About
Advance Specials
The Advance is an accountable, designated giving arm of The United Methodist Church that ensures 100% of each gift is used for its intended mission or ministry. Our work fulfills both physical and spiritual needs through various partnerships in the Commonwealth to reach mutual goals that make a life-changing and long-lasting impact. The Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church continues our effort to support our Advance Special Partners through prayer, financial support, and engagement.
Children Outreach
Henry Fork Service Center (#5008)
Henry Fork Service Center seeks to make God’s love visible by being a positive Christian presence in the neighborhood south of Rocky Mount, Va. Age appropriate activities for children ages 2-14 include Christian education, academic enrichment, nutrition, recreation and opportunities for the arts.
District
Address
71 Sandridge Rd., Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Tel.
(540) 483-2819
Website
Kids Soar (#5004)
A direct-service provider for children and youths of poverty in inner-city Roanoke. It addresses basic needs of poverty such as food and clothing, and provides a safe environment for children and youths in dealing with issues of violence, racism, drug and alcohol abuse.
District
Address
3591 Windsor Rd, Roanoke, VA 24018
Tel.
(540) 342-3103
Website
Agape Christian Children’s Community Center (#5020)
An outreach ministry to children at high risk for abuse, neglect and school dropout on the Eastern Shore. Sharing Christ through programs like preschool, Vacation Bible School and computer training.
District
Address
4605 Fleming Rd. Horntown, VA
Tel.
(757) 336-6436
Website
Immigration & Creation Outreach
English as Second Language and Immigrant Ministries (#5036)
A network of churches offering English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to northern Virginia immigrant communities. Provides volunteer recruitment, student recruitment and administrative support for its partner ESL programs.
District
Address
10901 Cobble Run, Spotsylvania, VA 22551
Tel.
(703) 841-0292
Website
Just Neighbors Ministry Inc (#803002)
Offering immigration legal services to low-income immigrant communities. Also, involved in bringing immigrant and non-immigrant communities together through community clinics.
District
Address
7630 Little River Turnpike, Suite 900, Annandale, VA 22003
Tel.
(703) 979-1240
Website
Caretakers of God’s Creation: (#5016)
Virginia Conference Bd. Of Church and Society project that develops and promotes resources for churches to become “Green Churches” in their efforts to become environmentally sustainable.
District
Tel.
(703) 231-5956
Website
Community Outreach
Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church (#5043)
This ministry meets the needs of the poor through programs such as food, clothing, emergency assistance, after school care and others. The programs are run by volunteers.
District
Address
8220 Russell Road Alexandria, VA 22309
Tel.
(703) 360-1976
Website
Wesley Community Service Center (#5025)
A national mission institution related to the United Women in Faith, Inc., offering programs and services in the tradition of the historic settlement house movement in America, aimed at empowering the poor and marginalized while conveying a message of human dignity and worth for all persons.
District
Address
1701 Elm Avenue Portsmouth, VA 23704
Tel.
(757) 399-0541
Belmont Community Resource Service (#5039)
Is a non-profit ministry of Belmont UMC addressing community development needs and activities in a neighborhood in transition
District
Address
3510 Broad Rock Blvd. Richmond, VA 23234
Tel.
(804) 275-6336
Website
Pathways (#5045)
Advancing community restoration, spiritual and physical health, and economic growth in Petersburg through partnerships. Programs include youth and workforce development, affordable green housing production, civic engagement, and free specialty health services.
District
Address
1200 West Washington, St. Petersburg, VA 23803
Tel.
(804) 862-1104
Website
Journey Community Center (#5009)
A multi-program mission of Journey Church to at risk children and adults in rural western Amelia County.
District
Address
19210 Patrick Henry Hwy, Suite C, Amelia Court House, VA 23002
Tel.
(804) 307-0369
Website
Embrace Community Center (#5034)
Center for Community
Embrace is a gathering of people of peace and compassion who feel led to radically love their neighbors, build transformative relationships, and pour our shared resources into creating a stronger community.
