Bread of Life Christian Mission was founded in 1993 to respond to the needs of low-income families in the area. The majority of the families are migrant farm workers who do not benefit from opportunities in the community because of language barriers. The mission has served approximately 2000 families since they first opened their doors to the community.
The focus of the mission is to win souls for Christ through the many social services they offer. Designed to serve the physical, material, and spiritual needs of individuals or families, the mission hands out Bibles, offers Sunday worship, and Bible School as well as food, clothing, and household items.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Bill and Vonette Bright launched Campus Crusade for Christ as a campus ministry in 1951, the underlying concept was to
"win the campus today and change the world tomorrow." More than 50 years later, the mission remains the same.
Today, the campus ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ is a network of vibrant, growing movements on 1,029 campuses in
the United States and beyond. Proven and diverse outreach strategies expose millions of students to the gospel each
year. Over the past five years, more than 37,900 students made a decision to become a Christian.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Cook College & Theological School has been educating, enabling, and empowering Native Americans to
pursue ministry and leadership positions on reservations and urban settings for nearly 100 years.
Since many Native American churches are without educated, prepared pastoral leadership, Cook's
development of lay leadership is crucial to the survival of Christian witness and discipleship among
Native American people. Throughout its history, the School has emphasized respect for the cultural
values and spirituality of Native Americans. Students are free to share and apply their cultural
values in the school environment. The Mission Statement of the School gives insight into its goals:
"In light of indigenous experiences, students are nurtured in their development as Christian leaders
so that they can express the Gospel in meaningful ways to the diverse cultures to which they may be
called." Students from 90 different tribes across the continent have become lay ministers to their
people. Many of the graduates have gone on to seminaries. Others have distinguished themselves in
positions of leadership in both church and tribal governments. Dr. Joseph Dudley, President of the
School notes. "I want Cook College & Theological School to be recognized as a college that produces
the most dynamic, effective and powerful Native American leaders in the church. They must be leaders
and ministers who are prepared to deal with the challenges they will face when they minister to Native
American Churches and communities." Cook College has changed the lives of many graduates with its
culturally relevant and respectful educational programs and, in turn, Cook's graduates are changing
the lives of the many people they are serving.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Heifer International does so much more than put food in the mouths of hungry people. Heifer helps people feed themselves.
The goal of every Heifer project is sustainability project partners achieving self-reliance.
And year after year, as partner families pass on the gift of knowledge and one or more of their animals’ offspring to others in need, they become links in a network of hope, dignity and self-reliance that helps hundreds of others care for themselves.
Get an insider’s view of our non-profit organization, which has offered tangible, effective and long-lasting ways to make a real difference for almost 60 years.
For more than 30 years Indian Trails has been providing spiritual and practical ministry to Native American Indians in the Americas including the southwest and in Mexico. This outreach is under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Gossett, his wife Sharon, and their grown children. The mission of Indian Trails is to share God's redemptive love and compassion with the Indian people.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Founded in 1905 by two Congregational ministers, the Sea Coast Mission serves the people who live
in the coastal and island villages of Maine. A staff of ten ministers provide pastoral care along this
rugged coastline; then lay workers also supervise a number of outreach ministries. The focal point of
the Mission's work is a boat named the Sunbeam that is used to transport missionaries to the outer
islands. In addition, it serves as a "floating church" for Church School, worship services, weddings,
and funerals. The ship has hosted suppers, sing-a-longs, art lessons, and game nights. The average
population of the islands visited by the Sunbeam is thirty-five people. In the midst of a long Maine
winter, island folk are glad to see the Sunbeam arrive in their harbor. They are excited to speak with
the minister and look forward to being invited to come on board for supper. A major ministry of the
mission is carried on at its outreach center in Cherryfield, Maine, called Weald Bethel, or "God's
House in the Forest." Located in this sixty-five acre tract are the Recycle Ship, the Food Pantry, the
Chapel, and a parsonage for the Chaplain. Good, clean clothing is distributed at the Recycle Shop.
Hundreds of low-income families benefit from this ministry that makes well over a ton of used clothing
available each week. The Chaplain visits with the folks at the Pantry and offers pastoral care in
addition to the daily bread. Worship is conducted in the interdenominational chapel. Weddings
frequently take place there as well. The fundamental purpose of all forms of outreach is to help the
people of the area help themselves. Additionally, the Mission offers a Christmas Program that reaches
over 3,000 people. Churches and individuals donate various knit items to be used as gifts. Preparation
for holiday giving begins in September. Education is the key to helping young people break the cycle
of poverty that has gripped this area. The Mission offers coastal young people an opportunity to
further their education through its Scholarship Fund.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The Morgan Scott Project was established in 1972. It exists to identify specific needs and initiate programs to help the poor, elderly, and disabled. This mission works primarily with families trapped in the rural poverty of Appalachia.
The focus of the Morgan Scott Project is not simply to give handouts, but to help area residents establish a better life for themselves. Area residents can see the love and compassion of Christ in action through this mission.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
It started more than 60 years ago. In 1946, Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, Presiding Bishop of the
Episcopal Church, set a goal of one million dollars per year for the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World
Relief. On nationwide radio, he challenged the Christian brothers and sisters of his communion to
raise one million dollars in one hour. And they did!
