Global Mission Partners

At Prince of Peace we strive to care for and support each other, our neighbors, and the world.  To do that, we offer many ways for our members to use their God-given gifts in ministry and to support various projects in our community and throughout the world.

Prince of Peace divides its Beyond Our Walls ministries into Local, Global, and the Refugee Assistance Program. Each of these teams works to partner with other ministries to help people in need wherever they are found.

Global Mission Partners focuses awareness on world needs and relief efforts. We have a personal relationship with all our Global Mission partners.

Awareness

To seek out and raise awareness of opportunities in the world where we as a church can provide assistance via monetary gifts, goods, encouragement, and prayer, to support sustainable, ongoing initiatives that address health, education, and social justice issues.

Response

To identify specific means by which our ministry can provide meaningful and appropriate support in a manner that shows respect for other cultures, treats all recipients with dignity, and provides accountability to our congregation.

Action

To initiate and encourage congregational participation in and support for those organizations we determine are willing and able to use our gifts in an efficient and effective manner to help those in need.

Join our Global Missions Ministry!

If you're interested in joining us, we invite you to attend our monthly meetings on the first Saturday of the month (except July) at 9 am.

Jim Hoyt, Chairman, Global Missions, hoyt_ndm@fastmail.fm

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Global Mission Partners

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities tell their stories, strengthen their institutions, take action, and mobilize support.

A current initiative is the construction of accessible toilets in schools in the town of Gulu in Northern Uganda. The construction of accessible toilets encourages children with disabilities to attend schools. The Advocacy Project’s plan is to monitor the use of these toilets and collect data showing the increase in school attendance, in the hope that the local government would take over the financing and building of these toilets. 

For more information, contact Ken Scherpelz, kscherpelz@att.net

Axyacatl is dedicated to empowering women, fighting domestic violence and sexual abuse, and promoting economic self-sufficiency through micro-lending and sustainable agriculture projects in Nicaragua.

As with most of our Global Mission partners, the end goal is for these women to gain economic independence, to raise their children in safety, and develop the sense of dignity and pride that all people of God deserve.

For more information, contact Martha Scherpelz, scherpelzmartha@gmail.com

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Caribbean Children’s Foundation (CCF) provides education and medical care sponsorships for children living in the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The main areas of ministry of CCF are: Sponsorships for orphaned children; Tuition assistance for elementary, secondary, and university students; Construction of a school in Ile-a-Vache, Haiti (a small island off the coast of Haiti); Expansion of an orphanage; Medical care for critically ill children; Construction of a medical facility for the people of Ile-a-Vache.

For more information, contact Barb Hunt, bhunt508@gmail.com

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FundaMaya was born 14 years ago from the vision of a group of indigenous Guatemalan, Australian, and American friends wanting to make a difference for those most in need in their Guatemalan community. FundaMaya board members are all Guatemalan, predominately indigenous, and from the Lake Atitlan area. 

In 2020 Prince of Peace Global Missions sponsored five siblings by providing education, school supplies, uniforms, shoes, and monthly food baskets. 

Our connection with Mayan Families creates the opportunity for future mission trips, cultural exchange for our students, and continued blessings for the indigenous Guatemalans in the Lake Atitlan region.
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For more information, contact Lori Kensler, kensler@yahoo.com

Good Will Family (GWF) helps get distressed street and abandoned children off the streets of Jacmel, Haiti and provide them a safe living environment, access to health care, education and practical training to gain skills in various trades. Additionally, these youngsters are given the opportunity to do internships in local businesses when they have reach the eligible age and connect them to a professional network and possible job opportunities.

For more information, contact Roger Colson, allezroger@gmail.com

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Grain of Rice Project is a non-profit ministry empowering Kenyans with educational & training initiatives in Jesus name. Co-founder Amy Ahiga, Edwin, her husband and son, Ellis live at the Grain of Rice Academy (K-8). The Academy was launched in May 2021. It is located in Nanyuki which is 4.5 hours from Nairobi. In addition to 70 students, the Academy houses 20 artisans from the village and the Kibera Slum (original location of Grain of Rice).

Amy and her family have made yearly visits to Prince of Peace since we became involved in the initial stages of this ministry (since 2015), supporting it through craft sales in our bookstore, funds from our Closet Cause & offerings from our children’s Sunday School.

For more information, contact Mary Lou Anderson, maryloumusic@gmail.com

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Since its inception in 2005, the Haiti Nursing Foundation has worked tirelessly to support a healthier Haiti. Prince of Peace participates in the Student Sponsorship Program, providing scholarships for nursing students at The Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti (FSIL), where more than 200 students have completed a rigorous nursing program and have earned a BSN degree. Many more students have completed, or are working toward, nursing graduate degrees. Approximately 95% of these health care providers remain and work in their beloved Haiti.

