Burke United Methodist Church has a strong history of outreach and witness into the community with both local and worldwide involvement. We’ve highlighted some of our activities and programs here. For a complete list of our programs and information on how to participate, please browse the opportunities to serve page, or contact the church for more details.

Local Missions:

• ECHO: an ecumenical area support ministry serving immediate needs not covered by social services in the Burke/Springfield area. ECHO provides food, clothing, household goods, and job counseling. Burke UMC supports ECHO financially and through donations of clothing and household items. We assist at Thanksgiving and Christmas with food baskets and gifts.
• Interfaith Housing: provides goods, finances, and services to those needing housing assistance or who are currently homeless. We assist at Thanksgiving and Christmas with food baskets and gifts.
• Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church: A mission church on the Route 1 Corridor. We provide financial support, clothes, food, Christmas and thanksgiving baskets, and host a youth-led “Camp Rising Hope” for children at risk each summer.
• Care packages and cards to deployed service members
• Collections of gloves, mittens, socks, and scarves for Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church, Henderson Settlement, and in emergency situations
• Bethany House of Northern Virginia: a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse. Bethany House receives financial support from the sale of White House Christmas Ornaments as well as yearly collections of  toiletries, paper products, school supplies/backpacks for students, gift baskets for new clients
• Rebuilding Together: an annual one-day home repair blitz that takes place in April
• Mission Possible for rising 6th and 7th graders: a week long mission camp assisting at Rising Hope UM Mission Church, Food for Others, the Hermitage Retirement Center, and homeless shelters.
• Wesley Housing: provides housing for low-income persons or those facing extraordinary medical bills.

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Nationwide and Worldwide Missions:

• UMCOR: world-wide disaster assistance
• United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM)
  From 1997-2004, annual mission team completed construction on a church sponsored school in Cambita, Dominican Republic. We send UMVIM teams to the DR annually.
  

• Annual craft sale to support Highland Support Project ministry in Guatemala
• Carolina Cross Connection (high school youth)
• Jeremiah Project (junior high youth)
• Gleaning for the World: teddy bear collection in September for children in need. We glean usable, castoff items to send to developing countries, and we also provide financial support.
• Children’s Scholarship Fund in Cambita: provide tuition for pre-school children to attend the school built by our volunteers.
• Emergency Kits: kits assembled and delivered to Virginia Annual UMC conference, and as needed, to help fulfill needs for flood buckets, school supplies, health and personal hygiene, and birthing
• Support of Special Sunday Offerings of the United Methodist Church: Human Relations, United Methodist Student Day, One Great Hour of Sharing, Peace with Justice Sunday, Native American Ministries Sunday, World Communion Sunday.

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