Annual Mission Trips:
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MEXICO
RUSSIA
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Bonhomme supports missionairies around the world that are fulfilling God’s calling in unique and essential areas. We encourage you to begin email support of their work. <<Click here for more info>>
Lesotho and Malawi, Africa
Kobe, Japan
Skopje, Macedonia
Madagascar, Africa
Ceara, Brazil
Wycliff Bible Translators
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| Reach Up Reach Out: |
Bonhomme’s Prayer Ministry, which focuses one hour each week on learning about specific Evangelism Ministries, their goals, their mission and their needs. >>learn more |
Adopt a Mission:
Community & World Service is looking for members who would “adopt” one of our missionary families overseas. In that role you are asked to maintain quarterly e-mail contact with the missionary family and, once a year, write a short article about their activities for the Pioneer Press and the church web-site. This is a great opportunity for someone who is not able to travel, help with Habitat, etc., but who has a heart for the Lord and His work in spreading the Gospel abroad. If you’d like more information or want to give this a try, please contact Cris Heffernan (636-939-3986) or Sarah Mitchell (314-576-7647).
The Community&Word Service ministry here at Bonhomme has researched each one of the following missions to discover their financial stability and their need for volunteers and other support.
If you or your small group decides to Adopt-a-Mission, you can contact Debbie
Leichenauer in the Church Office or anyone on the commission to learn how you might help.
Each one of these organizations needs more help. Adopt one - individually or as a small group (Matthew 28). Go out and make a difference!
Detailed Descriptions of the Validated Ministries of Bonhomme Presbyterian Church:
Restore St. Louis:
Restore St. Louis encompasses multiple outreach programs in the inner-city. All of these ministries are receiving gifts or have strong volunteer support from both youth and adults here at Bonhomme. We are requesting the further support of small group ministries for any mission listed. >> Click here for more info on Restore St. Louis
You could be a reader or tutor for as little as 1 to 2 hours per week, consistent with the school year; approximately 30 weeks per year. Carpool arrangements can be made. For more details, call Mike Boland at 636-530-7575 or Cal Solla at 314-878-3283.
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World Impact:
World Impact, an inner city ministry on North Grand, centers on evangelism and church planting by providing support efforts through housing, job training, food and clothing distribution, camps, conferences and medical/dental clinics.
Call Director, Kelly Schjenken directly at 314-533-8313 or call Bonhomme member, Paul Schroeder at (314) 469-6810. We can use your help:
- Thrift store worker, collector & sort items
- Supervisor of youth during gymnasium play (basketball, etc.)
- Construction skills including roof work, plumbing, and dry walling
- Refinish floors, paint walls, install carpet
- Teach computer classes
- Tutor inner city youth and adults
- Test donated computer equipment
- Develop an expandable web page
- Be a camp counselor
- Do maintenance on vehicles
- Collect food for the food pantry
- Repair bikes
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Alpha:
Alpha is a 10 week course covering 15 different sessions on the basics of Christianity giving a practical introduction to the Christian Faith. Alpha is non-denominational and is used in all churches that profess that Jesus is Lord and through Him we are saved. At the present time more than 7300 churches across the country offer the Alpha Course. It is the vision of Alpha to transform our society one person, one church, one community at a time by sharing the Good News of Christ. Each week we share meals, followed by a short video segment and small group discussions. Alpha creates intimate relationships and gives answers to questions to those on the edge of believing as well as clarifying to those who already believe in Christ.
Each year Alpha has a conference that invites church leaders from the Midwest to learn about the Alpha Course and in 2005, the dates are June 2nd and 3rd. As in past years, Bonhomme will serve as the host site for the conference.
Call the Alpha office at 636-449-0199, or Paul Douthit at 636-532-5009. We can use your help:
- Call local churches
- Man the Alpha office for a few hours a week
- Help with mailings
- Help at the conference
- Computer expertise
- Small group table leader
- Funding the new regional office directed by Bonhomme member, Paul Douthit.
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Habitat for Humanity:
Habitat for Humanity is an international, nonprofit Christian housing ministry that has been supported by Bonhomme for the last 10 years. The goal is to eliminate substandard housing by giving people a hand-up – not a hand-out.
