Abe Brown Ministries
To compassionately demonstrate the Love of Jesus Christ by helping offenders, ex-offenders, and their families to achieve productive and fulfilling lives. Many opportunities to serve through the five outreach programs. Click here to visit the Abe Brown Ministry website. Van Dyke Liaison, Dea Wilkins at
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Amazing Love Ministries
Feeding the homeless in Tampa every Monday night. Serve with the team from various churches to be the hands and feet of Jesus to over 200 homeless. Meet in the parking lot of Cornerstone Family Ministries Wolff Center. Van Dyke is responsible for the food every 2nd Monday. Click here to visit the Amazing Love Ministries website. Van Dyke Liaison, Frieda Moseley at
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A Woman's PlaceReaching out to women, babies, teens, and families facing an unplanned pregnancy. Providing education and support on abstinence and power parenting. Serve opportunities include: providing crisis and long term mentoring, promoting awareness, and assisting with annual fund-raising events. Click here to visit A Woman's Place's website. Van Dyke Liaison, Michelle Starr at
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Canines for Christ
Canines for Christ was founded by Larry and Susan Randolph. The Holy Spirit ignited a passion in their hearts to share the love and hope of Jesus with the sick and terminally ill. Through God’s creations of man’s best friend, the sick and lonely find a reason to smile as God works through His furry friends. Join the team and visit local hospitals and assisted living centers. Click here to visit Canines for Christ's website. Van Dyke Liaison, Larry Randolph at
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Cornerstone Family Ministries
This is a non-profit, faith based ecumenical organization committed to making lasting, positive changes in the local communities by improving the social, physical, spiritual, and economic aspects of family life. There are vast serve opportunities within this organization. From helping out at the children's facility to promoting and participating in their annual fundraising event. The Rosa Valdez Early Intervention Center reaches out to the impoverished children and families of Ybor City. Click here to visit the Cornerstone Family Ministries website. Van Dyke Liaison, Lezlie Gold at
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Disaster Response/CERF
This is a team of individuals from local churches who have been led by the Holy Spirit to serve in times of disasters. We partner with the Methodist Conference to send teams to disaster sites offering humanitarian efforts ranging from removing debris from hurricanes to rebuilding homes after floods. We serve under the direction of FEMA and County authorities. Training is required and offered through the conference in order to serve in disaster areas. To get involved, watch for announcements in the church bulletin and check the serve opportunities website when you hear of a natural disaster to learn specific information about any upcoming trips.. Click here to view the list of serve opportunities.
Habitat for Humanity
Reaches out to low income families and provides an interactive program for home ownership. Opportunities to serve consist of helping with actual construction, working in the surplus store and office, and participating in recycling projects (extracting material from homes to be demolished). Click here to visit Habitat for Humanity's website. Van Dyke Liaison, Roxane Jordan at
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Hillsborough House of Hope
This is a Christian residential program that serves women coming from the Hillsborough County jail system, who have already demonstrated a desire to lead productive lives. Working through volunteers and partnering agencies, they offer women leaving the prison system a bus pass, a Bible, and a personal plan including agencies and additional resources to assist them in making a successful re-entry into society. Click here to visit Hillsborough House of Hope's website.
Hope Children’s Home
They have rescued nearly 5,000 children between the ages of 2 to 18. Most of these children have been discarded, abused, unwanted or orphaned. The purpose of the home is to provide a safe, nurturing, and loving environment. A Christian School is also part of the service offered. The home and school is located on 45 acres only 7 miles from Van Dyke and has many opportunities to serve, including helping campus teachers to helping maintain the grounds and buildings. Click here to visit Hope Children's Home's website.
Juveniles for Jesus Ministry (JFJ)
Ministers to incarcerated children. There are 4 facilities within 25 miles of Van Dyke that house over 400 children ages 8 to 16 who are serving at least a 2 year sentence. In many cases, the children themselves are victims of abuse and abandonment. JFJ brings hope to these children by offering weekly Bible Studies, warm meals, Christmas dinner, and simply the love and compassion from an adult who has been led by the Holy Spirit to serve. Click here to visit the Juveniles for Jesus Ministry website.
Judeo Christian Clinic
Provides free quality, timely, and compassionate health care to thousands in the Tampa area who have no health insurance or funds to pay a private doctor. They are always in need of medical professionals to donate their services. Van Dyke congregants can serve by working in their office on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Click here to visit Judeo Christian Clinic's website. Van Dyke Liaison, Cynthia Olstrom at
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Meals on Wheels
Helping homebound individuals and seniors remain independent and healthy with dignity. Delivering meals, helping in the kitchen or coordinating special events are all ways to be involved. Click here to visit the Meals on Wheels website.
