Ministries

COMMUNITY

Resurrection supports a number of community organizations and ministries, including:

IHN

Durham Interfaith Hospitality Network addresses the needs of homeless families by mobilizing churches, synagogues, and people of faith to help families move toward residential stability.

Open Tables Ministry

The Open Tables Ministry is cooperative project between the Duke Divinity School and six local churches, which take a hot meal and a prayer every Wednesday to the homeless along N.C. 15-501 in Durham.

C.A.R.V.E

C.A.R.V.E. (Cereal, Applesauce, Rice, Vegetables, Everything). Each Sunday non-perishable food are collected and offered up during the worship service, and then delivered to Urban Ministries.

Marion Edwards Recovery Center Initiative (MERCI)

Born as a disaster relief ministry, MERCI has grown to include the provision of affordable housing for the residents of eastern NC. Work teams travel “down east” one Saturday every month to work on building projects.

CROP Walk

CROP is a development and relief ministry of Church World Service. We participate every spring in the Durham CROP Walk, a 5k community walk to raise funds.

Alternative Christmas Market

The Alternative Christmas Market celebrates Christ's birthday by allowing participants to purchase handcrafts and make donations in honor or memory of others to various local, regional, and international ministries including Heifer Project International, the Forest Foundation, and other ministries. Alternative Christmas is held annually on the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Share Your Christmas

Share Your Christmas provides Christmas gifts for families here in Durham who are referred by the Department of Social Services.

Ganta United Methodist Mission Station

Resurrection provides financial support and material to the United Methodist hospitalserving thousands of rural residents of Northeastern Liberia and parts of Guinea and Ivory Coast.

Hand-in-Hand

Hand-in-Hand is a partnership between Resurrection UMC and Githens Middle School, which provides support for the faculty and students. Activities include everything from a back-to-school breakfast for the staff, proctoring end of grade exams, annual work days, and hosting Githen’s Annual Christmas and Spring corral concerts.

Society of St. Andrew

The Society of St. Andrew sponsors a gleaning program. Resurrection volunteers harvest leftover crops from area farms one Saturday every month in season. The gleaned crops supply local food banks, shelters, soup kitchens, and low-income communities with fresh fruit and vegetables.