Each month, Woodridge UMC's Outreach Committee designates an organization, ministry, or mission (or two) to be the recipient of our monthly Outreach Offering. 

December 2025 

Grace Childrens Hospital

Since 1967, Grace Children’s Hospital has been a beacon of hope in Haiti, dedicated to transforming lives and uplifting communities through our hospital and program work. Their mission is to shatter the barriers of poverty that hinder health and well-being, building a brighter, healthier future for all.  Their programs focus on three goals – preventing illness among children and their families through immunization, oral rehydration, vitamin A distribution, prenatal care, clean water projects, training of Traditional Birth Attendants and village health promoters, promoting health through health education, pre- and postnatal care, reproductive health services, and growth monitoring and restoring health for children and adults who have fallen ill through TB and HIV treatment. 

For more information, please visit Grace Children's Hospital’s website.

January 2026 

Family Crisis Fund

The Family Crisis Fund is used by our pastor to assist church members and community members who come to us needing help with food, utilities, prescription medicines, gas, emergency rental payments, and similar.

Your monetary donations to the Family Crisis Fund via the January Outreach are a tremendous help. You can also donate gift cards. Gift cards from grocery stores and gas stations are the most requested and thus the most helpful. Your generosity is greatly appreciated as, together, we are the hands, feet, and voice of Christ each day.

Ways to donate to the December/January Outreach Offering:

—Check or cash in an Outreach Offering envelope placed in the offering plate in the
—Narthex (the room outside the sanctuary) or in the gold-plated mail slot at the church’s east door.
—Online via our website. Select “Current Month Outreach” in the drop down menu.
—Text the amount you want to give to 630-449-7121 and select “Current Month Outreach” in the drop down menu.