Want to serve but unsure how?
Our monthly missions newsletter is a great place to start! The service opportunities below are all designed to help you grow in your spiritual life, no matter how much time you have, whether you plan to serve individually, or whether you’re seeking a mission project for your whole family.
Upcoming Special Opportunities
December 1-8, please bring a $10 gift card for one of the 74 stockings we’re filling for children. You can also make a donation directly to Embrace Alabama Kids. Your gifts provides children with homes for the holidays—and every day.
Thank you for your support of Angel Tree (the November Mission of the Month). Your generosity helped ensure more than 80 local children will have presents under their Christmas Tree. On Saturday, Dec. 14 from 9-11:30 a.m., volunteers will give families the gifts. Want to help?
Asbury is hosting Papa J’s Christmas Shop with Grace Klein Community December 19-21. Families without means to purchase gifts are welcome to “shop.” If you’d like to help provide gifts, you can shop via this Amazon Wish List. Or, volunteer at the event Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
Help with a Mission of the Month
The work behind these family-focused initiatives happens within Asbury’s walls, so it couldn’t be easier to serve. Interested in leading a mission of the month? Email Missions Coordinator Brooke Wolde.
Donate Items
Year Round: Asbury collects gently used tennis shoes for Oak Mountain Missions, gently used purses for Hope Filled Rooms, and gently used eyeglasses for Global Eyeglass Ministry. Please bring these items to Asbury’s Donation Corner (downstairs in the Adult Wing).
Serve with a Ministry Partner
While organized by Asbury United Methodist Church, these missions opportunities are designed to help you get introduced to the many organizations doing God’s work throughout greater Birmingham. Have a missions project in mind? Email Missions Coordinator Brooke Wolde.
Support International Missions
From 2022-2023, Asbury tripled its international impact and we now work with several organizations and missionaries who are transforming lives and sharing the love of Jesus. Meet these heroes.
Ready to do more?
When Asbury UMC was established in 1986, its founding members and clergy decided that on top of the 10% it gives to The United Methodist Church for ministries and outreach, Asbury would give 10% more to Birmingham and its community partners through its Missions in Action program.
In 2023 alone, Asbury gave more than $760,000.
Find out how you and your family can make a difference, whether by volunteering, making a financial contribution, or simply praying for the individuals affiliated with and impacted by each ministry.