Thanks to all who have started volunteering at Dunbar; we are off to a great start and I am very excited about what we can do for the students and staff at Dunbar. If you have not started volunteering yet and still need help with placement, please email Kathy Avant,...

3:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, Dunbar Elementary Cafe, 1730 W. Union Street, Tampa, FL 33607 Welcome volunteers! On Thursday, Sept. 20, the teachers at Dunbar will host parent/teacher conferences. You can help support the students and teachers in many ways:...

Khadijah started her brush with the criminal justice system by hanging out and joyriding with her friends. Mixing with the wrong crowd and experimenting with drugs ultimately led Khadijah to incarceration which forced her to be away from her loving family. As a...

Accomplished January - August 2018 10.8 Million Pounds Gleaned from the Fields 5.7 Million Pounds Shipped in the Potato & Produce Project Total of 16.5 Million Pounds Collected and Distributed 49.5 Million Servings of Fresh Produce Provided 3,907 Events Held and...

Mission Funding Criteria Mission partners are selected and reviewed annually. New missions may submit an application for funding until Jan. 15. All applications are submitted to the Missions and Outreach team for review. Existing mission partners submit annual reports...

The Department of Children and Families Refugee Services will hold a Community Meeting 10 a.m. - noon Monday, Oct. 1 in the Harnish Activities Center. All church members are welcome to attend this meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss future goals and...

Lunch-n-Learn Monthly Introductory Information Session 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesday. Sept.19,  complimentary lunch provided by The Portico Cafe. Click here for more information. Volunteer and Resource Navigator Monthly Training 9:45 a.m. - noon, Saturday, Sept. 29,...

Genna Dalence, who grew up in Hyde Park United Methodist, is spending the year with World Race. Her trip will take her to Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. Through the World Race, her team will serve...

Accomplished January - July 2018 9 Million Pounds Gleaned from the Fields 4 Million Pounds Shipped in the Potato & Produce Project Total of 13 Million Pounds Collected and Distributed 38.8 Million Servings of Fresh Produce Provided 3,096 Events Held and 15,560...

News about the school supply drive, Mims Mullet Festival Golf Tournament, Warren Willis Camp and Deloitte Impact Day 2018. Click here for the newsletter or here for the...

We want to thank you for your prayers and support. In this Edmiston Edition we bring you up to date on what has been happening in our lives over the past couple months and where we will be in PNG over the the next couple months. Click here for more...

What do the hands of God look like? At Good Samaritan Mission, a rural farming community south of Tampa, such hands are small and very busy. They belong to a woman named Lilian Matos — a woman with the kind of faith that lights up faces and changes lives. “I believe...

Christmas Concert Join us for our Christmas Concert and fundraising event, 1-3 p.m. Dec. 1 at The Portico, 1001 N Florida Avenue, Tampa. Enjoy Christmas music, cookies, coffee and testimonials from women in the Hillsborough House of Hope program. The House is raising...

Ready4Work-Hillsborough, operated by Abe Brown Ministries, is a replication of the national Ready4Work program. Utilizing a four-pronged approach encompassing case management, life-coaching, employability training and job placement assistance, Ready4Work motivates...

Stats Accomplished January-June 2018 6.8 Million Pounds Gleaned from the Fields 3.7 Million Pounds Shipped in the Potato & Produce Project Total of 10.5 Million Pounds Collected and Distributed 31.5 Million Servings of Fresh Produce Provided 1,971 Events Held and...

This week we celebrate the return of the missionaries Tawanda Chandiwana and Adam Shaw, who were detained in the Philippines. However, Miracle Osman remains in the Philippines. Thomas Kemper, general secretary of Global Ministries, expressed his appreciation as the...

The Truth will set you free We speak of INDEPENDENCE as we celebrate America’s freedom. That’s a good thing and we are grateful for those who sacrificed. When we arrived on the mission field they taught us that it was better to be interdependent with the Papua New...

Did you know by the time they reach kindergarten, low-income children are 12-14 months behind their middle-income peers due to lack of health, educational and other resources? This gap only worsens as children age - 80% of low-income children do not have on-grade...

