Current Ministries

Outdoor Little Free Pantry - Open 24/7

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat..." Matthew 25:35

Are you experiencing food insecurity?  Visit our Outdoor Little Free Pantry in front of the church. Take what you need to feed yourself and your family!  West Ridge UMC is proud to partner with Momma Chef's Soup Kitchen to provide non-perishable food to our neighbors.

For more information, read this article from The Deerfield Patch:

Deerfield Chef, Mom Serves Up Solutions To Food Insecurity Need

To contact us:

West Ridge Community United Methodist Church

2301 W. Lunt Ave.

Chicago, IL 60645

Telephone:  (773) 465-3113

E-mail: westridgeumc@sbcglobal.net

Ministry Center for Immigrants & Refugees

West Ridge Community UMC is proud to sponsor The Ministry Center for Immigrants & Refugees. We seek to welcome immigrants and refugees to our neighborhood, city, and nation.  We wish to honor the struggles of immigrants and refugees and offer assistance through acts of service as they work hard to build new lives.  Jesus said, "love thy neighbor as thyself," and to this high calling we seek to dedicate ourselves.  Please contact the church office for more information.

Social Principles:

As United Methodists we have firmly declared through our Social Principles that we are called to actively welcome the migrant, immigrant, and refugee among us. 

• Affirming the dignity, worth and rights of migrants, immigrants and refugees.

• Recognizing that displaced people are particularly vulnerable as their in-between status often provides them with few protections and benefits, leaving them open to exploitation, violence and abuse. 

• Urging one another to welcome migrants, refugees, and immigrants into our congregations, providing concrete support, to them including help with navigating restrictive and often lengthy immigration policies, and assistance with securing food, housing, education, employment and other kinds of support.

• Opposing all laws and policies that attempt to criminalize, dehumanize or punish displaced individuals and families based on their status as migrants, immigrants or refugees.

• Decrying attempts to detain displaced people and hold them in inhumane and unsanitary conditions.

• Challenging policies that call for the separation of families, especially parents and minor children.

• Opposing the existence of for-profit detention centers that are used for the purpose of detaining migrants, immigrants, and refugees including minor children. 

 
(Social Principles of The United Methodist Church, The Political Community Basic Rights and Freedoms, Section G. Migrants, Immigrants and Refugees)