Ministry Partnerships for 2025
Salvadoran Medical Mission
We partner with this United Methodist ministry as local physicians
from our area provide medical assistance in remote villages, provide
for a year round nurse and share the Good News so new churches
can be opened in El Salvador. We are able to provide needed
medicines for 10% of their original cost.
NACCC
As part of our national association of Congregational Christian
Churches we participate in shared ministries of the NACCC. This
includes an administrative commitment as well as ministry and
missional work in the United States and around the world.
Mision Peniel
We are joint partners with the Peace River Presbytery, Presbyterian
Church, USA in their ministry of service, providing food, clothing and
emergency support to the farm workers in Immokalee, Florida. From
time to time we volunteer on location.
Edison Park Elementary School
Our giving is the major source of funds used by the teachers of our
neighborhood school to help the neediest students and their families
throughout the school year.
South Fort Myers Food Pantry Coalition
We are a member church of this coalition and provide volunteers who
also serve. The pantry is hosted on the campus of Cypress Lake
Presbyterian Church and the pantry is part of the Harry Chapin Food
Bank System here in Lee County. We are stopping hunger one
grocery cart at a time.
Operation INASMUCH
A small group of downtown churches here in Fort Myers plan and
carry out a day of service to the many needy in our community. Our
church gathers goods, provides volunteers and is one of the largest
financial supporter of the project.
Church World Service
We help send love through the purchase of blankets. CWS provides
blankets and other emergency supplies in the wake of disasters.
One Great Hour Of Sharing & Disaster &
Recovery Ministries
An umbrella of assistance for folks whose lives have been impacted
by Disaster. Short-term and long-term recovery effort are ongoing: in
the Midwest Flooding; with the folks hit by Cyclone Idai; in Zimbabwe
and Mozambique; with the continued cleanup and long-term recovery
of Hurricane Michael & Hurricane Florence; also with rebuilds related
to the devastation of Typhoon Mangkhut, Indonesia Quake &
Tsunami, the Haiti Earthquake and the 2018 California Wildfires. This
is a ministry of the United Church of Christ and they work alongside
nine other church groups. http://www.ucc.org/disaster & http://
onegreathourofsharing.org/about-us/
Our Own Acts of Kindness
Thorough these funds we attempt to help individuals as needs arise.
It might be a full tank of gas so folks can get to work or the doctors.
It might be a gift card to Publix. It might be a small assistance with
lights or water. It might be gift cards to local restaurants. The help is
only to be temporary and is always accompanied with prayers and a
list of other options for help in Lee County.
ACT — ABUSE, COUNSELING & TREATMENT
offers our 24-hour hotline, 3 safe shelters, children's program,
counseling, (both individual and group), economic empowerment
program which includes financial and health literacy, life skills
education, job skills evaluation and training along with GED
assistance and ESOL. The non-residential outreach program we
provide long-term counseling, therapy and support, economic
empowerment services, a rape crisis center where we do the forensic
examinations, advocacy department that provides advocacy through
the judicial system, and a legal program for Injunctions for Protection.
We have been providing all the programs and services for over 40
years in Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties. We are here for you. All
services provided to victims of domestic violence and their children
and survivors of sexual assault, dating violence, stalking and human
trafficking are available free of charge. http://www.actabuse.com
Campolo Center for Ministry
The Campolo Center will: Tap into Tony Campolo’s 50 years of
inspiring young people to ministry; Equip local churches to identify
promising talent; Help those young people fulfill their call to ministry
with scholarships and training. http://campolocenter.org
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