We are a missional church! We spend countless hours serving others using our time, talents, and abilities to help and support other members of the community and beyond, demonstrating love and compassion through actions like volunteering, providing care to those in need, and assisting with church programs. We strive to follow the example of Jesus who came ‘not to be served but to serve.’

Below are some of the ways we serve others. We hope you will consider signing up to volunteer your time and talents! Please send an email by clicking here.

The Haiti Initiative

Since its inception in 2013, a board oversees funds that have been used to house, feed, empower, employ and educate the Haitian community in Haiti and South Florida. We have built and continue to support a school in Donne, Haiti that serves over 100 children. Besides learning in the classroom, the students receive meals and nursing care. Click here to learn more!

Compassionate Care Program

Each Saturday from 9:00am-11:00am, a local organization called Changing Lives, supports the homeless population by providing showers, clothing/shoes, haircuts, medical care, and lunch in our Gathering Place. Click here to learn more!

Boca Helping Hands

First Boca supports Boca Helping Hands, a local organization, that provides food, job training, access to healthcare and financial assistance to help individuals and families improve their quality of life and build financial stability. First Boca does two food drives a year to help stock their pantry. Our volunteers also meet at Boca Helping Hands every Thursday to pack food boxes for students to take home over the weekend. Click to learn more!

CROS Ministries

First Boca partners with CROS Ministries. Since 1978, CROS Ministries has been “standing in the gap” for our hungry neighbors in Palm Beach and Martin Counties through community collaborations. First Boca does two food drives a year to help stock their food pantries. Click to learn more!

Our Outreach Ministries Committee

The Outreach Committee coordinates the funds to be given to charities throughout the United States and the World. The congregation has the opportunity to donate funds through the giving envelopes that are available at all the Sunday services. Click here to see all the organizations that we support financially throughout the year.

Residing Hope, formally the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home

Residing Hope is a diverse ministry that includes therapeutic residential care, foster care, independent living assistance, Montessori education for the community, and counseling services in multiple counties. Every 5th Sunday, we have a special offering for Residing Hope. Click here to learn more!

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.