Stories

Forward-Thinking Funding

At Bering UMC their missions set the tone for their life as a congregation. When the pandemic hit, leaders at Bering UMC knew their creative ministries had to continue.

A Virtual Step-a-Thon Fundraiser

COVID-19 complicated the landscape of campus ministry along with the component of raising funds for these ministries. However, Wesley House at Tyler Junior College found a winning solution with a virtual step-a-thon!

Throwing Away the Box

There are people who think outside the box and there are people who throw the box away. The leaders at Rancho Brazos Community Center are proudly the latter. Since 2003 they have offered free after-school programs with a hot meal...

Creative Urgency

At Oak Lawn UMC in Dallas, TX, the pandemic stirred creative solutions that would enable the congregation to continue serving as a refuge even though the physical space of their building could no longer function in that way.

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TMF Receives Lilly Grant for Courageous Congregations Collaborative

TMF received a grant of $1 million from the Lilly Endowment to help launch C3. The grant will enable TMF to deepen and expand its work with congregations using ‘five adaptive muscles’ congregations must develop in order to thrive.

The Shift to Telehealth

On March 17, 2020, the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic ceased face-to-face medical appointments. It was a difficult and necessary decision that could have upended their services without a well-conceived transition plan.

Filling the Gap

When providers started shuttering in March, the Coalition for the Homeless asked The Beacon to step up and fill the gap. Without hesitation, they agreed. “We took a leap of faith to do this work before any extra funding came,” CEO Becky Landes said.

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COVID-19 News

Starting in March, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed our normal way of life. As churches and non-profit organizations seek to serve their communities in creative ways in the midst of this pandemic, TMF is walking alongside them.

Investing in Education

CitySquare Paris, a nonprofit serving the most vulnerable people in the town, reached out to PISD to build a prototype that could be expanded in order to provide internet access to more students.