What began as a challenge has become a tradition for many Christian churches. Today, more than a dozen
church families, including our National Association, have taken up the challenge and kept the
tradition alive. Every offering is unique, but the goal is ever the same: in the spirit of Christ, to
help people help themselves in places of poverty, hunger, sickness, conflict, emergency and natural
disaster.
In recent years, the churches of our National Association have contributed more than $600,000 to One
Great Hour of Sharing programs: $240,000 to Tsumani relief, $260,000 to help with ravages of Hurricane
Katrina, and more than $100,000 to a host of missions and ministries targeting hunger, homelessness,
earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes and typhoons.
Every effort is made to work through member churches and missions closest to those in need. Recent
donations to help those affected by tornadoes in the midwest, specifically those in greensburg,
kansas, have been shepherded by the people of maple hill community congregational church in maple
hill, kansas. Similar efforts on our churches' behalf have been offered by the people of cedarwood
church in wetumpka, alabama in response to hurricane katrina, and the travencore church council of
south india in response to those affected by the tsunami.
Where our churches and missions are not present, we work through respected and responsible
organizations such as the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, World Vision and Church World Service,
all of them Christian, four star Charity Navigator recommended agencies.
There are many ways for you and your church to be involved. You can take a One Great Hour of Sharing
offering in response to a particular cause or concern. You can also set aside a Sunday, or several
Sundays, every year to take an OGHS collection. Designated funds will be sent in a timely manner.
General monies will be held by the Missionary Society to be distributed as needs arise.
To be sure, the world has changed since 1946. But human needs have stayed the same. Please remember
to make OGHS a part of your own and your church's giving. Monies may be sent to the Missionary
Society at any time. Many will be served, and many will be grateful, for your help in making God's
love real in times of need.
Relief funds may be requested with little or no advanced warning. To assure that reserve funds are
available when needed, please contribute to the One Great Hour of Sharing Fund throughout the year.
Special OGHS envelops are available through the NA office.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Ruth Branch, Director of the Rebecca Mackish Memorial Mission, sensed a call from God to establish an after-school club to minister to inner-city children (body, soul, and spirit). This mission is a wonderful way to reach inner-city youth and adults with the love of Christ. This is accomplished through both spiritual and physical ministry. It provides after-school activities, evening bible studies, food, used clothing and a Vacation Bible School.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Seafarer's Friend is an industrial ministry to persons who work on the seas. It continues the ministry
of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, founded in 1827 by a group of Congregational ministers meeting
in the vestry of a Boston church. The Society's new name, Seafarer's Friend, and logo were adopted in
1998 to more accurately reflect its ministry to all the men and women in the maritime industry.
Although the new name and logo are used for all operational activities and publications, the society
retains its historic legal name. Society chaplains and volunteers serve seafarers aboard ships that
call in New England ports, and provide education to seafarers in Martha's vineyard. The society's
headquarters at 45 Church Street in Boston houses its executive offices, meeting rooms, a few
dormitory rooms, chapel, library, kitchen and recreation room. Branches are located in Portland,
Maine; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and on Martha's vineyard. In addition to welcoming seafarers,
Society volunteers and chaplains provide spiritual counsel and encouragement, offer Bibles and
testaments, support seafarers in need, help seafarers who wish to communicate with their families,
provide shore transportation, and share magazines and newspapers for crews to use while they are at
sea. When disputes between seafarers and others arise, the society assists in solving them in a fair
and equitable manner through industry, union, and governmental contacts and the Center for Seafarers'
Rights in New York.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The teens annually (usually around Lent) participate in the 30 Hour Famine sponsored by World Vision. This is an international youth movement to fight hunger. In 2009, they participated on April 24-25. Some of the activities to raise money were:
Donations - talk to one of the teens during coffee hour to sponsor them.
Chore auction - need something done, bid on the sheet in the Narthex to have the teens do the task for you.
Movie Night (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) Concessions were be available.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Support the various fund raising activities.
Bread of Life Christian Mission was founded in 1993 to respond to the needs of low-income families in the area. The majority of the families are migrant farm workers who do not benefit from opportunities in the community because of language barriers. The mission has served approximately 2000 families since they first opened their doors to the community. 
For more than 30 years Indian Trails has been providing spiritual and practical ministry to Native American Indians in the Americas including the southwest and in Mexico. This outreach is under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Gossett, his wife Sharon, and their grown children. The mission of Indian Trails is to share God's redemptive love and compassion with the Indian people. 
The Morgan Scott Project was established in 1972. It exists to identify specific needs and initiate programs to help the poor, elderly, and disabled. This mission works primarily with families trapped in the rural poverty of Appalachia. 
Ruth Branch, Director of the Rebecca Mackish Memorial Mission, sensed a call from God to establish an after-school club to minister to inner-city children (body, soul, and spirit). This mission is a wonderful way to reach inner-city youth and adults with the love of Christ. This is accomplished through both spiritual and physical ministry. It provides after-school activities, evening bible studies, food, used clothing and a Vacation Bible School. 