Metropolitan Ministries
Providing answers for poor and homeless families faithfully. This ministry offers year round opportunities to serve from serving meals, providing adult life skill classes, serve in the Thrift Store, offer administration support, and ministry awareness. They accept donations of food, clothing, baby formula, toys, and furniture/household items. Click here to visit the Metropolitan Ministries website.
Military Ministry
To provide and serve the spiritual support needs of troops, commanders, chaplains and families. Through various outreach programs the life sustaining truth and healing power of faith through Jesus Christ is shared.
For more information visit www.military ministry.org.
New Frontiers Health Force
This is a ministry devoted to offering primary health care locally and internationally. The local outreach teams serve communities in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. The international teams have traveled to Nigeria, Kenya, and many more countries taking disaster relief, medical care, hygiene supplies, and hope to thousands of hurting people. Click here to visit the New Frontiers Health Force website. Van Dyke Liaison, Judy Shahbazian at
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Prison Ministry
P.R.O.P. (Pre-Release Orientation Program) is a program designed to help offenders re-integrate into society. Facilitators needed for this 16 to 40 hour seminar currently offered at Sumter Correctional Facility and through Abe Brown Ministires. Transformation begins when positive life skills are taught including how to seek employment, handle anger, manage money, etc.
Kairos Prison Ministry is a program geared to help existing Christian inmates become stronger in their faith and become a stronger witness within the prison community. Inmates of all religious backgrounds are welcome. This event is offered twice a year and lasts four days.
Contact the leader liaison Ted Kori at
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Pyramid, Inc.
Serving the Tampa Bay community of adults with disabilities. This day care facility offers a nurturing environment filled with various therapies for specific disabilites. In additon to smiles, hope and encourgement their staff offers music, art and dance. Volunteers are needed in many areas to assist staff with daily functions and speical events. Visit their web at www.pyramidinc.org/tampa.
Racetrack Migrant Ministry
This ministry caters to the migrant community that works behind the scenes at Tampa Bay Downs. Many are seasonal workers who leave their families behind to earn a living. Join the service to share the love of Jesus with those who are separated from their family. Click here to visit Racetrack Migrant Ministry's website. Van Dyke Liaison, Dr. Bill Owens
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Suncoast Kids Place (SKP)A community service of Van Dyke Church offering families, especially children and teenagers, resources to cope with the incredibly difficult process of grief. SKP assists families in healing through peer groups, discussions, education, and play. Click here to visit Suncoast Kids Place's website. Van Dyke Liaison, contact Cheryl Jackson at
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Tampa Bay Harvest
This is a non-profit organization which is primarily a transportation network. They recruit and organize volunteers to link suppliers who have leftover food to nearby agencies which can best utilize the donation. Over 300 donors, such as schools, restaurants, and grocery stores, give thousands of pounds of food to area locations. Click here to visit Tampa Bay Harvest's website.
Van Dyke QuiltersThey meet the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursday of the month to create crib quilts for newborn babies in intensive care. This group of loving hands sews 30 quilts a month. They are prayed over and then delivered to St. Joseph's Children's Hospital. This friendly group is always in need of helping hands along with quilt fabric donations.
FLORIDA OUTREACH
Florida United Methodist Children's Home
The Home is located in
Enterprise,
Florida (near
Orlando). The Children's Home reaches kids in the state of
Florida who have experienced abuse, abandonment or family breakdown due to divorce, drug abuse, illness or death of a parent. The ages of the children accepted into residential care are from 5-18 years of age.
Opportunities to serve include: placing envelopes in the pews on Thursdays before each 5th Sunday at Van Dyke. At the home, you can help in the following areas: coordinate special events, greet/host guests during visitor weekends, decorate grounds at Christmas, drive tram, assist in commissary or help maintain the rose garden. Click here to visit the Florida United Methodist Children's Home's website.
AMERICA OUTREACH
Habitat for Humanity
A national organization, Habitat reaches out to low income families and provides an interactive program for home ownership. Opportunities to serve consist of helping with actual construction, working in the surplus store and office, and participating in recycling projects (extracting material from homes to be demolished). The Habitat for Humanity main website lists even more unique programs and volunteer opportunities. Click here to visit Habitat for Humanity's website.
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