Opportunities to Serve

Outreach Purpose Area Volunteer Opportunities

Updated July 2011

  • ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) CLASSES

    • Mon and Wed evenings during the school year: registration, teaching, child care/mentoring, snacks.

     

  • FACETS  (Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transition Services)

    • Twice monthly Hot Meals preparation and delivery; other programs

     

  • FISH (For Immediate Sympathetic Help)

    • Being on call to field requests for assistance; holiday family sponsorship.

     
  • FOOD PANTRY AND OUR DAILY BREAD

    • Quarterly food bagging (Sat) and delivery (Sun).

     
  • HYPOTHERMIA SHELTER

    • Nightly shelter at FUMC for one week – recreation, fellowship, meals.

     
  • MITTEN TREE

    • Collection of new gloves, hats, scarves for men, women, and children during Advent.

     
  • OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

    • Collection of gift-filled shoeboxes in November for Christmas delivery around the world.

     
  • SCOUTING

    • FUMC hosts several scout troops

  • YOUTH MISSIONS

    • One-week service-oriented mission trips each summer for youth; Adult volunteers needed, too!

    • JEREMIAH PROJECT (ROMNEY, WV)  – Junior High
    • CENTER FOR STUDENT MISSIONS (BOSTON, MA) – Senior High
     
  • FISHER HOUSE

    • Twice a month trip to Fisher House to provide a “day out” for a recuperating wounded soldier and their family.

     

    Church Financial Support + liaison for volunteer opportunities:

  • LAMB CENTER – Day shelter for homeless in Fairfax City – welcomes volunteers!

  • RISING HOPE MINISTRY – Route One Corridor mission church that we support financially; continuous collection & monthly delivery of donated goods; occasional specific assistance

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    Church Financial and Other Support to:

  • Main Street Child Development Center (supplemental educational program for children)

  • Missionaries (covenant relationship; direct support)

    • Vicki Stephenson – Henderson Settlement – Red Bird Mission, Frakes, KY

    Jacques Umembudi Akasa – Wings of Caring Aviation Ministry, Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

  • UMCOR (United Methodist Commission on Relief) (disaster response)

  • United College Ministries (ecumenical services at GMU in absence of Wesley Foundation)

  • Volunteers in Mission Support (organizational support)

  • Short-Term Mission Projects (Financial aid for individuals going on organized mission trips)

  • International Missions  (scholarship/support for international VIM trips, i.e. Cuba, Bolivia, Guatemala, etc.)

  • Wesley Housing Development Corporation (subsidized housing and other services in Northern Virginia for low income residents, disabled, ill or elderly)

  • Nurturing Program – (Fairfax County program providing parenting classes for the family – meets once a week at FUMC during the school year. FUMC provides class graduation dinners.

  • Christ House – Mark DeWeese 202-328-1100 (providing comprehensive health care, counseling and transitional services to the homeless men and women of the District of Columbia.

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