Youth of Faith Mission Trips

( * ) Missions currently supported by Faith Presbyterian Church through the Missions Committee and/or Circles United.

Adventures in Missions

Adventures in Missions is an interdenominational short-term missions organization.  Their objective is to mobilize and equip the Church

for missions by bringing the mission field to the Church's doorstep.

Augustana Crossroad Ministries *

A collaborative outreach ministry that serves people of inner city Minneapolis in the Elliot Park and Phillip's neighborhoods. 

The ministries sponsored by Crossroad Ministries are: Crossroad Preschool,  Mom's Morning Out, Discover Support Group, YouthWorks!,

Celebrating Community Picnics, and a new and exciting ministry that is just under development  -  Youth & Family Urban Immersion Center

of Crossroad Ministries.

Bethany Christian Services

A non-profit, pro-life child placing agency.  They also provide free compassionate counseling to birth parents that allows them to make

a life-affirming decision and assist people who desire to adopt a child, healthy or special needs, from the U.S. or internationally.

Christ for the Cities International *

Together with government entities, they help cities determine their areas of greatest need (joblessness, children-at-risk, etc.) and then their

missionaries foster the development and implementation of plans to meet these needs.  They currently have 130 missionaries in 13 countries.

Christ for People with Developmental Disabilities *

Christian ministry sharing God's love and word with disabled participants throughout the greater Twin Cities area on a regular basis through

church fellowship groups and group home Bible study outreach.

Intercongregational Community Association *

The goal of ICA is to assist our neighbors in meeting emergency needs, including providing food for families and transportation to medical

appointments.

Midwest Challenge *

A program that works with incarcerated youth, men coming out of prison and men coming out of chemical addiction.

Minnetonka Life Care Centers

A pregnancy care center that offers services including free pregnancy testing, counseling and alternatives to abortion.

Mission: Moving Mountains *

Their mission is: transforming communities by discipling for development through coming alongside national leaders and equipping them

to passionately minister in their communities.

Navigators *

An interdenominational, non-profit organization whose calling is to advance the Gospel and His Kingdom into the nations through spiritual

generations of laborers living and discipling among the lost.  Their U.S. and international staff members help people follow Christ and apply

the Bible in their daily lives, and train believers to reach out to others in their communities, relationships and cultures.

Opportunity International

Giving the poor a working chance - that's what Opportunity International is all about.  Small loans, sometimes as little as $50, in the hands

of a poor entrepreneur can transform the lives of individuals, families and entire communities.  Motivate by Jesus Christ's call to serve the poor,

Opportunity International is a Christian organization serving women and men of all beliefs.

One on One Tutors

A new program started Fall of 2005 at Cross of Glory Church in Minnetonka, Minnesota.  At a nearby school, Katherine Curren Elementary,

a large number of students are socially and academically at risk, many due to poverty level.  These students come from 14 different countries,

and some speak very little English.  This program provides one on one individuals tutoring for select students who are falling behind.

Potter's House

A ministry group working in Guatemala with the "garbage-city dump" families and children.

Somali Friendship Group

Their mission is to see Christ centered volunteers in relationships with Somalis that transform families.  By mentoring, tutoring, and coaching

in varieties of subjects, including ESL and by doing relational ministry meeting Somalis where they are, in a way that assists them to move

effectively in their community.

Sojourner Women's Shelter *

Sojourner Project has been providing services to battered women in suburban west Hennepin for over 25 years.  In addition to their Shelter program,

they provide intervention and advocacy services to assist community women (who are not in shelter) with safety, legal and family stability issues.

World Servants

World Servants is a worldwide, multi-cultural organization serving as an agent of change by developing people as servants and leaders.

People are challenged and developed through dynamic mission trips that have long-term impacts both on the volunteer participants and

the local communities, while assisting theses communities to become self-sustaining and interdependent.

Compassion International

Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, releasing them from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enabling

them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.  they currently help more than 691,188 children in over 20 countries.

Common Hope

Common Hope promotes hope and opportunity in Guatemala, partnering with children, families, and communities who want to participate in

a process of development t to improve their lives through education, healthcare, and housing. 

Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship *

A Validated Mission Support Group of the PCUSA committed to challenging and mobilizing Presbyterian Congregations to become engaged

in reaching the unreached people of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Dinner at Your Door *

An agency that delivers noon meals to elderly and handicapped residents.

Feed My Starving Children

Their mission is to feed God's starving children  who are hungry in body and spirit.  They send pre-packaged nutritious meals to starving children.

Heifer Project *

Heifer's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth by "passing on the gift."  Their gifts of livestock

and seeds for planting provide food and create sustainable income for families.

Hospitality House Your Directions *

An organization that began its focus on Urban Youth development in Minneapolis in 1960.  They serve the community as a Minneapolis School

District Area Learning Center, operating after-school and summer school programs and Faith-based sports and small group mentoring programs

which provide a safe and encouraging environment to help kids find and lead an abundant life in Christ.

Student Venture

Student Venture is the high school and junior high ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ International.   Then mission of Student Venture is to

give every teenager the opportunity to hear the truth and love of Jesus Christ, to grow in their faith relationship with Him, and to reach others with

the message of Christ.

Church World Services *

The relief, development and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations.  With more than 400 partnerships

around the world, they respond to natural and human-made disaster, provide assistance to refugees, provide improved nutrition and sanitation, and

help educate some of the one billion adults in the world who cannot read.

Damascus Way, International *

A residential, Christ-centered  program for men leaving prison or drug and alcohol treatment programs.  The program includes room and board,

Bible studies, church, Christian counseling, employment help and recreation.

Moms in Touch

Our purpose is to stand in the gap for our children through prayer: to pray that our children will receive Jesus as Lord and Savior then stand boldly

in their faith and to pray for all teachers and staff of our schools. 

Conquerors

A mission dedicated to helping bring about healing for people who have had abortions in the past.