Youth Programs

During the school year we provide an after-school program for ages 11-17.  VUMC also has a skateboarding team for youth ages 10 to 16.  We would like to extend our programs to younger children, but need more adults willing to help maintain such a program.

Assistance Programs

The congregation maintains an emergency food pantry and a people in crisis fund, for those who find themselves in momentary crisis.

Institutional Collaborations

We collaborate with other organizations and provide space, support, and encouragement for programs that nurture, guide, and provide safety for youth, feed the hungry, promote a living wage and universal health care, and promote non-violence and conflict transformation.  We strive for peace with justice, responsible consumption and production practices, and ecological respect.

Some of these organizations are tenants of the Venice Center for Peace With Justice and the Arts, our two story community center on campus: Head Start, Inside Out Community Arts, City At Peace, Skate Park USA, Making Change, Food Not Bombs, Easter Seals, and Narcotics Anonymous.