Volunteering is a key component to any organization. We have many volunteer opportunities within the church. We hope that you will choose to volunteer at something that makes you really happy. Please call the church office at 561-395-1244 or send an email for more information.

The HAITI INITIATIVE was created in 2013 with a donation from the William and Vivian Joel endowment fund left to the First United Methodist Church to be used in support of the Haitian people.

Since its inception, a board oversees funds that have been used to house, feed, empower, employ and educate the Haitian community in Haiti and South Florida.

Initially, the board worked with members of the local community in the Pignon area of Haiti to support schools with teacher training, help repair orphanages, pour concrete floors and build new homes.

In recent years, our efforts in Haiti have focused on a rural area called Donne, where we have built a new school that serves over 100 students. We support the administration of the school, pay the salaries of the faculty and staff and feed the students a daily meal. We have also financed the installation of a well for clean water at the school and started a garden initiative for the students and the community. Our goal is to make the Haitian people in the area more self-sufficient.

Check out this new informative video about our school in Donne, Haiti! Thank you to all who gave donations which go directly to the support of the school.

In South Florida, we have developed relationships with Haitian schools and churches in our community. Through food, clothing, toys and furniture drives, we have supported local Haitians in our area.

Our mission has been sustained by church members’ sponsorships, cash donations and partnerships.  Through local food drives, mission trips, contacts in the Pignon region and the Internet we will continue to support the Haitian Community in Haiti and South Florida. For more details and pictures, please CLICK HERE. For more information, please contact Dan Bertotti.

If you would like to help support our needy Haiti friends, click here to make a monetary donation. Thank you for your dedication and God Bless You!

Every week homeless men and women are welcomed into our Gathering Place to take a hot shower through the Changing Lives program. Each Saturday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am towels, shampoo, soap and snacks are distributed. If you’d like to volunteer, please send an email to: info@changinglives.me.

Certification Training

Please click the arrow to the right of the image below in order to advance through the training slides. (If you need to move backwards, click the arrow to the left of the slides.)

After you complete the training, please take the multiple-choice test below the image and click the “submit” button to send in the test. You must have a score of 80% or better in order to be certified for the year.

(The background check has to be done every 3 years. Please click here to download the Background Check Forms.)

To complete the following test, please fill out the required information starting with your name. After you finish making your selection for the last question (number 10), please click on the “Submit” button.