Charitable Organizations
University Park United Methodist Church is proud to support the following charitable organizations through supply drives, special offerings and other efforts.
Agape Not Home Alone Program
The Agape Memorial Methodist Church in east Dallas provides a Christian-based after-school program for children ages 5-9 whose parents are working during after-school hours. Through the program, approximately 30 children are picked up at school, supervised, fed and tutored until their parents pick them up. Our church supports this program and is dedicated to ensuring its viability through contributions of time, materials, food and dollars. Our members currently provide snacks for the children at least once a week and host holiday parties for them.
Bethlehem Center
The Dallas Bethlehem Center is dedicated to providing the children of South Dallas with a positive environment for growth, regardless of their economic status or family situation.
The Family Place
The mission of The Family Place is to eliminate family violence through intervention and proactive prevention, extensive community education, advocacy and assistance for victims and their families.
Methodism's Breadbasket
Serving southeast Dallas, Methodism’s Breadbasket provides emergency food, prescription drugs and utility and rent assistance to needy families.
North Dallas Shared Ministries
North Dallas Shared Ministries provides appropriate, effective, emergency assistance to low-income clients and patients and helps them to access health and community programs.
The Wesley-Rankin Center
The Wesley-Rankin Center offers a wide variety of programs to support children, youth, adults, and families in impoverished West Dallas neighborhoods.
The Wilkinson Center
The Wilkinson Center serves the needs of the poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhoods of East and Southeast Dallas, striving to show God’s love by offering hope and a hand-up to people living in poverty. The Center serves between 15,000 and 20,000 people each year, half of which are children.
