Food Ministries

PH Food Pantry stocks non-perishable foods supplied. Donate food in a church collection receptacle or volunteer to package food.

Contact – Kathy Roberts, 0711kroberts@gmail.com or Gay Wyatt at gaywyatt@sbcglobal.net

Wakefield Elementary School Pantry (see Community Partnerships below for more info.)

Missions to Children & Families

Afghan Family – Our church supports an Afghan refugee family who has settled in Arkansas. We do everything from transportation to benefit coordination to babysitting to ESL tutoring. If you would like to keep up with our Afghan team, go to phumc.com/afghan.

Contact – Carol Isom, carolisom@gmail.com, or 501-664-3600

Clothes Closet – We take donations of all clothing types for children and adults including professional wear, gym wear, and more. Donations go to local organizations that work directly with people in need. You can go to phumc.com/clothes-closet to see our full list of partner organizations. You can bring donations to the Donation Station outside of Entrance 7 or the Welcome Desk inside Entrance 1. Tax receipts are available at the Welcome Desk.

Contact – Cecile Kimmer, cecile.kimmer@yahoo.com, or 501-664-3600

Central Arkansas Diaper Bank – Outreach that assists families in need by providing free diapers. Go to phumc.com/diaperbank for more information!

Contact – phumcdiaperbank@gmail.com or 501-664-3600. 

Project Transformation transforms communities by engaging children, college-age young adults, and churches in purposeful relationships. Our church sends tutors to help elementary students in Pine Bluff to read once a week during the Summer.

Contact – Rev. Ellen Rowland, erowland@phumc.com, or 501-664-3600

Prison Ministry

Arkansas Dept. of Community Correction Ministry to incarcerated men with donations, including books, socks, and Christmas gifts.

Contact – Dr. Jeff Hampton, jhampton@phumc.com or 501-664-3600.

Wakefield Elementary

Wakefield Elementary School There are several ways to support PHUMC’s partner school

• Book Drives – Help collect books for students to have as requested.
• Back to School Supplies— Raise money to provide school supplies, backpacks, and uniforms for nearly 400 children. Help order, unload, and sort supplies. Contact—Nancy Delacerda, ndelacerda@comcast.net or 501-664-3600.
• Tutoring Much needed tutors assist students with reading and homework. Contact—Judy Goss, judyanngoss@sbcglobal.net.
• Food Pantry— More than 99% of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunches; hunger is a real problem. Help bag food and/or deliver to the school. Contact—Jamie Goss Dempsey, jamiegossdempsey@gmail.com
• Christmas — Sponsor one of over 200 children for Christmas. Contact— Nancy Delacerda, ndelacerda@comcast.net

Disaster Relief 

Arkansas United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) – The Arkansas Conference Disaster Coordinators train Early Response Teams in times of need in areas flooded, hit by storms and other disasters. They also equip teams of volunteers from churches work together on storm clean-up, home repairs, etc. for those in need.

Contact – Sheri Matthews, Conference Coordinator, disaster@arumc.org.

International Partners

Salud y Paz (Guatemala Medical Mission Trips). Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists travel to the highlands of Southwest Guatemala providing medical care  and support to native Mayan people who have limited access to health care. You can learn more at phumc.com/guatemala.

Contact – Denise Johnson, (501) 912-9236 or pgirlsmom@sbcglobal.net; or Emily Erkel, emily.erkel@yahoo.com

Youth Mission Opportunities

Ozark Mission Project — Ozark Mission Project actively teaches youth how to get involved in their own communities and give back to others by providing them with firsthand experience at camp. Join teams of other youth from around the state helping neighbors in the community. Contact — Ellen Rowland, 501-664-3600

Miracle League — Two Saturdays each year (April/October), phyouth goes to Miracle League Field to support and be a buddy to young people with special needs playing baseball.  Spend the day getting to know these kids and filling them with encouragement — Ellen Rowland, 501-664-3600

Community Partners

Methodist Family Health is a complete continuum of care for Arkansas children who are abandoned, abused, neglected and struggling with psychiatric, behavioral, emotional and spiritual issues. Learn more: methodistfamily.org

Habitat for Humanity transforms lives and our city by building and repairing homes in partnership with families in need, and uniting all Central Arkansans around the cause of affordable housing. Learn more – habitatcentralar.org.

Little Rock Compassion Center is an inner-city mission focused on a ministry of hope to those experiencing homelessness, hunger, and those who are displaced and under-resourced in the Little Rock area. Learn more – habitatcentralar.org.

St. Francis House provides a means of addressing the diverse, critical needs of the underserved, which are not adequately addressed by others in the community. Learn more – stfrancishouselr.org.

Dorcas House provides a place of refuge for the abused, recovery for the addicted, and rescue for the hopeless through the transforming love of Jesus Christ. Learn more – urmissionlr.org/dorcas-house/.

Jericho Way is the only day resource center in Central Arkansas. Every weekday in Little Rock, an average of 150 homeless men and women visit Jericho Way to receive services that help them overcome the immediate crisis of homelessness. Learn more – depaulusa.org/programs/little-rock.

2025 Monthly Collections

We collect special items for our missions and ministry partners each month. During these months you can bring items to the Welcome Desk.

• January – Bags of Dry Beans (PHUMC Food Pantry)
• February – Feminine hygiene products
• March – New children’s book (Project Transformation)
• April – Monetary donations (Good Samaritan Fund)
• May – New/Gently used children and adult shoes up to size 7 (Guatemalan Medical Mission)
• June – Monetary donations (Summer Camp costs for Afghan family’s children)
• July – Clothes, all types & sizes (PHUMC Clothes Closet)
• August – Monetary donations (Wakefield Elementary back to school supplies)
• September – Diapers (Central Arkansas Diaper Bank)
• October – New socks (Socktoberfest)
• November – Soap (Kairos Prison Ministry)
• December – Sponsor a child for Wakefield Christmas