For more information, contact Megan Orr, orr.meganh@gmail.com

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The Haitian people, living just 90 miles from Florida, are among the most marginalized people in the Western Hemisphere. Surviving on $1.25 or less a day, most cannot break free from natural disaster and systems which too often trap them in endless cycles of despair. By partnering with the Haitian Timoun Foundation (pronounced ‘tea-moon’) we are empowering Haitians to break free from extreme poverty and build a brighter future.

We currently empower Haitian-led initiatives in three areas: 

Investing in vulnerable children through Wings of Hope and Lekol Sen Trinite in Jacmel. 

Equipping the brightest students with collegiate studies through H.E.L.P (Haitian Education and Leadership Program) in Port au Prince.  Decades of repression and injustice drained Haiti of the professionals it needs to develop. 

Investing in ultra poor women to achieve a pathway to a better life through Fonkoze’s 18-month cooperative program called Chemen Lavi Miyò near Mirablis.

For more information, contact Pastor Jim Wilson or Jim Hoyt. 

Our middle and high school youth are entrusted with the honor of distributing more than $800 in Kiva loans to people around the world.

One recipient of a loan this spring is Barkiyah and her daughter, who live in Serang, Indonesia. Like everyone, their lives have been touched by Covid and schools have been closed. Having no electronic device, their daughter’s education has been cut off. Barkiyah puts great value on education, so she applied for the loan to get a Smartphone for her daughter. Their story had an impact on one of the Prince of Peace student groups, so their part of our KIVA funds went to Barkiyah. 

Other loans went to Uganda, Puerto Rico, Kenya, Ecuador, Samoa, Vietnam, Rwanda, and Detroit, Michigan.

For more information, contact Martha Scherpelz, scherpelzmartha@gmail.com

Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is an ELCA’s organization that provides support to disaster survivors to meet urgent needs and help with the long road to recovery from disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and epidemics.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, LDR has supported responses in 39 countries around the world. These efforts include supplying personal protective equipment and medical equipment, providing food and necessary supplies, and establishing water, sanitization, and hygiene awareness education. Additionally, 28 synods have received LDR support for congregational feeding ministries, such as food pantries, hot meal delivery and meal distribution.

For more information, contact Bob Brueggemeier, rbruegge@columbus.rr.com

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“We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work.”

Lutheran World Relief (LWR) provides aid in emergencies to help families restore their lives. LWR partners with communities to build and grow rural economies. LWR’s goal is to help people build self-sufficiency and create new community-owned approaches to problem-solving that will last.
Prince of Peace provides school kits, quilts, and personal care kits to communities around the world via LWR. The LWR School Kits contain a backpack, notebooks, pencils, pens, scissors, crayons, and erasers necessary for students to attend school. Quilts donated are used as warm bedding, simple tents, or floor coverings. Personal care kits include cloth face masks, soap, towel, toothbrush and comb.
Financial donations from the Global Missions Fund support LWR’s sustainable projects such as providing seeds, tools, water systems, and training to help families get the most out of their small plots of land.
LWR fair-trade coffee, tea, and chocolate are available for purchase in the Prince of Peace bookstore.

For more information contact Bob & Sue Brueggemeier, rbruegge@columbus.rr.com

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Janet Schneider, the daughter of long-time (now deceased) Prince of Peace member Art Pauch, runs a ministry to help the indigenous Maya Achi people. Janet travels to Guatemala twice a year, bringing basic necessities and a message of God’s love to the community. Beyond the necessities of food, toiletries, clothes, shoes and toys, Janet has provided: tubing for water delivery to each house, sewing machines, fabric and supplies, headlamps for fishing in the dark, fencing for school yard safety, backpacks to ease the transportation of goods to the village, files to sharpen tools, school supplies and education fees for children. Recently Janet created a loan program. She is making small business loans with the hope of fostering more creativity and independence. As money is repaid, it is available for future loans.

For more information, contact Diane Reimer, dianereimer41@gmail.com

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Watoto Read is a local non-profit organization of volunteers working to promote education in sub-Saharan refugee camps in Goz Beida, Chad. Watoto (Swahili for ‘children’) Read is presently raising funds to build and furnish school classrooms in the refugee camps in Chad.

Funding from Prince of Peace has been designated for building bench-desks for multiple children.

For more information, contact Christian Reimer, tubaqb@gmail.com

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