GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Grace Church was not able to fulfill its commitment to financially support a number of Missions in the 3rd quarter due to lack of funds. Givings have been down substantially this summer and fall and the church has spent more money than we have received. The income improved in November and we pray for that trend to continue in December so that we can end the year in a positive direction.

Several people have asked which missionaries we were not able to support in September. Below I have identified them with a website and contact information to allow individuals who feel moved to act individually with financial support to do so. Please note that if the general givings continue to increase in December, the church will be able to honour the Missions commitment, making payments to our priority Missions first.

Part of the objective of the Missions Committee is to educate the congregation on Missions with the objective that people will develop a heart for 1 or 2 of the Missions and support them on their own. The entire list of 2022 Missions was published in the March 2022 edition of Good Gracious. The following are the Q3 Missions that have not been paid so far.

(YWAM Youth with a Mission): Dan and Sarah Hall are stationed in Dunham, Quebec. They grew up as part of Grace Church (Sarah is Kevin and Anna Russell’s daughter). The goal of YWAM Dunham is discipleship training focusing on arts, the French world and the local community.  https://ywam.org/location/ywam-dunham/b-114/. The address to send your personal support for Dan and Sarah is:  Youth With A Mission (BC) Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 57100, RPO East Hastings, Vancouver, BC V5K 5G6. Indicate that the support be directed to Dan and Sarah Hall.

Montreal West Presbyterian Church: A west  African immigrant congregation of over 100 members and 50 children, bringing to life a 128 year old church destined to close. https://montrealwestpresbyterianchurch.com/. Their website has an option to give through Canada Helps. Another option is to send a cheque directly so there no administration fee is deducted.

AIM (Africa Inland Mission): Dan MacKinnon (former pastor of Grace church) serves as the Canadian church/mission liason. AIM is an evangelical Christian mission agency serving in over 20 African nations with priority to unreached people groups. https://aimint.org/ca/. The website is user friendly and allows people to easily find the missionary they are looking to support.

Camp Cherith:  A Christian camp in Lanark with a long history with Grace where many of our children gave their lives to Christ, teens have received leadership training and many adults have and still do volunteer. https://www.cherith.ca/ . The website gives you a number of projects to support.

John Sourial Tunisia Mission:  John is a member of Grace and is one of the founders of JOWAEM.  John travels twice annually to teach, disciple leaders, baptize new Christians and encourage the new churches in Tunisia. Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to give directly to John and receive a tax receipt.

OPC (Orthodox Presbyterian):  Leah Hopp teaches community health in 6 villages around Karamoja in Uganda. Leah and her family were part of Grace Church some years ago. She received her Masters degree in Public Health recently.  http://www.opum.org/about-us/. The contact information for Leah Hopp is:  Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church, c/o John MacLennan, 27 Torrington Cres, London, On N6C2V8

OCCRC  (Orleans Cumberland Food Bank): Providing groceries to people in our community who are in need.  https://www.crcoc.ca/en/. The net proceeds from the Christmas dinner will be given to the food bank. Food items are being collected in the shopping cart as well.

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask Linda. Thank you for your support!!

 Missions Allocation 2022

Missions	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Youth with a Mission (YWAM)	750	750	750	750	3,000
Montreal West Presbyterian Church	500	500	500	500	2,000
AIM (Dan MacKinnon)	750		750		1,500
Camp Cherith	750		750		1,500
John Sourial Tunisia Mission	750		750	750	1,500
OPC (Orthodox Presbyterian) Leah Hopp	750		750	750	1,500
Northern New Brunswick Ministry		500		500	1,000
Voice of the Martyrs		500		500	1,000
Ethnos (Dave and Judy Wright)		500		500	1,000
Ottawa Innercity Ministries		500		500	1,000
Interserve		500		500	1,000
Bible League Canada		500		500	1,000
Inter-Varsity (IVCF)		250		250	500
Ottawa Campus Chaplaincy	250		250		500
OCCRC (food bank)	223	223	223		669
Unallocated funds					700
					19,369