CUMC supports these International Missions: 

Operations Classroom & Doctor. 
Special outreach of the Indiana United Methodist Conference which provides quality education, health care, mental health care, and refugee support for war-torn families in Sierra Leone and Liberia. In July and August, we collect the following items for Operation Classroom. A collection box has been set up on the Donation Center. Contact Rick Chandler at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Download this list here.

Helping in Sierra Leone, Africa

To the caring people of Carmel UMC and the late Dr. Sherry Hamilton: the students of Brown School, the orphanage of Abu and Emmanuel, and the Kissy Hospital in Sierra Leone all will be the recipients of 13 cartons of reading books, school material, and medical supplies from your devoted giving. Gifts for learning and health significantly improve the lives of those who cannot obtain these items on their own. Those of us who have traveled there witness children using pencils and paper we have sent. It is heartwarming to watch children read library books provided by caring CUMC people. Watching nurses and medical people utilize medical supplies we have sent improving patient care is inspiring.

Abu and his brother Emmanuel live in Sierra Leone and know they and their families were blessed to survive the civil war that ended in 2002. Abu and Emmanuel saw the many orphaned children in need of a home and began an orphanage with just what they had available. This year they celebrate that they have clean water. Carmel UMC provided funds for a well in the village where the orphanage is located. Thank you for your gifts that do improve the lives of those far less fortunate in Sierra Leone, Africa. Rick Chandler.

CUMC International Missions Teams.
Purchases materials and supplies for work teams of CUMC that embark on international mission trips. 

Tom Heaton – Missionary to Guatemala. 
New United Methodist missionary project that will provide pastor training, health clinics and pre-school education to rural Mayan populations in Guatemala that live in extreme poverty.