Outreach

Outreach is focused on reaching out into our community and world. We support numerous projects within Sun Prairie and the world. Below is a list of organizations that we support.



We would love to hear your ideas and your interests for our Outreach team. We invite you to become involved with us. To contact the outreach team please connect with our church office.

Loose Coin Offering

Loose Coins April-June 2025

Our second quarter Loose Coins will go to the Sun Prairie Area School District to offset the overdrawn student lunch accounts. With housing, food, and other costs rising, school lunch accounts may go into arrears.  Let's help feed the children. 

Sunshine Supper

Sunshine Supper is a FREE community meal offered to anyone on Monday evenings. Sun Prairie United Methodist Church provides a meal quarterly – once in January, April, July, and October. We ask for donations of certain foods, beverages, desserts along with people to help serve the meal. We also ask for monetary donations to purchase food to serve. Watch the website, social media and announcements during worship to donate food items or money to purchase food items or to sign up to help. Families can volunteer together – kids 11 - 16 can volunteer with an adult.

Ingathering Donations

The Wisconsin Annual Conference Ingathering will once again be collecting items for Midwest Mission. Midwest Distribution Center is one of eight cooperating depots in the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Supply Network and distributes supplies in response to disasters. They distribute locally, nationally, and internationally and all supplies are given free of charge. This year the Annual Conference is again focusing on Personal Dignity Kts and Home Care Kits. All items in the kits should be NEW—and all kits should have only the items requested. You may donate a complete

kit, or any of the items listed. Monetary donations are also welcomed. All items need to be at the church no later than June 1. For a complete list of items needed, check out the Ingathering table, or go to midwestmission.org/kits.

Sun Prairie Food Pantry

Throughout the year, our church conducts regular food drives for both the Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry and the Northside Elementary School. Both groups provide needed food supplies for the Sun Prairie community, so children and families have adequate food for meals.

Stuff the Bus 

Stuff the Bus is a volunteer group that distributes backpacks filled with school supplies to kids in the Sun Prairie School District whose families request help. This year, we will be delivering 1500 backpacks to Sun Prairie youth and children. Sunshine Place can get the supplies at a reduced rate, so this year again, they are asking for donations to cover the costs of the supplies. It costs $25 for a backpack filled with the appropriate school supplies, but you can donate any amount you would like. Thank you for helping Sun Prairie kids in need!

Spirit of Giving 

Many people in the SP area struggle to make ends meet and purchase Christmas gifts for their children. Every year, SPUMC has a Spirit of Giving Tree with tags hanging on it to purchase a child a gift. Watch for more information in November.

Christmas Eve Outreach Bags

Every year on Christmas Eve we have bags of snacks and candy for anyone to pick up after worship and take to those who may be working on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day to let them know we’re thinking of them. After Christmas Eve worship, you may pick up a bag, or 2 or 3 and deliver yourself with a warm Christmas greeting!

Northside Elementary School Community Partner

Our church serves as a community partner with our neighboring school Northside Elementary. Throughout the year we partner through providing donations of items need or volunteering to help with school projects.

To learn more about Sun Prairie Community Schools click here: Community Schools