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Find Your Place to ServeExplore Missions

People, Purpose, Possibilities

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Through our local and global mission partners, Destin Methodist Church serves people in our community and around the world by meeting practical needs, building relationships, sharing the love of Christ, and helping communities flourish.

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Find Your Place.

Living on mission doesn't always mean traveling around the world.

It can mean packing food for a hungry child. Helping a senior with a household project. Encouraging a teacher. Serving children in Memphis. Praying for a pastor in the Congo. Or getting on a plane to serve alongside our partners in Tanzania.

Across the street or around the world, there is a place for you to be part of what God is doing.

Ready to Get Involved?

Serve: Give your time.

Go: Join a mission team.

Give: Help meet a need.

Pray: For our partners and communities.

Around the World: Global Missions

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Tanzania

Serving the Maasai People

We partner with Pastor Kelly Zaramula and a local church in Tanzania to serve the Maasai people and strengthen their community. Our partnership has helped provide a preschool and a clean-water well, and we continue to support the preschool and explore additional opportunities for ministry.

In September 2026, DMC sent its first mission team to Tanzania to serve alongside our partners and identify ways we can deepen our long-term partnership.

Ways to help: Pray, Go

Get Involved: Pray for our partners or express interest in a future mission team.

Express Interest, email Pastor Allen Newton

Contact: Pastor Allen Newton

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Boys play soccer on a dirt street between concrete walls.

Dominican Republic

Partnering with Global Effect

We partner with Global Effect to bring sustainable, Christ-centered transformation to communities experiencing poverty in the Dominican Republic. In Juan Bosch, one of the country's most economically challenged communities, Global Effect's work includes clean water, counseling, education, food assistance, and community outreach.

DMC is currently developing a mission team to serve in the Dominican Republic in February or March 2027.

Ways to help: Pray, Go

Get Involved: Join the 2027 mission team or pray for the community and our partners.

Ask About the 2027 Team, email Billy Martin

Contact: Billy Martin

Learn More: GlobalEffect.org (external site, opens in a new tab)

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Haiti

Partnering with Hope United

Hope United shares the love of Christ by partnering with Haitian ministries to build sustainable, Christ-centered communities. In La Mer Frappée, the ministry has helped establish a school, church, medical clinic, and water well to address both spiritual and physical needs.

DMC helps support the community's feeding program, providing resources to help ensure children receive needed nutrition.

Ways to help: Pray

Get Involved: Pray for the people and ministry partners in Haiti.

Contact Billy Martin, by email

Contact: Billy Martin

Learn More: HopeUnitedHaiti.org (external site, opens in a new tab)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Equipping Pastors to Reach Remote Communities

Through the Alabama-Emerald Coast Conference of the Global Methodist Church, we help provide bicycles and motorbikes for pastors serving communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Reliable transportation enables pastors to travel significant distances to reach isolated congregations, share the gospel, provide pastoral care, and deliver humanitarian assistance.

Ways to help: Pray

Get Involved: Pray for clergy and congregations throughout the region.

Contact Pastor Allen, by email

Contact: Pastor Allen Newton

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Matthew 28:19-20

Across the Street: Local Missions

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Christmas Toy Shop

Helping Local Families Celebrate Christmas

The Christmas Toy Shop serves families in the Destin community by giving parents the opportunity to select Christmas gifts for their children at no cost.

Ways to help: Serve, Give

Get Involved: Donate toys, help prepare the Toy Shop, or volunteer during the event.

Volunteer or Donate, email Katie Davies

Contact: Katie Davies

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Senior Care

Practical Help for Local Seniors

Senior Care connects volunteers with seniors who need assistance with everyday household tasks, errands, and other practical needs. Volunteers serve in teams of two, providing both a helping hand and a caring presence.

Ways to help: Serve

Get Involved: Join the volunteer team and respond to needs as they arise.

Join the Volunteer Team, email Debbie Christensen

Contact: Debbie Christensen

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Food For Thought

Fighting Childhood Food Insecurity

Food For Thought helps address childhood food insecurity by providing food for students who may not have reliable access to meals outside of school. Volunteer teams pack backpacks with food that are distributed through schools to help children have something to eat over the weekend.

Ways to help: Serve

Get Involved: Join a volunteer packing team.

Join a Packing Team, email Katie Davies

Contact: Katie Davies

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Harvest House Food Pantry

Helping Meet Food and Basic Needs

Harvest House serves individuals and families experiencing financial hardship in our community. Volunteers help stock the food pantry, fulfill requests for assistance, and provide needed non-perishable food items.

Ways to help: Serve, Give

Get Involved: Volunteer at the pantry or donate non-perishable food.

Volunteer or Donate, email Lori Joyner

Contact: Lori Joyner

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Benevolence

Helping Neighbors in Times of Crisis

DMC's Benevolence Ministry provides assistance to members of our congregation and residents of the City of Destin who are experiencing significant financial or practical needs.

Ways to help: Give

Get Involved: Give to support benevolence assistance.

Ask How to Give, email Kim Cannon

Contact: Kim Cannon

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Back to School Teacher Meals

Encouraging Local Educators

Each August, we support teachers and staff at Destin-area schools by providing meals during pre-planning week. It's a simple way to encourage the people who invest in our community's children throughout the school year.

Ways to help: Serve

Get Involved: Help deliver meals for local educators.

Help Deliver Meals, email Katie Davies

Contact: Katie Davies

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Student Lunch Debt

Helping Local Students and Families

Throughout the school year, students in our area can accumulate unpaid school meal balances that create an additional burden for their families. We collect funds in August each year to help eliminate outstanding lunch debt at Destin-area schools.

Ways to help: Give

Get Involved: Give toward eliminating student lunch debt in our local schools.

Ask How to Give, email Katie Davies

Contact: Katie Davies

Street Reach

Student Mission Trip

DMC High School Ministry partners with Street Reach Ministries for a week-long mission experience in inner-city Memphis. Students serve children and families by helping lead neighborhood Bible Clubs while learning what it means to live on mission.

Ways to help: Serve, Go, Give, Pray

Get Involved: Students can participate in the mission trip, and adults can support the team through prayer and financial assistance and by participating as chaperones.

Ask About Street Reach, email Logan Broderson

Contact: Logan Broderson

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