp Funshine – we support and volunteer at the free day camp for children with special needs
  • Campus Crusade For Christ Missionaries (CRU) - Wendy & Mark Kohman, TX
  • Homes For Hope - Construction help and repairs by teams in the area, during the summer, housing of 24+ in FLC at Higgins for a week.
  • MY Meds Outreach – Call (828) 766-6337 to see if you qualify. This outreach helps uninsured individuals in Mitchell, Yancey, and Avery Counties secure prescribed medications
  • Tri-County Pregnancy Center - Support, education, and services for expectant moms and their children; protection for unborn children with Christian counseling
  • Walk To Emmaus –72 hour spiritual weekend (Cursillos in the fall) for men, separately for women, and Youth (Chrysalis and Journey)
  • YoungLife Camp – we provide monetary support and volunteer

​International

  • ARI Missionaries (Asian Rural Institutes) through UMCOR – Jeen H. Chung & Ban Hyung, Japan
  • Hearts For Heaven – The Rosser Family, Guatemala
  • Operation Christmas Child - Samaritan's Purse
  • Mission Trips – for disaster support, construction needs, witnessing, Christian Bible study, love and care
  • Stop Hunger Now – pre-packaging meals two times per year to be delivered around the world.
  • Wine To Water –wells for clean water worldwide
  • UMCOR  (United Methodist Committee on Relief) - work, disaster support teams, help as the call is issued for help and support; around the world. Annual work project to UMCOR Depot in Baldwin, LA
  • Ukraine Missionary Rhonda McCall, Ukraine, fulltime missionary handling a variety of ministries
  • VIM (Volunteers in Mission) - Guatemala

Love in Action