Who We Are

​The Vine Ministries was started in 2014 to try to reach out the young adults in the Hmong UMC and not only keep them as part of the HMong UMC but also guide them to be future leaders of the church as well. 

Over the years many churches have experienced a significant drop in young adults (people from the ages of 18-35) participating in church. After high school many young adults go to college or begin their own lives and never return to the church. Other return but there is usually a big gap where the young adult was away from the church. Often times going back to church after such a long time can be difficult as well as strange. To change this Vine sees itself as the gap between a member's young single adult life and life committed to the church as an adult. 

While HUMY is the source of Christian foundation and groups like Hmong UMC women's and men's groups are fine for many years there was a need for a group to fill in the gap between and this is why Vine was created to do. 

Vine believes that young adults have already built a Christian foundation as members of HUMY but need to develop their leadership skills in and outside the church. This also means positive and uplifting understanding of their roles in church as well as God's role in their lives and the lives of the world around them.