Berwyn UMC is a Covenant Church with Bread of the World. Churches across the country have strengthened their hunger ministry by becoming covenant churches. These churches make a commitment to integrate hunger concerns into the life of their congregations. Bread for the World provides opportunities to learn more about hunger, to pray for hungry people, and to take action to end hunger through advocacy. As the children come forward to hear the Children’s Message during the 10:30 a.m. worship service, they gather pennies from congregants in the pews and place the coins in the Penny Jar on the altar steps. Part of the Penny Jar collection will help support Tamara Phiri, a young girl in Africa, through Children International. She is six and lives with her parents. Our support will enable her to go to school which her parents can not afford, and provide her with health care. The balance of the collections will go to Cookson Hills Mission to provide support for their Christmas Shop which allows persons to buy new gifts at a price they can afford. In the past, donations have also gone to The Methodist Church's Hope for the Children Fund which aided children in Africa and the United States, The Chester County Bridge of Hope (a woman and child shelter in West Chester and Lancaster County), and other projects which have an emphasis on children.

Berwyn UMC continues to support the work of the Methodist Mission at Cookson Hills, located in the poorest county of Oklahoma. We collect Campbell soup labels for the mission in an envelope posted on the Missions Bulletin board.