Missions - Global
Guatemala Mission Trip April 8 – 18th
In partnership with Hands for Peacemaking Foundation, Marine View is sending a mission team of 11 to the western highlands region of Guatemala this spring. The team will be working in the rural village of Canton las Maravillas installing 85 vented stoves to replace the open fires inside the homes and thereby improve the health and quality of life of the villagers. We will also provide gifts of Bibles, and children’s fun bags and share God’s love and a message of hope with the indigenous Mayas living in village. This year’s team will have the opportunity to stay in the village, experiencing daily life among the villagers they will serve.
You can participate in this mission both financially and prayerfully. First, use the donation cards found in the pew racks in the sanctuary to make a contribution toward the purchase of the stoves for families in the village of Canton las Maravillas, bibles and general mission trip expenses. Due to the size of this year’s project and team, we need to raise approximately $40,000. Second, please commit to pray regularly and specifically for the team members and the villagers they serve before, during, and after the trip. Prayer guides will be available at the Information Counter and the Marine View website in March.
Please take a moment to visit the Mission bulletin boards in the hall and to visit the Guatemala Mission Cause page on Facebook.
On behalf of Marine View’s 2010 Guatemala Mission Team, thank you for your support and partnership in ministry!
Serving Christ with you, Hanna Arstein, Kathy Arstein, Bill Baird, Ian Clark, Sue Clark, Young Choy, Steve Drury, Ross Gaussoin, Sarah Kirk, Pastor Jon Schmick, and Larry Schmick.
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.