Working side-by-side with the family that will own the home provides an opportunity to build not only a home but meaningful relationships with deserving St. Louis families. >> Visit Bonhomme's Habitat for Humanity webpage
We can use your help:
- House Leaders (be able to read & follow blueprints & direct construction)
- Crew Leader (carpentry skills & ability to lead unskilled volunteers)
- Saturday worker (no prior skills required, just a willing heart and a desire to help)
- Wednesday worker (shorter hours, critical part of our successful builds)
- Phone Caller to help organize a monthly crew
- Lunch provider for any one of 5 Saturday lunches during the build
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Haven of Grace:
Haven of Grace provides homeless, pregnant women an opportunity to redirect their lives towards a more positive life for themselves and their babies. An aftercare program follows former residents for as long as 10 years after their stay at the Haven, helping to assure their babies are raised in an environment of sufficient medical care, parenting skills, fiscal responsibility and homemaking.
Call Bob or Jill Morris at 636-207-0988. We can use your help:
- Mentoring as a Haven Friend to a resident to help them learn life skills to transition them to independent living
- Teaching your skills to residents as part of the educational programs
- Facilities support to improve and maintain the facilities at the Haven
- Financial support for the general budget
- Scholarship support to continue their educational efforts at the college level. This program was established by Bonhomme's Community & World Service and has provided 60 scholarships since it's inception in 2003.
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Presbyterian Children's Services:
Presbyterian Children's Services is one of the largest private, residential child caring agencies in Missouri. Based on the teachings of Christ, Presbyterian Children's Services provides compassionate and therapeutic social, psychological and educational services to children and families of all faiths. PCS works on behalf of hundreds of abused and neglected children in Missouri.
Call Mary Muraski at 314-989-9727. We can use your help:
- Collection & Delivery of educational items & clothing items throughout the year
- Financial support to provide Personal Care Kits ($25 each) or Time Planning Packs ($40 each)
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Global Missionaries Support:
Global Missionaries Support for our families: Frank & Nancy Dimmock (Malawi, Africa); Bill & Ann Moore (Kobe, Japan); Dan & Elizabeth Turk (Madagascar, Africa); Ron & Lisa Redell (Macedonia).
Call Sarah Mitchell at 314-576-7647. We can use your help:
- Correspondence – especially emails
- Funding to support their effort
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Isaiah 58:
Isaiah 58 serves the needy people of South St. Louis with food, clothing and general assistance in covenant partnership with support churches, such as Bonhomme. Isaiah 58 serves physical and social needs by proclaiming the Gospel through youth programs, joint worship services, counseling, utility payments, etc.
Beginning in January 2005 Bonhomme will start collecting clothing for Isaiah 58 Ministries. We will collect clothing for the entire family. All clothes should be placed on hangers. Infant and small children clothes can be placed in boxes on top of the rack which will be located in the lower level of the church by the soda machine. Please no plastic bags.
If you have questions, call Jack or Lorraine Zdvorak at 636-978-4485.
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Circle of Concern:
Circle of Concern supports the poor and working class in Bonhomme's own backyard; specifically the Valley Park, Parkway and Rockwood school districts. The Circle operates a food pantry, provides limited college assistance, helps the unemployed by assisting with their rent and utility bills while educating them with money management skills.
Call Susan or Bill Stafford at 636-405-2705 or email them: Wcssas@aol.com. We can use your help:
- Help collect and sort food items; including drivers
- Donate funds to support the rent/utility assistance programs
- Intake workers to work with the clients
- Help in mailing the monthly newsletter
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Coats for Kids
Coats for Kids collects new or gently used coats of all sizes for distribution to deserving St. Louis families. Look for the collection boxes around Bonhomme.
Drop coats in the collection boxes or call Jennifer Whyman at 636-536-0455.
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FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ABOVE OPPORTUNITIES OR TO TALK TO MEMBERS WHO ARE ALREADY VOLUNTEERING, PLEASE CALL CAL SOLLA (314-878-3283) OR MIKE BOLAND (636-530-7575)
