Partners
Partners works primarily with refugees and displaced people. The Karen come from Burma, a country torn by 50 years of war inflicted by a brutal military regime. There are more than 200,000 refugees in camps along the Thai-Burma border and more than 1 million internally displaced people on the run inside Burma.The regime carries out systematic repression of the people of Burma, including ongoing ethnic cleansing campaigns against minority groups and pro-democracy groups. They oppress the population with random arrests, extra-judicial killings, rape, forced labor and military service, torture, burning of villages, stealing food and land, and destruction of the environment.
There are more than 50,000 child soldiers in Burma, more than any other country in the world.
The people of Burma suffer terribly and Partners works to ease their pain, aid them in survival, and help them to keep the hope that is found in God.
If you would like to learn more about Partners at Friends Church, please contact Terry and Jocelyn Martin 457-6041.Lifewater International
Lifewater International (LI) is a Christian training organization with water development goals. We understand the basic need in our world for safe water, improved hygiene, and adequate sanitation. We believe that the solutions to these problems can be addressed through the development of local communities. Qualified Lifewater Volunteer Trainers (VTs) travel to developing countries to train nationals to improve local drinking water supplies and community health. National crews are able to continue working and training others after VTs return home. They share the gospel message of living water with communities as they help break the cycle of disease and poverty.Today, Lifewater has over 250 active VTs from many professional backgrounds, including teachers, small business owners, hydro-geologists, engineers, environmental scientists, and marketing specialists, to name a few. Our VTs have served on over 50 projects on five continents around the world. Since 1979, VTs and Lifewater-trained crews have installed 2,500 water systems and helped serve an estimated one million people with safe water.
If you would like to learn more about Lifewater at Friends Church, please contact Karol and Bryan Johnson at 474-0431
Aglow International
Aglow International is a trans-denominational organization of Christian women with more than 4,000 local groups in 164 nations of the world. It is one of the largest international women's organizations with over 1,100 local groups in the U.S. alone. Aglow reaches an estimated 2 million women each month through local groups -- the heart of the organization.Small group studies, care (support) groups, retreats, and annual conferences make up the Aglow year. Two foundational pillars of the organization, prayer, and outreach with the Good News, are supported with tangible responses to need: Gifts of clothing, food, housecleaning, and babysitting. Aglow women reach out to their communities in many directions: To women in prison, in senior homes, inner city neighborhoods, and mental institutions; to single moms, as well as to the average woman next door who may need a cup of tea and a good chat with a friend.
If you would like to learn more about Aglow International at Friends Church, please contact Jackie McCraw at 322-2249.
Young Life
Young Life is a non-denominational, Christian organization committed to impacting kids’ lives and preparing them for the future. For more than six decades, Young Life has been introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith, while providing strong, positive influences in their lives. Here's how others describe Young Life.If you would like to learn more about Young Life at Friends Church, please contact Luke or Mindy Balash at 488-3256.
Love Inc.
Love INC was founded in 1977 as a way to encourage churches to become more engaged with the poor and to inspire a greater number of Christians to put their faith into action. The members of Friends Church offer their skills, talents and time to support the local Love INC organization.To learn more about Love INC at Friends, contact Deirdre Shipman at 457-4999.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love. This program of Samaritan’s Purse provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be involved in a simple, hands-on missions project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ, God’s greatest gift. Along with shoe box gifts, millions of children are given Gospel booklets in their own language. In 2004, we collected over 7 million shoe box gifts worldwide and distributed them to children in 95 countries.
Other Missions Ministries Friends Community Church Supports:
CareNet Pregnancy Center of the Tanana Valley
Pioneers
Wycliffe Translators
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