Committing To The Call . . . Locally
It All Starts With Prayer
Look through these opportunities to serve in in Hampton Roads and ask God
where He wants you to be His witness. Need to see a map? Check out this interactive map of the places to serve locally: Serve HR.
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Food Pantry
Feeding The Hungry
The KPC Food Pantry is managed by a Deacon team and volunteers who shop, pick up, and stock the pantry with groceries and distribute them each Monday afternoon from 3:00 - 7:00 to people in our community requiring food assistance. In 2009 KPC served a total of 4,500 people providing food for 94,500 meals. For more information contact Donna Drapish.
Clothing Closet
Clothing The Needy
KPC's Clothing Closet illustrates the Love of Christ by providing donated clothes (and household items) to the needy of the local community. KPC's Clothing Closet illustrates the Love of Christ by providing donated clothes (and household items) to the needy of the local community. Though supervised and maintained by our deacons, volunteers are always needed. For more information contact John Correll.
Click here to watch the video celebrating this KPC ministry.
Life Ministries
Protecting The Unborn
Life Ministries' mission is to inform, train, and mobilize people to respond to the injustice of abortion. Important aspects of their service to the community include daily outreach at local abortion clinics, monthly prayer, and follow-up relationships with women who have chosen life for their unborn children. Life Ministries encourages protecting the unborn through supporting legislation that promotes the sanctity of all human life.
Learn more about this vital ministry at lifemin.net or email Cheri at Life Ministries.
Bethany Christian Services of Hampton Roads
Providing Adoption And Family Services
Part of the largest adoption and family services agency in the US, Bethany offers compassionate care including: Pregnancy Assistance, Domestic Adoption, International Adoption, Older/Special Needs Adoption, Interim Foster Care, and Informational Meetings. Find out more at bethany.org/virginiabeach.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers of Tidewater
Offering Help, Hope, And Healing
Offering real help for the present, hope for the future, and healing for the past, CPC’s mission is to reach out to those women and families involved in crisis-related pregnancies. Both medical services and non-medical resources are provided. For locations and more, visit cpcfriends.org. They have a wide range of volunteers needed from office and administrative to counseling and client support. For more information about volunteering please contact Nigel Anderson - call 410-9703.
Trailer City
Living And Loving Like Jesus
What’s Trailer City? It’s a low-income community of people in need right here in Virginia Beach. We want to help them experience God’s love and provision. So, we use words and actions to communicate the Good News! Here's some details about this ministry . For more info contact Suzanne Cushman.
Elderly Outreach
Bringing The Church To The Homebound
KPC honors our seniors by focusing on meeting their practical, spiritual, and emotional needs. Our Elderly Outreach focuses on providing practical and spiritual care for those who are homebound. Once a month, small teams visit our seniors to talk and pray. If needed, they assist with tasks such as moving heavy objects, yard work, painting, etc.
Good News Jail Ministry
Setting The Captives Free
Good News Jail Ministry ministers to the spiritual needs of inmates and staff of the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. Women or men who are interested in serving on a weekly or bi-weekly basis in the following areas: worship services, bible studies, on-on-one inmate ministry, etc. For more information contact Steve Christenson or Tom Cooney.
Joy Ministries
Helping The Poor And Fatherless
Joy Ministries is an evangelistic outreach that ministers salvation and restoration to those in need. They believe that investing in the lives of the poor and the fatherless, through education and character development, will help them break free of the cycle of poverty. For more info contact Rebekkah Martin or visit joyministriesonline.org
Judeo Christian Outreach
Empowering The Homeless
JCOC focuses on empowering homeless families and individuals to recover from crisis situations and return to self-supporting, productive, and independent members of our community. To get involved contact Henry Justis or visit www.jcoc.org
COMPASS
Communities Promoting A Safer Society
Compass is a small, faith-based charity that ministers in the area of sexual abuse and prevention of domestic and dating violence. They are in need of volunteers with computer and internet skills, and in the area of fundraising. For more information contact Joe Paluszak, call 430-8686, or visit asafersociety.org
Pastors in Residence
Caring For Ministers In Crisis
Pastors-in-Residence is a church-centered program of care and restoration for Christian ministers in crisis. For more info contact Calvin Frett.
Good News Club
Fairfield Elementary School Bible Club
Sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with elementary school students. To volunteer or for more info contact Stephen Mannix.
Project Light
Fighting Illiteracy In The Community
Project Light is a non-profit evangelistic organization dedicated to fighting illiteracy. They employ a unique combination of Bible-based training, curriculum, and multi-media computers and software for community-based learning centers teaching ESL (English as a Second Language), reading, and GED programs. They are looking for tutors of adults, teens, or children to serve at one of their many local Learning Centers. For more information contact Sheri Crawford or visit projectlight.org
Sought Out
Redeeming Broken Relationships
Sought Out provides information, support, and prayer to individuals, families, and churches who desire freedom from sexual and relational brokenness through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. For more info contact Bob Price or visit soughtout.org
Urban Discovery Ministries
Reaching Youth Through Sports
Inner city evangelism and church planting through youth sports ministries and church consultations. If you are interested in coaching basketball, contact Mike Fariss at 287-7144. If you are interested in tutoring adults or children, contact Kerry-Ann Sylvester at 737-6605. For general information contact Michael Fariss.
Union Mission
Helping the Homeless
The Union Mission helps shelter and minister to homeless families and individuals in crisis. To get involved, contact Henry Justis.
TMCJ (The Man Called Jesus)
Sharing The Gospel Worldwide Through The Arts
TMCJ International Productions is a non-profit ministry dedicated to awakening, training, discipling, mobilizing, and uniting the Christian community worldwide to minister the truth of the Gospel and impact all people’s worldview through drama, worship, music and the arts. They also help meet the humanitarian needs in the communities they serve. For more information contact Kelly Batton or visit tmcj.org
International Student Christian Fellowship (ODU)
Training Student Leaders To Impact Their World
A non-profit, non-denominational ministry formed to partner with international and local churches, organizations, and individuals to reach and train effective leaders who will impact their world for Jesus Christ. For more information contact Gopal and Daisy Kunji-Kanan or visit leadersimpact.org