This page provides a brief description and links to the missions
that we support.
American Rehabilitation Ministries (ARM)
www.arm.org
ARM provides an outreach to prisoners. In 2002, Berwick Christian
Church and the Sweet Valley Church, in a joint effort, were able to
supply a baptistery communion table to the Frackville, PA. prison.
Bill Kershner of Indiana University Christian Student Fellowship
http://www.indiana.edu/ncsf
Bill is currently director of the campus ministry team of
Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN. Bill also grew up in our
church and served on a new church plant team in Auckland, New Zealand.
Berwick Christian Church's Youth Missions
During July 2008 Berwick Christian Church will send a team of adults and teens to minister to the needs of
people and families in New Berlin, NY.
Camp Epachiseca
http://www.campepachiseca.com
"Epachiseca" is an acronym for Eastern Pennsylvania Christian
Service Camp. The camp is located off Route 487 in Stillwater, PA and
our offering helps maintain the camp.
Camp Epachiseca Tuition Fund
This money is used to subsidize the camp tuition for young
people from our congregation who attend camp. The balance of the money
is given to the general fund of the camp.
Christian Evangelizing Association (CEA)
http://www.watermarkechurch.org
CEA is a church planting organization in the Northeast. CEA was
instrumental in Philadelphia's new church, Christ's Church of the
Valley. Brian Jones is the minister of this new congregation.
There is a new church plant in Bellefonte, PA; Watermarke Christ's
Church at Bellefonte. Launch date was March 26, 2006.
Dorothy Eunson of African Mission Evangelism, Inc.
Missionary, bible college teacher and administrator to the
Ghana Christian College and Seminary. Dorothy has extended her
ministry in Ghana an extra year to help work on the library.
Dr. Robert Chapman of Christian Missionary Fellowship (CMF)
Medical missionary to Kenya.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hutton - Missions trips to Haiti
Medical missionary trip to Christianville, Haiti, under
the auspices of FAME. Mike grew up in the Berwick Christian Church and
his wife, Patti, served here as the Director of Christian Education in
1981. Mike is an optometrist and he and his family live in McVeytown,
PA.
Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism (FAME)
www.fameworld.org
FAME sends medical professionals overseas to work in clinics, plus
building and equipping clinics.
International Disaster Emergency Services (IDES)
www.ides.org
IDES provides food, shelter, and emergency medical supplies
anywhere in the world in the event of a man-made or natural disaster.
Johnson Bible College
www.jbc.edu
Undergraduate and graduate college located in Knoxville, TN.
Mountain Mission School
www.mtmission.org
A children's home and school in Grundy, VA., preschool through high
school. In 2005, our congregation was blessed to host the
MMS Choir for a phenomenal concert. It was a wonderful
opportunity to get to know these exceptional young people.
Your Loving Choices
www.yourlovingchoices.org
We are supporting this ministry which offers loving, nonjudgmental
support and helps to educate women facing an unplanned pregnancy. This
chapter is located in Bloomsburg, PA.
Alison Compton - Wycliffe Bible Translators
http://www.wysite.org/sites/alison_compton
Alison is working to bring the Good News to a culture that does
not have the bible in their language. Wycliffe currently has
1,000 language projects in 70 countries.
Mi Refugio
This incredible ministry to the children who live in the
Guatemala City garbage dump was founded and is still directed by one
amazing young woman by the name of Kari Engen. This ministry
provides education, food, clothing and medical assistance to many of
the more than 1,000 children who live in the dump. Karen Payne
and Susan Row participated in a short term mission trip to Mi
Refugio several years ago.
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