Greetings from the President This is my farewell-letter to you. The next letter informing you about our seminary joys and challenges will come already from Dr Külli Tõniste who is beginning her term as a new President of the BMTS on August 1, 2018. My sincere prayers...

Thanks to Angela Schroden, Director of Hyde Park United Methodist's Vacation Bible School (VBS), for involving Hillsborough House of Hope this year. The 2018 VBS theme is SHIPWRECKED and is focused on teaching children that no matter what shipwrecks happen in life —...

One Blood's Big Red Bus will be on Azeele Street Sunday to gather blood donations. Donating blood is a simple way to save lives like Logan's. He is a vibrant 7-year-old boy, who over the course of his young life, has received more than 110 blood transfusions. There is...

Accomplished January-April 2018 4.5 Million Pounds Gleaned from the Fields 2.7 Million Pounds Shipped in the Potato & Produce Project A total of 7.2 Million Pounds Collected and Distributed 21.7 Million Servings of Fresh Produce Provided 883 Events Held and 7,213...

On Sunday, April 22, Hyde Park United Methodist hosted the Mission Smiles dental clinic in the Harnish Activities Center. Click here for a summary and photos. We received the following feedback from Mission Smiles Program Manager, Kathy McGartland: What a great clinic...

To all of our praying partners: I (Pat) am in Australia and about to fly up to PNG. I will be going to the island province of New Ireland again. I will be working with the Feni language group this time. We will be checking Romans, Ephesians, 2 Peter, 1 John and Luke....

Accomplished January-March 2018 3.7 Million Pounds Gleaned from the Fields 2.1 Million Pounds Shipped in the Potato & Produce Project A total of 5.8 Million Pounds Collected and Distributed 17.4 Million Servings of Fresh Produce Provided 654 Events Held and 4,950...

Greetings from PNG! The 2nd course of our Oral Bible Translation project has just ended. The teams are taking home their audio translations of the Easter story in Mark along with a few of Jesus’ parables and teachings. We did run into some technical problems with...

Greetings from the President March 2018 We have stepped into the Holy Week. This year the last words of Jesus are ringing in my heart: „ It is finished“ (Jn 19:30). These words did not reflect his despair; it wasn’t any spontaneous cry. We are told that Jesus indeed...

Accomplished January-February 2018 2.3 Million Pounds Gleaned from the Fields 1.6 Million Pounds Shipped in the Potato & Produce Project A total of 3.9 Million Pounds Collected and Distributed 11.8 Million Servings of Fresh Produce Provided 431 Events Held and 3,411...

Servants from various organizations walked over to the Tampa Convention Center to pack leftover produce from a Food Expo into boxes and ultimately onto large trucks and vehicles to serve local ministries and food banks. Servants came from Hyde Park United Methodist...

Homecoming for UMC Missionary In celebration of her retirement, Connie DiLeo shared this message about her time as a UMC missionary: "The General Board of Global Ministries requires that their missionaries retire at the age of 70. Since I will turn 70 in June, I will...

Greetings from the President February 2018 Estonia as a state celebrated 100 years this past weekend. We participated at festivities (as you can see from the picture) in our home town Pärnu. In spite of the cold winter weather many people had gathered to march in the...

Hyde Park United Methodist has partnered with Dunbar Elementary Magnet School as part of the Florida Conference School-Church initiative, providing an opportunity to volunteer, serving the children and staff at the school. A school without a limited PTA and no...

Hillsborough House of Hope Spring Fling, a musical fashion brunch, Saturday, March 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., will be held at The Portico. Hyde Park United Methodist was donated six tickets to this event. If you would like to attend the Spring Fling, click...

In The News *Spring Fling, March 10 *Beautiful Conference *Morning Meditation *Message from the Hillsborough House of Hope Program Manager Linda Walker As your HHH Program Manager I would like to give you a few updates and progress on some of our residents. We are so...

Fri., March 9, Noon – 1 p.m., Franciscan Center, 3010 N. Perry Ave., Tampa, FL 33603 Guest Speaker: The Right Rev. Judy A. Kahler, Bishop, Celtic Christian Church and Hospice Chaplain, VITAS Healthcare in Central Florida Join us as we celebrate women, honor spiritual...