June 7 Collecting Kits for Conference at Two Locations
This year for Annual Conference, Cleaning kits (a.k.a., flood buckets, UMCOR Cleaning Kit – Global Ministries), Hygiene kits (UMCOR Hygiene Kit – Global Ministries) and Feminine hygiene kits (UMCOR Menstrual Hygiene Kit – Global Ministries) will be collected and stored until pickup for delivery to Mission Central in Mechanicsburg, PA. We will have two locations in the district for kit collection only on Saturday, June 7:
10:00am-2:00pm at Culpeper UMC, 1233 Oaklawn Drive, Culpeper – in the upper parking lot at the Pavilion
9:00am-12:00noon at Lakeside UMC, 2333 Hilliard Road, Richmond
How Should Local Churches and Individuals Cover the UMCOR Shipping Cost? (Please note that no money will be collected on June 7 and no kits should be brought to Annual Conference.)
1) Calculate Shipping Cost:
Hygiene Kits and Feminine Hygiene Kits are $2.00 x Number of Kits Assembled = Total Amount in Shipping
Cleaning Kits are $3.00 x Number of Kits Assembled = Total Amount in Shipping
NOTE: If doing a mixture of kinds of kits, one payment is needed for the total of kits assembled.
2) Payment options:
Pay online using this link and include “Kits for Conference” in the text box.
Pay via Check. Make checks payable to VAUMC with “Kits for Conference” in the memo line. Mail to: VA Annual Conference of the UMC Attn: Treasurer’s Office 10330 Staples Mill Road Suite 100 Glen Allen, VA 23060 (Please note this is a new address.)
How can churches help?
1) Put kits together with your youth group, UWF/UMM, Sunday school or other small group.
2) Offer a blessing over the completed kits and the people who will receive them.
3) If your church needs to rent a vehicle to help transport kits from your church to a collection site (see above), please email Jo Ann at joannbatteiger@vaumc.org.
4) Celebrate what you’ve done! Take pictures, post on social media and share in the excitement of serving together.
5) If you are not able to make a kit, but would like to give financially to support this effort, you can give online or through a check and designate “Kits for Conference” in the donation or memo line.
Disaster Relief
On January 7, strong Santa Ana winds in Los Angeles caused wildfires to spread rapidly in multiple communities. Thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed, as well as multiple local United Methodist Churches. Preliminary assessments of the damage is underway. UMCOR has awarded two solidarity grants to the California-Pacific Annual Conference to undergird their immediate relief efforts. This includes evacuee support like food and essential supplies as well as support for volunteer efforts and other relief activities.
Join us in this response.
Ways to help: resources for churches and conferences
Donate to support this disaster response effort. Give now >
Download and share a bulletin insert. View insert >
Read and download a litany for worship written by the Cal-Pac Annual Conference. Read litany >
Recovery from Hurricanes Helene continues. Churches who want to help can:
Give financially. $3 per bucket pays for sponges and shipping of flood buckets. $75 pays for the cost of a flood bucket. General donations are also welcomed. To pay online, you may use this link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/NoVaUMC2/FloodBucketSupport.
Checks payable to “VAUMC” with “Helene” in the memo may be mailed to: Treasurer, VAUMC, 10330 Staples Mill Road, Suite 100, Glen Allen, VA 23060.
