Virginia Conference Advance Specials

1.  Mattaponi Healing Eagle Clinic: This clinic located in the Community Center at the Mattaponi Reservation, offers health services twice a month to people of the seven Native American tribes in Virginia. (#921) Primary e-mai:l margiesargent@earthlink.net Secondary e-mail: rappdistrict@vaumc.org
2. Park View Community Mission: This ministry of hospitality includes food, clothing, food and emergency assistance, spiritual counsel, Bible study, worship and Christian Compassion to the homeless and working poor.+ (#904)  E-mail: phil12_13@yahoo.com
3. Rising Hope UM Mission Church: This community of faith ministers in the name of Christ to the spiritual and practical needs of the most at-risk people on the Route 1 Corridor, south of Alexandria.*+ (#803001) Web address: www.risinghopeumc.org
4. Project Transformation: A partnership between the Wesley Foundation of the University of Virginia and local churches, this ministry provides summer-camp enrichment programs to at-risk first- through fifth-grade children. (#935)
5. United Methodist Urban Ministries of Richmond (UMUMR): This umbrella ministry encourages effective and transformational urban ministry through partnerships among churches and between churches and community organizations in the Richmond region. + (#901) Web address: www.umumr.org E-mail: info@umumr.org
6. Just Neighbors Ministry: This ministry provides immigration legal services that are most needed, yet hardest for the low-income immigrant community to access, and which volunteers can help provide.*+ (#803002)  Web site: www.justneighbors.org
7. impactRichmond: This ministry provides youth with a weeklong mission and spiritual enrichment experience through home repair for elderly, low income and disabled persons in the Richmond area. + (#918)
8. Virginia Conference Disaster Response and Recovery: Support of this ministry helps to maintain the structure and resources needed for an immediate and effective response in case of disaster. (#933) E-mail: umdp@cox.net
9. Teens Opposing Poverty (TOP): This ministry provides opportunities for youth to be in direct ministry to poor and homeless persons in urban centers and offers a weeklong mission project for youth doing home repair in in the northern Shenandoah Valley. Please visit their Web site at http://www.teensopposingpoverty.org/ E-mail: Contact@teensopposingpoverty.org (#910)
10. Society of St. Andrew Potato Project: This ministry helps alleviate hunger by salvaging potatoes and other produce for distribution nationwide. * (#801600)
11. Henry Fork Service Center: This program provides a variety of ministries to children and youth in the Franklin County area. * (#803220)
12. Agape Christian Children’s Community Center: This ministry provides a loving, caring environment for at-risk children on the Eastern Shore. *+ (#803178) E-mail: esdsumc@verizon.net
13. Petersburg Urban Ministries: This ministry works for the improvement of the economic, health, and spiritual environment of the community. Web site: http://www.shalomnow.org/index.php Email: pum@shalomnow.org
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14. Hispanos Unido: Ministries are directed to the growing Hispanic community in Roanoke and the New River Valley providing worship services, Bible studies, Spanish classes, jail visitation, and home visit. E-mail: pastorsegovia@yahoo.com.mx (#902)
15. Wesley Community Service Center: A compassionate advocate agency for the poor and disadvantaged, offering programs and services to meeting individual, family and community needs in Portsmouth. The center offers activities and services including meals, food distribution, summer camps, income tax preparation and a "drop in" coffee house. E-mail: Wesley@exis.net (#919)  

*Indicates ministries that are National Advanced Specials +Indicates ministries that are receiving conference support from Healing the Hurts of Virginia mission project grants