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Social Action & Outreach:
Dumbarton Responds to Christ's Call

     The congregation offers time and financial support to a variety of services with which members are active -- the citywide organizing, a neighborhood-based health facility, a mission in Zaire, an anti-gun violence organization, and others.

    Many of our projects center around our support for people in Central America, (Dumbarton UMC participates in the Sanctuary Movement.) and building an inclusive community with regards to sexual orientationand gender identity.

    Following is a list of organizations we support along with their codes for the Combined federal Campaign:

(Volunteer! indicates that there are opportunities for you to give your time help make our home better for all people. Contact the church office at (202) 333-7212 or dumbartonpastor@yahoo.com for details.)

1. Companion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDA)supports community-based economic and social development in Central America and public awareness in the United States of the need for more just relations with Latin America.  Address: 609 E. 29th Street Indianapolis, IN 46205-4160, Telephone: 317-920-8643.
2. CentroNia Educational organization providing affordable, high quality education, professional develpoment, and family support services in a bilingual and multi-cultural environment to children, youth, and families in the greater Washington DC metropolitan area. Address: 1420 Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC 20009, Telephone: (202)332-4200. CFC code 38660.
3. Organization for Youth Empowerment (OYE) supports and empowers at-risk youth in Honduras by promoting their self-sufficiency through education, health, and art programs. OYE brings international volunteers to work with Honduran youth.  Address: 3351 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20010, Telephone: (202) 667-1499.
4. Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.   Address: 50 F Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: 202-639-9400. CFC code 11341
5. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is a membership organization that advocates for a ban on the sale and possession of handguns and assault weapons.  Address: 1000 16th Street NW, Suite 603, Washington, DC 20036,  Telephone: 202-530-0340.
6. Rural Coalition supports food and agriculture policy proposals that assure full participation of people of color producers, farm workers and rural and urban communities in the food system. Address: 1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 628-7160.
7. Outasight Foundation provides resources for achievement for the visually challenged. Address: 565 South River Road Font Royal VA 22630 Telephone: 800-499-OUTA (6882).
8. (Volunteer!) Georgetown Ministry Center provides housing, social service referrals and personal support to homeless men and women in Georgetown.  Two weeks a year Dumbarton members provide dinner and overnight volunteers to the Congregational Based Shelter.  Address: 1041 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington DC   20007, Telephone: 202-338-8301. CFC code 31661
9. Baltimore Washington Conference Hope Fund supports the conference's partnership with Zimbabwe, assists the Global AIDS Fund and helps to rebuild churches that were destroyed in Mississippi by Hurricane Katrina. Address: 7178 Columbia Gateway Dr., Suite D | Columbia, MD 21046, Telephone: 410-309-3400
10. Jeff & Ellen Hoover, missionaries we support,  have been involved with the Mulungwishi Theological Seminary and the English-speaking School of Lubumbashi in the Republic of Congo for many years.   Address: DUMC, 3133 Dumbarton Avenue NW, Washington DC   20007.
11. Hope Secondary School educates 140 girls and boys in the village of Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestine.   Address: DUMC, 3133 Dumbarton Avenue NW, Washington DC   20007, Telephone: 202-238-0245.
12. American University United Methodist Chaplaincy provides leadership and counsel to facilitate the university's commitment to spiritual growth, ethical discernment and community service. Address: Kay Spiritual Life Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016-8041, Telephone (202) 885-3320.
13. (Volunteer!) J.O. Wilson Elementary After-School serves over 100 inner-city students with activities ranging from mentoring and tutoring to field trips and parties.   Dumbartonians volunteer for one-on-one mentoring of students and organize holiday parties for the children.  Donations buy gloves and scarves for winter, and children’s books.  Address: 660 K Street NE, Washington DC   20002, Telephone: 202-698-4733.
14. Just Neighbors Ministry provides legal services for asylum seekers who are primarily from Central America.  Address: 5827 Columbia Pike, Suite #320, Falls Church, VA   22041, Telephone: 703-979-1240. CFC code 98417
15. Methodist Federation for Social Action seeks to provide a fruitful witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world, working primarily through the ministries of the United Methodist Church.  Address: 212 East Capitol Street NW, Washington DC   20003, Telephone: 202-546-8806.
16. So Others Might Eat is an interfaith, community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation's capital. Address: 71 'O' Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, Telephone: 202-797-8806. CFC Code 74405
17. Rebuilding Together works to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. Address: 1536 16th St. NW Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: 800-473-4229. DC - CFC Code 59172
18. Reconciling Ministries Network, formerly the Reconciling Ministries Program, is a growing movement of United Methodist individuals, congregations, campus ministries, and other groups, which publicly welcome all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.   Address: 3801 N. Keeler Avenue, Chicago IL   60641, Telephone: 773-736-5526.
19. San Francisco Libre, Nicaragua, is rebuilding itself from Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and flooding in 1999. Nan McCurdy and Miguel Mairena re working in this community, which is also a UMC mission project. Make checks payable to US Friendship Project.  Address: Rita Clark, Nicaragua – US Friendship Project, Church of the Brethren Building, 337 N. Carolina SE, Washington, DC   20003.
20. Santa Marta/Valla Nuero, our sister congregation in El Salvador, needs to expand its summer school.   Your support will help this community rebuild their educational system.   Address: 3961 Langley Court, NW #A589, Washington DC   20016, Telephone: 202-364-0643.
21. Sexual Minorities Youth Assistance League supports and enhances the self-esteem of sexual minority youth, and increases public awareness and understanding of their issues.   Address: 410 7th Street SE, Washington DC 20003, Telephone: 202-546-5940. CFC code 46119 .
22. (Volunteer!) Washington Interfaith Network works to build an independent power base in Washington to turn problems into issues.  Members of the congregation attend rallies, go to trainings and do other activities to help make Washington as better place to live for all of us.  Address: 1226 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC   20005.