Missions
Committee Goal: to help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to help
people in need: in Pickerington, in Ohio, and wherever we can.
The following is
an overview of the many ways in which Peace Church is involved in service to the
community, locally and globally. Our hope is that this web site will help each of you find a way to
use your unique gifts in the Lords service.
Mission
Projects
Construction Projects -
Camp Otterbein Campgrounds - Construction
of a climbing wall, general cleaning and painting is needed. For information on
how you can help, please contact
Disaster Relief / Recovery and Emergency Response Team - If you want to get involved, please contact Al Wacker or Brett Kim.
Faith Mission - Provides meals and shelter for homeless individuals as well as provides funds to buy food for the homeless. For more information on how you can help, contact the church office.
Festival of Sharing - School bags for needy children are put together every year by volunteers from our church as well as other churches throughout the West Ohio Conference. Our church made 246 bags last year and plan to do it again this year! Those interested in helping should contact Brett.
Habitat
for Humanity - Peace works in conjunction with the East Side
Partnership, a cooperative of churches working together, to build houses for
deserving families in the central Ohio area. For information on how you can
help, please contact the Peace Habitat coordinator,
Dick Sloan.
For more information on Habitat for Humanity, visit their website at www.habitatforhumanity.org
Hospital Equipment Loan Program - Peace collects and loans durable medical equipment to those in need. Items include crutches, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, bedside commodes, etc. For information on how you can help or if you know someone in need, please call the office.
Jackson Area Ministry (J.A.M.)
Missions Sunday
- The 2nd Sunday of every month is designated as Missions Sunday at
Peace. The congregation is asked to
bring one food item per member of the family and place it in collection boxes at
the east and west entrances. The
food items are taken to the Pickerington Food Pantry.
Open Shelter Dinners - We
need volunteers to help serve Open Shelter dinners to the homeless. For information on how you can help, please contact
Tom Kincaid.
Red Bird Mission, located
in Beverly, Kentucky, is a part of the United Methodist Church Ministry to
Appalachia outreach. This mission provides a place of worship for the local
folks and a Christian focused school for children in this area. They also
provide housing during the school year for students without any means to go back
and forth to the school. Some mountain families live in homes that do not have
access to any roads and the children have to walk across the mountains to get to
the school.
Youth Work Camp - Adults & youth (grades 7 & up) will be going to Jackson, Ohio, July 5-11, to build wheelchair ramps, roof houses, paint and more. For more information about work camp, contact our Youth Pastor.
Our
Missionaries
Ed and Jennifer Powers Youth with a Mission
Steve Telfer Central Ohio Youth for Christ
Paul L. Webster GBGM Missionary Kanyama, Zambia & the Democratic Republic of Congo
Dan and Peggy Zimmerman World Gospel Mission Cachabamba, Bolivia
