Mission Grants

Through the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions, WMUV had the pleasure of awarding over $11,000 in grants across Virginia in 2021. Churches from the Northern Neck to Northern Virginia to Southwest Virginia received funding to help with literacy, home repair, and feeding ministries. 

Columbia Baptist Church, Bailey’s Crossroads, provides food staples, fresh produce, and builds relationships with over 200 families every Saturday through their Spend Yourself® Food Pantry and Gardens. Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Richmond, serves with the Gilpin Court/Jackson Ward Community. Jovonni Armstead-Tucker shares, “God has provided a space for us to teach self-sufficiency and resilience through gardening. But it’s so much bigger than growing produce and herbs and flowers. It’s about teaching historically underserved communities how to think outside the box—about teaching that you can thrive and grow, regardless of where your circumstances land you.” 

Along with this endeavor, Carmel Empowerment Community Garden plans to add a literacy program to its work this year through a mobile literacy unit and a freestanding library at the garden. These are two of the 11 churches you helped to Be Light in their communities. By working together, we see God’s hand in all that God has planted!