Local Ministries

 

If you would like to volunteer for an Outreach Ministry or have questions, please contact the church office at 703-793-0026.

 

Local Ministries are those Outreach Programs that support the local community.

 

All God's Children Camp:  This Outreach program offers support to an overnight camp for children whose mothers are incarcerated.  The camp is sponsored by the Virginia UMC Annual Conference.  Volunteers collect items such as sleeping bags, toiletries, and clothing.  Items are delivered in early July to St. Andrews UMC in Alexandria.  For more information visit http://www.vaumc.org/index.cfm/fa/content.view/menuID/1312.htm.

 

The Closet: The Closet accepts donated items and offers them for sale to area residents. Profits are used to directly benefit low-income families in the Herndon/Reston area through scholarships and grants.   Sixteen churches and one synagogue provide staffing at the site in downtown Herndon.    Volunteers work in the store pricing, sorting and selling goods on designated days throughout the year.  For more information read the attached brochure

http://www.unitedchristianparish.org/TheCloset.pdf or send an email to TheClosetInc@verizon.net.

 

Graduation Cakes:  Volunteers provide homemade cakes for female residents of the Fairfax Girl’s Probation Home upon their graduation from the program.

 

Hutchison Care Project:  Volunteers provide assistance to students and staff throughout the year through a partnership with Hutchison Elementary School. Volunteers work in the classroom as assistants or math mentors, help with Colonial Days, the book fair, assembling back-to-school packets, providing winter clothing, providing childcare during PTA meetings, and various other activities as needed.

 

Jobs Network:  Coming Soon

 

Prison Devotionals:  Volunteers provide gently used Christian books, "Upper Room", "Guideposts" and other devotional materials to Prison Fellowship.  Donations can be placed in the basket in the narthex.

 

R.I.S.E. (Reach Independence through Support and Education): Reston Interfaith addresses the most pressing social needs of Northern Virginia residents through various social programs, including the Embry Rucker Community Shelter.  Volunteers provide childcare at Lake Anne Elementary School for the children of the shelter residents while they are attending life skills training sessions.  Childcare is provided on the last Monday of each month.  For more information visit http://www.restoninterfaith.org.

 

Virginia Resource Mothers:  The MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group provides baby items to low-income teen moms through Virginia Resource Mothers.  For more information visit http://www.vahealth.org/resourcemothers.

 

25:36 Ministry (Prison Fellowship):  This ministry takes its name from the Gospel of Matthew 25:36:  “I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”  Volunteers provide ministry services to prison inmates (visitation, pen pals, music for special events, speakers) in conjunction with Prison Fellowship and its efforts to bring Jesus Christ to those who are incarcerated.  The Full Circle Worship Team serves as the nucleus for this ministry.