Missions - Global
Guatemala Mission Trip - June 17 - 26, 2011
In partnership with Hands for Peacemaking Foundation, Marine View is sending a mission team of 14 to Guatemala in June, 2011. The team will be working in a rural village near Barillas, Guatemala installing 90 vented stoves. These stoves replace open fires, the current method of cooking inside the villager’s homes. This change to vented stoves will greatly improve the health and quality of life for the villagers. Also, the team is taking gifts of Bibles & children’s fun bags to share a message of God’s love and hope with His children in Guatemala.
This year’s team will be staying in the village, giving them an opportunity to more closely experience the daily life of the villagers.
We would love for you to have the opportunity to participate in this worthy mission. Both financial and prayer support would be greatly appreciated.
· If you wish to donate to help cover cost of stoves ($250), bibles and general mission trips expenses, place your contribution in the offering plate or send to Marine View Presbyterian Church, 8469 Eastside Drive NE, Tacoma, WA 98422. Also, you can make your contribution online at the Hands for Peacemaking website: http://www.handsforpeacemaking.org/
When you open the site, choose the Donate tab, fill in your information and check Marine View Church as recipient under Donation Details.
· See above for the link to the 2011 Guatemala Mission Team Prayer Guide. Your prayers for the team members and the Barilla villagers they will serve are necessary for our mission to be a success.
On behalf of Marine View’s 2011 Guatemala Mission Team, thank you for your support and partnership in ministry!
Serving Christ with you in Barillas, Guatemala: Steve and Vicky Drury, Ian Clark, Young Choy, Laurie, Joe and Jay Thayer, Howard Munger, Doug DeVries, Jon Schmick, Scott Wessel-Estes, Becky McIntyre, Ed Hong and Liz Owens.
Sharing Christ's Gospel with the World
Mission Outreach is the opportunity that Christ gives each of us to change lives for Him while compassionately meeting the needs of others. By focusing on international mission and being actively involved through prayer, personal service and giving, members of the Marine View family can make a spiritual difference for people around the world. Following Jesus' commission to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19), these organizations, projects and mission workers will be strengthened through your support.
"And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message..." (Colossians 4:3).
Ministries We Support
Wycliffe Bible Translators: www.wycliffe.org
Wycliffe's vision is to see the Bible accessible to all people in the language they understand best Four hundred offices and thousands of volunteers support missionaries in remote locations.
The Seed Company: www.theseedcompany.org
The Seed Company's mission is to complete Bible translations in the heart languages of people without God's Word
Hands for Peacemaking Foundation:
This foundation helps the people of rural Guatemala help themselves through medical clinics, quality Christian education, agricultural programs, and improved living conditions.
Guatemalan Evangelical Ministries:
This inner city ministry provides food, clothing, medicine, dental care, and education to children in Guatemala City. They are given Bibles and taught the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Many of the children are sponsored by families and churches.
Mission Aviation Fellowship: www.maf.org
An organization that provides flying services to missionaries and missions in remote areas of the world. MAF transports people, animals, medical supplies, construction materials, equipment, and a wide variety of goods necessary to help spread the gospel of Christ.
World Vision - Jerusalem: www.wveuromideast.org | meero.worldvision.org
Through the World Vision Jerusalem office, Marine View supports the Ramallah Area Development Project in West Bank, Occupied Territories, and Palestine. Three villages receive economic assistance for projects leading towards self-sufficiency.
Open Doors: www.opendoorusa.org
A worldwide ministry to the persecuted church. Open Doors delivers Bibles and other printed materials to people with restricted religious freedom. They educates the church in the free world about the suffering church.
Medical Teams International: www.nwmedicalteams.org
This Portland based organization provides poverty assistance, disaster relief and humanitarian aid. On-call medical personnel respond quickly on short notice to any area of the world. Thousands of volunteers staff warehouses and process supplies.
African Inland Mission: www.aimint.org/usa/
Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is an evangelical Christian mission agency dedicated to the establishment of maturing churches among the peoples of Africa. AIM has over 950 active members ministering in Africa, the islands of the Indian Ocean, and to Africans living around the world.
General Assembly, Synod and Presbytery: www.pcusa.org/worldmission/
Through the General Assembly, funds are provided for mission activities from our denominational and governing bodies. This includes support for individual missionaries, Christians without Borders, the Church of Indian Fellowship in Tacoma, as well as many more projects and programs.
Colleges and Seminaries:
Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska
Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
PC(USA)'s Theological Institutions.