Centreville UMC has covenant partnerships with missionaries and communities around the world. These partnerships are much more than simply a financial commitment. They are dynamic relationships where the church and missionary or community pray for one another and communicate regularly. You’re invited to join in the partnership with these missional partnerships.
Missionaries
Centreville UMC is in covenant partnerships with several missionaries both locally and around the world. Learn more about who they are, where they serve, and how you can support them.

Where: Ahuachapán, El Salvador Organization: UMC General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) Missionary Project: Leadership development coordinator of the Evangelical Methodist Church in El Salvador About the…
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Ellyn Dubberly
Where: Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Organization: UMC General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) Missionary
Project: Leadership development coordinator of the Evangelical Methodist Church in El Salvador
About the Ministry:
The Evangelical Methodist Church of El Salvador is a young community of slightly more than 1,000 members, of whom half are children. It also has many young adult participants. El Salvador has gone through a great deal of social upheaval in recent years, but its resourceful, resilient people are reconstructing a country committed to human rights, health, and economic prosperity. Through is programs and projects, the Methodist Church has become an expression of social conscience.
About Ellyn:
Ellyn is a native of North Carolina, where she is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Rocky Mount in the North Carolina Annual Conference. She received a Bachelor of Social Work from Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, and a master’s degree in Christian Education from Pfeiffer University, Charlotte, in 2011. She also holds a United Methodist certification in Chrisitan education and children’s ministry. Ellyn has worked as a pre-kindergarten teacher, and from 2005 to 2013 was director of children’s ministries at her church in Rocky Mount.
Her parents exposed Ellyn to mission at an early age and she came to understand, she says, that “God’s love is way bigger than his love for me and my loved ones; that it stretched across the world.” She says that God has given her a desire to share her gifts with others. “I am humbled to be a light of Christ wherever he plants me, and am strengthened by faithful trust in the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit.”
Her first mission trip was to Puerto Rico when she was in the fourth grade, the first of many such experiences. “The majority of our work was throughout Central America,” she recalls. “I remember struggling to understand why there were people with so little, when I saw so much materialism in my home country….Then I realized that while others might be poor in material things, I was poor in spiritual things. The people I met on those earliest trips were a witness to me of the joy that is present in a living, dedicated relationship with Jesus Christ.”
Ellyn’s interest in El Salvador began with her husband, Brian, who felt called to serve the young church there as a long-term volunteer. At first, he planned to spend three months in Central America and three at home, but came to realize more concentrated attention was needed there. The couple moved toward Ellyn becoming a missionary in the place where she had received such a warm welcome when visiting Brian.
In El Salvador, Ellyn was drawn in by the way in which the church includes children, youth, and women in worship. There are several women pastors. Young people are actively involved in worship leadership and evangelism. “My heart melted in Communion when all the children were served first, a beautiful reminder of Jesus welcoming children in his arms and blessing them,” she says.
Connect with Ellyn: edubberly@umcmission.org

Where: George Mason University, Fairfax VA Organization: Cru Project: Helping college students know Jesus, grow in their faith, and go to the world to tell others. About the…
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Grace Dennis
Where: George Mason University, Fairfax VA
Organization: Cru
Project: Helping college students know Jesus, grow in their faith, and go to the world to tell others.
About the Ministry:
Grace transferred to Mason her junior year seeking Christian community and found that in Cru. She felt called to campus ministry after being poured into by many people in the field throughout high school and college, and growing in her faith through her involvement with Cru. After graduating and marrying her husband, Ryan, Grace joined the Mason team. Some of her favorite things are Jesus, spending time with old and new friends, helping people grow in their faith, running, and popcorn. Ryan also volunteers with Mason Cru through discipleship and coaching the worship team.
Each week, an “Angel of the Week” is selected for special prayers. CUMC makes this child’s name and description available through the Facebook page and prayer list.
CUMC’s Haitian Angel team is raising funds to build and support a library at the new facility. Support our Singing Rooster Fair Trade coffee sales or look for an opportunity to give a donation and receive your very own “Angel”. You are always welcome to buy a children’s book in Creole, French or English and donate it to the library.
Contact: Jeanne Furcron
Email: jfurcron@gmail.com
Website: www.helpinghaitianangels.org