VIENNA, GEORGIA
Hunters provide venison for hungry families Vienna UMC has five freezers packed with ground venison. Venison is a vital part of the church’s food ministry, which serves up to 75 families each month. Area hunters keep the church’s freezers stocked with the deer they donate during hunting season. Last year, they donated 28 deer which provided 1,500 pounds of meat for hungry families.
Hunters keep refrigerators full of venison at Vienna (Ga.) UMC
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Mobility Worldwide opens new center In the late 1990s Mel West built mobility carts for handicap people in his garage and in a Community UMC room in Columbia. At that time his ministry was called PET (Personal Energy Transportation), it was later changed to Mobility Worldwide to avoid confusion with non-profits related to animals. Today, they are being made in a new facility designed for that purpose, with a high-tech welding shop, woodshop, assembly line, packing area and loading docks. The Mel and Barbara West Cart Center was officially opened in September of 2020. The pandemic caused the situation to have a quieter launch, with an open house event happening with a small group in attendance and Facebook Live.
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