RIVER ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH They will know we are ...
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RIVER ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
2019: A YEAR IN MISSIONSThey will know we are Christians by our love.
Peter Scholtes, from John 13:35
FEBRUARYFeb 16-22 New! CARITAS at CARITAS’ new permanent location, 700 Dinwiddie Ave; we will serve Sat night dinner and deliver 64 lunches
March 6 Lent starts! Learn more about RRUMC’s missions programs, highlighted each Sunday in Lent.
April 6 Easter! Our Easter o�ering boosts the Missions budgetApril 27 Rebuilding Together (Satur-day)April 28 Rise Against Hunger; our congregation packages 25,000 meals; lunch follows
UMCOR Kits for Conference assembly
TBA Shalom Farms Volunteer workday
TBA Alternatives (HSP) at RRUMC
TBA Alternatives (HSP) at RRUMC
UMCOR Kits collected for Annual Conference will be delivered by Pastor Darcey
TBA MISSION TRIP!!
Micah Initiative school supply collection and time to consider if God is calling you to volunteer at our school, Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary
Micah Initiative school supply collec-tion continues
Micah Initiative volunteer sign-up
TBA Kairos, prison ministry at Deep Meadows
Kairos cookie collectionTBA Run2Rebuild race/walk at RRUMC
Micah Initiative mentoring begins at Oak Grove Bellemeade Elementary
TBA Appalachia Service Project; home repair mission trip
HEARTH of Henrico Thanksgiving dinner box collection starts
Nov 20 HEARTH of Henrico Thanksgiv-ing dinner boxes dueAngel Tree (Prison Fellowship) starts
Dec 1 Advent startsDec 1-31 Gifts for the MangerAngel Tree (Prison Fellowship) gifts due for delivery
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JOIN IN! The Missions Committee hopes and prays you �nd mission work you love to express your love to God and one another.
Start the good habit of bringing a food item every Sunday for Ginter Park UMC’s Food Pantry And Clothes Closet. Donate gallon ziplock bags, clothes, grocery bags with handles too. Volunteer Weds. 9-12.
Angel Tree – we help provide Christmas gifts for children on behalf of their incarcer-ated parent, Nov-Dec; Contact is Jane Bren
Appalachia Service Project – long weekend mission trip to repair low-income homes in VA or WV; Contact is Je� Williams
CARITAS - many programs to address homelessness and addiction in Richmond; we host one week in our church or at CARITAS; Contact is Doug Jolley
Ginter Park UMC Food Pantry - we collect food and clothes and volunteer Wednes-days 8:30-12; Contacts are AC and Judie Little
HEARTH of Henrico Thanksgiving Boxes – we �ll boxes with holiday food for strug-gling families that are identi�ed by Henrico Co Dept of Social Services; Contacts are Amy King, John McLarin and Jane Boaz
Kairos - sharing the love and forgiveness of Jesus to transform those in prison with prayer, presence and cookies at Deep Meadows Correctional Facility; Contact is Laurel Marks
Micah Initiative - faith based partnership with Richmond Public Schools; our school is Oak Grove-Bellemeade ES, volunteer with a child or a classroom, collect much needed school items; Contact is Mary York
Open Table - connects individuals or families experiencing economic/relational poverty with a faith-based community to transform lives; weekly “table” for one year; Contact is Angie Williams
OUR MISSION ACTIVITIES
Rebuilding Together - repairs homes for low income, elderly, or disabled in Richmond on the last Saturday in April; Contact is Randy Reaves
Rise Against Hunger - international hunger relief; we raise money for 25,000 nutritious meals and hold the event to package them; Contact is John McLarin
Run2Rebuild Richmond – citywide race at RRUMC to raise money and aware-ness for Rebuilding Together; Contact is Tom York
Shalom Farms – 12-acre RVA District UMC farm in Midlothian, to ensure access to healthy food and support of healthy lives; Contact is Ellen Reaves
United Methodist Committee on Relief – disaster relief at home and around the world, we assemble hygiene, health and school kits; Contact is Karen Carter
All God’s Children Camp - camp for children of incarcerated parents, at Westview on the James, volunteer opportunities available
Crossover Ministries - Thank you church family for your o�erings that allow us to add CM in 2019! High quality healthcare for people in need in the name of Jesus Christ; one clinic is on Quioccasin Rd; Contact is Karen Carter
Heart Havens - group homes in VA for adults with developmental disabilities to ensure a full life, founded by UMC
Highland Support Project - long term transformational development in response to devastating political violence in Guatemala; contact is Ben and Lupe Blevins
Helping Children Worldwide/Sierra Leone - Child Rescue Center �nds family for children in extreme poverty; Mercy Hospital provides health care; Contact is Rob Neighbors and Sue McGlamery
Housing Families First – housing stability for families experiencing homelessness
UMFS – empowers high-risk children, their families and communities through-out Virginia; Contact is Charlotte Allred
Missionaries - Jacques Umembudi Akasa in the Congo, Clara Biswas in Cambodia our own Alicia Talley in East Asia
MISSION WE
FINANCIALLY SUPPORT
MISSION COMMITTEEChrisann AlexanderMark AllredCharlotte AllredJim BantaJean BarnetteTony BarnetteJane BoazJane BrenGail CampbellKaren CarterGloria DeWittStuart DeWittAnn HodgesPastor DarceyDoug Jolley
Vicki KeithAmy KingJudie LittleLaurel MarksAngela MesserSue McGlameryJohn McLarinRob NeighborsStephanie O’NeillJoan PetersonEllen Reaves (Chair)Randy ReavesMac StuckeyMary York
Contact : Ellen Reaves (chair)[email protected] or 804.229.4277
OUR MISSION ACTIVITIES