District
Address
932 Fir St. Waynesboro, VA 22980
Tel.
(540) 649-7149
Website
Sherbourne UMC Food Pantry Ministry (#5011)
Description coming soon.
District
Address
2619 Sherbourne Rd North Chesterfield, VA 23237
Tel.
(804) 275-6321
Central Virginia Mission Hub (#5047)
Central Virginia Mission HUB (CVM HUB) is located in Culpeper, VA, and is one of 35 hubs in the Northeast United States; and the first in Virginia.
District
Address
205 Lesco Blvd. Culpeper, VA 22701
Tel.
(540) 229-6693
Equipment for Caring (#5012)
Equipment for Caring Medical Closet opened in 2015 as a way to serve the local community. Research led us to believe we have both a need and a readily available supply of used durable medical equipment. The gently used pieces are collected from businesses and individuals in the community. We continue to seek volunteers for manning the medical closet and for some pick-up and deliveries.
District
Address
8335 North Valley Pike, Rockingham, VA
Tel.
(540) 404-1159
Website
Disability Outreach
Open Table (#5042)
Open Table has been developing models and processes that train diverse people from many community sectors how to organize and invest their relational and social capital in people with complex needs. Open Table training helps move communities from scarcity-based approaches that limit impact to an abundance-based approach that creates access to unlimited relational and social capital.
District
Address
7000 W Franklin St Richmond, Virginia 23226
Tel.
(804) 370-7365
Website
Heart Havens (#6442)
Heart Havens, also a Relationship Partner to the Virginia Conference, provides residential support for adults with intellectual disabilities through a network of 12 homes across Virginia. Heart Havens’ homes offer a Christian, faith-based home environment, empowering individuals to be independent, contributing citizens in their community
District
Address
7501 Boulders View Dr, Suite 205, Richmond, VA 23225
Tel.
(804) 237-6097
Website
Camp Rainbow Connection (#6443)
Camp Rainbow Connection is a week-long respite camp held twice in the summer for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Camp Rainbow is a vital ministry of the Connectional Ministries, Virginia Conference.
Address
11551 Lucks Lane, Midlothian, VA 23114
Tel.
(804) 229-3067
Website
Prison Outreach
All God’s Children Camp (#5301)
All God’s Children Camp is a week-long overnight camp for children ages 7 to 12, with an incarcerated parent. All God’s Children Camp is a vital ministry of the Connectional Ministries, Virginia Conference.
Address
10330 Staples Mill Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23060
Tel.
(804) 521-1138
Website
Outreach Ministries
Retired Clergy Housing Corporation (#5030)
Retired Clergy Housing Corporation (RCHC) provides and maintains housing for retired clergy and their family of the Virginia Annual Conference who qualifies
Address
5101 Cox Rd. #225, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Tel.
(804) 474 -8700
Highland Support Project (#5007)
HSP networks Indigenous communities of the Americas with financial, technical, and political support to enlarge people’s freedom and opportunities and improve their well-being.
District
Address
PO BOX 7185, RICHMOND, VA 23221
Tel.
(804) 363-6789
Disaster Outreach
Virginia Conference Disaster Response (#5037)
Disaster Response and Recovery Coordinates preparation, response, and recovery in the conference during times of disaster. This addresses the personnel needed, equipment required and Christian witness that is desired in such situations.
Address
10330 Staples Mill Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23060
Tel.
(757) 408-6653
Virginia Conference UMVIM (#5038)
Virginia Conference UMVIM Grant is a fund to support local churches in sending UMVIM International & Local teams. Support this grant so we can encourage sending more teams to be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world!
Address
10330 Staples Mill Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23060
Tel.
