Project AGAPE

Project AGAPE, a ministry to Armenia and to some of our most desperate Christian brothers and sisters, is a collaborative effort of the North Carolina and the Western North Carolina Conferences of The United Methodist Church in a joint effort with the Armenian Apostolic Church.  AGAPE = American Greater Armenian Partnership Efforts

​ Project AGAPE brings hope to vulnerable children.

  

The Mission Response Center receives and distributes humanitarian aid items, serves as a depot center for UMCOR, and offers staging for Disaster Response. The MRC also offers space to for Project AGAPE Christmas boxes and other supplies for Armenia.

Needed: Volunteer groups or individuals wishing to help sort mission materials.

When: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays and 3rd Saturdays of each month.

Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm on 3rd Saturdays and 4th Tuesdays.
          9:00 am - 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm on 2nd Tuesdays. 

Click here to open the MRC Volunteer Sign-up Form. 

Resources

• Bulletin Insert
• Fact Sheet
• 8.5x14 Brochure
• Ways to help
• VBS Resources - Project Agape Chicken Project
• VBS Resources - Project Agape Cattle Project
• VBS Resources - Project Agape Children's Home
• VBS Resources - Project Agape Christmas Boxes
• If you need more information on Project AGAPE or would like to schedule a program for your local church or small group please contact the Rev. Allan Van Meter, 336-403.6792.

 

Monetary gifts may be made on Project AGAPE Sunday and year-round through your local church or mailed to: Project AGAPE  c/o WNCC Treasury Services PO Box 2757 Huntersville, NC 28070 Please include “Project AGAPE” on the memo line.

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Christmas Box Instructions & Packing List

1. Please use only plastic shoe size (6 qt.) boxes with lids. An example of this is made by Sterilite Plastic Box. Please do not use a cardboard shoe box, it cannot be accepted. The plastic boxes with lids will be useful in other ways to the children and their families.

2. Feel free to include in your box a note of greeting and encouragement. You may want to include a picture of yourself or a group in your church. Also, if you want to correspond with the child who receives your box, please include your postal address.

3. Please enclose $5 in cash or check for transportation costs for each box. Checks are to be made out to: 

a. FOR WNCC CONFERENCE: “WNCC Treasurer” and mark “AGAPE-Xmas Boxes,” on the memo line. Checks may be mailed WNCC Treasury Services, Project AGAPE, PO Box 2757, Huntersville, NC 28070-2757 OR given to your local church treasurer who may then send a single check using the address and instructions listed above. Boxes should be delivered to the Mission Response Center or included in the district’s AGAPE collections.

b. FOR NCC CONFERENCE: “NC Conference” & marked for Agape Christmas Boxes.  Checks may be placed inside of the box ON TOP of the gift items or mailed to NC Conference, PO Box 890202, Charlotte, NC  28289-0202. All boxes should be taken to the MERCI Mission Warehouse at 676 Community Drive in Goldsboro. Many Districts will have drop-off points in those Districts.  Special deliveries can be arranged by contacting Bill Haddock at revbillh@nccumc.org or at 910-262-3831.  All boxes and items for the boxes are needed at the MERCI Warehouse no later than October 1, 2020.

4. Please choose the age level and sex of the child for whom you want to prepare a box. Fill the box as specified below. LIST EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN YOUR BOX AND THE AMOUNT USING THE CHECK LIST AND TAPE IT SECURELY TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. If you add anything that is not listed, please write it in under “other.” Wrap box with 3 rubber bands to secure the lid.

 

Girls Packing List                          Boys Packing List 

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2021 Drop-off Dates & Locations 

Donations will be accepted on Monday, September 27th through Friday, October 1st. Donations will be picked up and taken to the MRC on Tuesday, October 5th.