SERVE
In the Community
Local Missions in Chesterfield and RVA
We are Roof-Diggers. We make the love of Jesus accessible to all.
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Get involved.
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WOODLAKE UMC COLLECTIONS
Help provide for the needs of those struggling to make ends meet.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Donate food, coats, eyeglasses, shopping bags.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
RICHMOND FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS
Provide food for the hungry in RVA through the non-profit "Richmond Friends of the Homeless."
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Prepare, deliver and/or serve meals at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Food Line. Donate bag lunch items, help pack and deliver Sunday Sandwiches.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
CCHASM THANKSGIVING BAGS
Feed less fortunate families at Thanksgiving through
Chesterfield/Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Donate Thanksgiving meal, coordinate collection and delivery of donations, and help deliver.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
WOODLAKE FOOD PANTRY
Make available food for families who turn to our church in times of need.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Donate canned and dry food, feminine supplies and baby food.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
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BACKPACK MINISTRY
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Provide an elementary-aged child on free/reduced lunch with enough food for the weekend.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Providing a weekly food packet for a child and/or help deliver all food packets to A.M. Davis Elementary.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
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FLOOD
BUCKETS
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Provide relief to those impacted by the forces of a hurricane.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Fill a bucket with cleaning supplies, coordinate bucket collection and delivery, help deliver.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
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WOODLAKE
GOD'S GARDEN
Grow organic vegetables on our campus for the Belmont UMC Food Pantry.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Plant, weed, water, mulch and harvest vegetables.
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Contact Mary Kathryn van Eerden,
Garden volunteer
BELMONT UMC
FOOD
PANTRY
Help 350 per week get the food they need for their household.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Pick up donations from local food stores, help families shop, set up and break down the food line weekly.
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Contact Susan Custer,
Chair of Missions Team
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HYGIENE
KITS
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Ensure availability of basic hygiene items to those in the US impacted by natural disaster.
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OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
Donate hygiene items, coordinate collection and deliver of items, and help deliver items in early summer.
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Contact Tracy Garner,
Associate Director of Congregational Care