(804) 521-1138
Website
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission – SouthEastern Jurisdiction (#901875)
Coordinating and preparing volunteers for short-term serviceDisaster Response, United States (#901670)
Supporting UMCOR’s response to disasters
UMCOR Sager Brown (#901515)
Providing opportunities for both short- and long-term volunteers to engage in hands-on missions.
Tennessee: Jubilee Project, Inc. Sneedville (#781350)
Addressing the needs of the whole person through direct services and empowerment programs
Nationwide
National Advance Specials
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission – SouthEastern Jurisdiction (#901875)
Coordinating and preparing volunteers for short-term serviceDisaster Response, United States (#901670)
Supporting UMCOR’s response to disasters
UMCOR Sager Brown (#901515)
Providing opportunities for both short- and long-term volunteers to engage in hands-on missions.
Tennessee: Jubilee Project, Inc. Sneedville (#781350)
Addressing the needs of the whole person through direct services and empowerment programs
South Dakota: Tree of Life Ministry (#123615)
Serving the American Indian community
Mississippi United Methodist Choctaw Mission (#761544)
Progressing toward health and wholeness and developing Choctaw leadership
Hinton Rural Life Center (#731372)
Providing home repair to address substandard housing issues that are linked to poor health
Appalachia Service Project, Inc. (#982050)
Inspiring hope and service through volunteer home repair in Central Appalachia
District of Columbia: Christ House Medical Service (#381215)
Providing comprehensive health care and supportive services for sick, homeless men and women
Kentucky: Red Bird Mission, Inc., Beverly (#773726)
Empowering and advocating justice through spiritual, educational, health, and outreach ministries
Virginia: Society of St. Andrew (#801600)
Salvaging fresh produce to reduce hunger and improve the health of people in greatest need across the U.S.
Kentucky: Henderson Settlement, Frakes (#773365)
Creating opportunities for better lives through Christ-centered service
Worldwide
International Advance Specials
The Bishop John K. Yambasu Agriculture Initiative (#982188)
Improving farm practices and nutrition of small-scale farmers in rural communities in AfricaMozambique: Chicuque Rural Hospital (#09734A)
Providing health care for 500,000 people in the province of Inhambane.Mozambique: Bungane Secondary School and Women’s Training Center (#3021656)
Salvaging fresh produce to reduce hunger and improve the health of people in greatest need across the U.S.
Sierra Leone Integrated Community Programs for Maternal and Child Health, UMC Kissy General Hospital (#14536A)
Providing comprehensive health careSierra Leone: Child Rescue Center (#14377A)
Providing a holistic, faith-based program for vulnerable children
Brazil: Shade and Freshwater (#11580A)
Helping at-risk children and teens develop character through a national after-school networkBrazil: John Wesley Medical Boat (#14753A)
Providing medical and dental assistance for villages in the Amazon
Mexico: Give Ye Them to Eat (#07629A)
Training villagers to become self-sustaining through agriculture, health and appropriate technology.Guatemala: Mission Guatemala (#3019214)
Implementing health, education and nutrition programs in the Lake Atitlan region
Haiti: Christian Education and Evangelism in Haiti (#3021648)
Educating children of Haiti through Methodist schools
Cambodia: Street Children Ministry (#14921A)
Creating educational opportunities for street children to improve their quality of life
Cambodia Mission Initiative (#00230A)
Supporting new churches, pastors’ salaries, leadership development, and outreach ministries
Vietnam Mission Initiative (#14932A)
Supporting congregational development, pastors’ salaries, economic development and building projects
Laos: Seed Project (#3020462)
Offering loans to women to start small businesses
Eurasia In Mission Together – Ukraine and Moldova (#14053A)
Funding pastors’ salaries and church ministries and establishing new churches
Hope Beyond Bars (#5040)
Hope Beyond the Bars is a prison art ministry designed to introduce inmates in the Virginia Department of Corrections to the glory of God through the gifts of their own artistic talents.
District
Address
PO Box 280 | Scottsville, VA 24590
Tel.
(434) 286-4632