Concord United Methodist Church’s annual Mission Blitz
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This group assembled soup mix on Sunday, Jan. 16.
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Madison Newman, left, and Jena Colwell were among the dozens of Crop Drop volunteers.
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Church volunteers Frances Bogen, left, and Carolyn Edwards, right, helped clean and organize closets at the Wesley House on Jan. 15. Also pictured is Wesley House Church liaison Sharon Earl.
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The Russell family, at right, along with Laura Gac, back, worked together as “Team Sausage” to separate frozen sausage for the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry.
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Packing Senior Snacks were, from left, Nicole Morris, Ryleigh Morris, Ruthie Guinn, Martha Yoakum, Jackson Wallace, William Morris and Wayne Morris.
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Wendy Schneider, left, and Kiran Brown were among many helping with the church’s new Thrift Store’s preparations.
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From left, Ginny Thurston-Bridges, Lis Powers, Debbie Pea, Jim Bailes and Nedra Cook prayed over beds at Knox Area Rescue Ministries in Downtown Knoxville.
Concord United Methodist Church’s annual Mission Blitz impacted thousands, both locally and abroad, through the efforts of 480 volunteers who worked on more than a dozen projects,
both at the church (11020 Roane Drive) and throughout the community Friday through Monday, Jan. 14-17. Efforts ranged from two sweet potato crop drops (bagging a total of 42,000 pounds of the vegetables), to prepping a new church-sponsored Thrift Store, preparing activity kits for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and United Methodist Committee on Relief health kits for later distribution, as well as packing soup, visiting Senior adults and honoring area first responders. Pictured are just a few of the activities taking place during the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, which the church graciously shared with farragutpress.
