INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

Guatemala

Stanwich partners with church member and missionary Rafi Agrait of Last Call Ministries in Guatemala.  Since 2006 we have been helping to plant a church, build a school, supply clean water, aid orphans and widows, and reach out to children and youth.  Stanwich sends teams of youth and adult volunteers every year to participate in this ministry.

India

Stanwich partners with Global Hope Network International, a humanitarian aid and community development organization, to help Dhoker Jhara in East India improve in the areas of nutritious food, clean water, community health, family income generation and education.  We also recently began supporting an

AIDS ministry in India through India Outreach Missions. 

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Operation Christmas Child

Every year the congregation donates shoeboxes full of children’s toys, treats and supplies for Operation Christmas Child, a program of Samaritan's Purse.  The boxes are shipped overseas to impoverished communities all over the world.

Global Hope Network International

Stanwich supports long-time friend and humanitarian worker Bill Morin who heads GHNI's European office.

Disaster Relief

Stanwich has assisted in numerous disaster relief efforts in recent years, including the cyclone in Myanmar and earthquakes in China and Haiti.  We seek to give financial assistance to organizations we know and trust who already have operations on the ground in affected areas and able to provide help right away.

Tynedale Theological Seminary

Stanwich supports church leaders in training to serve people in developing nations.

Russia

From 1995-2007 Stanwich sent a group of youth and adults to Sortavala in the Karelia region of Western Russia to host a week-long summer Bible camp.  In this region where economic and social conditions are extremely poor, the camp was hugely popular and attended by over 500 students, some of whom traveled in dilapidated buses up to two hours to attend.  Activities included Bible lessons, music, crafts, games and refreshments.   View photos>>

Ethiopia

Stanwich supported missions work in Ethiopia for three decades through its association with Dr. Betta Mengistu.  As a young man Dr. Mengistu was mentored by the late Stanwich pastor Rev. Nate Adams.  Through the years Stanwich has contributed over $500,000 to support translation of the Bible into Ethiopian languages.  Stanwich also organized two trips to Ethiopia to explore how Stanwich could be more involved in teaching about Christ there.  As part

of those trips, the participants took dozens of huge duffel bags stuffed with shoes contributed by Stanwich members.  The country is so poor that shoes are a luxury for many citizens.  View photos>>

Kenya

The Njaaga Child Hope Home and Farm in Nairobi cares for children whose parents died of AIDS.  Stanwich supported this ministry by providing funding

for irrigation equipment and a down payment on a permanent home.  Stanwich also sent groups of volunteers to the Home to teach HIV/AIDS education in the community, make building repairs, help with daily chores, provide clothing and school supplies, and share God's love with the children and staff who are struggling to survive.

Read article from Greenwich Time about the Dec.'07 trip>>   View photos>>

China

Stanwich volunteers traveled with leaders from Global Hope Network International, a humanitarian aid and community development organization.  The group worked with children and teachers at a rural school, distributed

food at two remote villages, met with young professionals, and visited an area devastated by an earthquake that may have claimed as many as 80,000 lives.

Other

Many members of Stanwich participate in diverse missions throughout

the world, including ongoing efforts in Africa, Asia and South America,

among other places.  We celebrate and enthusiastically encourage these efforts and see them as part of our church's overall commitment to missions.