TWUMC Faith Builders
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. Matthew 7:25
Faith Builders started as a vision for one member of The Woodlands United Methodist Church. It was a vision God placed on his heart.
Now it is a fledgling ministry led by TWUMC to build appropriate housing for members of our community and congregation who live in less than desirable homes. It is a ministry that brings together individual volunteers, organizations, businesses and government agencies to use their skills, contacts, and finances in an effort of faith.
The first project tackled by Faith Builders is "Eleanor's House." It has the ambitious goal of building a new house for Eleanor to replace her current mobile home that is beyond reasonable repair and doesn't meet the needs of her very special family.
TWUMC Faith Builders is also partnering on Eleanor's House with Montgomery County Community Development, a HUD sponsored program using Community Development Block Grant funding to help the low income families of Montgomery County with their housi
Eleanor's House
Willie Shaver met Eleanor as a volunteer for the Special Blessings Ministry. Eleanor is a member of our congregation. She is a widow who is sole provider and caregiver for her two teenage grandchildren who's mother, Eleanor's daughter, died. Eleanor's grandchildren are very special to her, but they also have very special needs. The oldest boy is autistic. His sister is low functioning with multiple disabilities and is confined to a wheelchair.
Willie and other members of our congregation began to pray for Eleanor's needs. That's when God placed the vision of Faith Builders on their hearts - they felt called to pool the resources of our church and community to stop repairing Eleanor's old mobile home and build this family a brand new house designed for their special needs. The call spread to the members of the men's Quest ministry and then to a small group of volunteers who began what is today TWUMC Faith Builders, a mission with a short term goal to build "Eleanor's House," and a longer term mission that awaits God's further call.
Today TWUMC Faith Builders has the commitment of dozens of local businesses and contractors and over a hundred individuals who are already well on their way to building Eleanor's House. Plans have been drawn, permits have been filed, and pre-construction clean-up and preparation has already started. The foundation should be poured by mid August.
Want to volunteer with the TWUMC Faith Builders?
Just send us an e-mail at faithbuilders
twumc.org.
Construction Has Started!
Ground has been broken and is being prepared for the foundation by The GulfCoast Trades Center in conjunction with Montgomery County Community Development.
View Our Progress
TWUMC Faith Builders now has a series of photo albums published to see visible evidence of our progress on Eleanor's House.
Click Here to view all photo albums
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