Community Outreach
Leo UMC is engaged in many ongoing community outreach programs. We encourage our members and friends to be in ministry to the church, the community, and to each other. For this reason, we try to be a community church; a church that provides opportunities for the community at-large to step inside our open doors.

Harvest Market Place	Rummage Sale	Adult Basketball
Vacation Bible School	Junior High Dance	Church League Volleyball
Community Easter Egg Hunt	Scouting Programs	Community Food Bank
Walk Thru Bethlehem	Wednesday Night Dinners	Ladies' Day Out
Senior Adult Luncheons	After School Drop-ins	Preschool

We open our doors to other ministries and events within our community like: Youth for Christ meetings; 4-H Club meetings; community youth athletic registrations, just to name a few.

Missions Outreach Ministries
It is our desire to bring people to Christ through the example and teachings of Christ Jesus. How better to do that than through service to others.

In addition to supporting many local ministries with our time and financial resources, Leo UMC also provides these ongoing Missions Outreach ministries:

          Prayer Shawl Ministry
          This is a gathering of ladies from the congregation and community who 
          knit or crochet Prayer Shawls for those in need of a tangible reminder
          that they are being prayed for. Shawls console those who are grieving,
          comfort those who are ill, bring hope to those who are in despair. This  
          ministry meets every third Tuesday at noon September - May.       

          Community Food Bank
          In conjunction with the Asociated Churches, the Food Bank at Leo UMC
          is available to assist anyone in Cedar Creek Township in need of food. 
          The food bank is operated by loving volunteers and serves by   
          appointment. To request assistance, please call the church office at
          (260) 627-2161, extension 371.

          Revolution of Hope
          This is a group that tries its best to "further the kingdom of God by 
          spreading the love that comes through being God's hands and feet."  
          They try to do whatever they can whenever they can to provide hope to 
          the world around them by helping those who could use a hand, feeding  
          the hungry, and spreading the radical love of Jesus. Please join us if
          your relationship with Jesus has given you a huge heart for people!

           Revive
           Revive is a mission trip organized by the Fort Wayne District of the
           United Methodist Church for Jr. and Sr. High Students that takes place
           for 3 days and 2  nights right here in Fort Wayne! Revive participants 
           will partake in a variety of service projects in our own community,
           including such things as running a vacation bible school at an inner city
           church, organizing food for food banks, and painting homes for the 
           elderly or disabled.

           Missionary Covenant
           Rev. James (Jim) Doepken is assigned to the Alaska United Methodist 
           Conference where he serves as pastor of Girdwood Chapel UMC in 
           Girdwood, Alaska. Living and working in Alaska has its unique 
           challenges. The Alaska UM Conference covers an area twice the size
           of Texas and has 27 churches and 4,000 members. Some of the  
           mission stations can only be reached by boat, plane, or dog sled. 
           Temperatures can vary as much as 160 degrees in some areas. The
           extremes of daylight and darkness (depending upon the time of year)
           add to the sense of stress and isolation. For additional information,
           please visit Jim's website.

           Youth Mission Trip
           This summer our senior high and college students will minister in
           Nashville, TN. To learn more about this exciting opportunity to be 
           God's hands and feet, visit our student ministries website.