Mission at Southminster Presbyterian Church
Mission Team Adds Camp Hanover To “BUILDING LIST”
Some volunteers that traveled to Mississippi for Katrina relief have joined forces with other Southminster folks to form a mission team to build two long houses for Camp Hanover. These long houses differ from the others at the camp in that they are heated for year-round use; therefore, they are built to standard housing specifications. Each house is 32 feet long by 12 feet wide and sleeps eight campers.
Mission
Mission at Southminster witnesses our conviction that God’s love in Jesus Christ
demands the response of outreach to others.
We support global and missionary work through denominational benevolences.
Reverse Mission Trip
We plan to have a reverse mission trip to Mexico City and the surrounding countryside in 2011. If one word could sum up the philosophy of this mission experience it would be “reverse.”Read more...
CCHASM
We are a member of Chesterfield/Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry that offers help to area residents in crisis situations. As a member of CCHASM we have a Food Closet that houses and distributes one week of food to families in need. 18 other churches help support this mission and so far this year we have serviced over 240 families. Our clients range from the elderly with extremely high medical bills to multi-generational families dealing with lay-offs and unemployment.Read more...
Freedom House Meals
We cook and serve the evening meal for Freedom House once a month for approximately 100 homeless and working poor.Read more...
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The prayer shawl ministry at Southminster is meant to enhance the care of members and the "extended" community of faith by providing a tangible, knitted or crocheted gift to encourage prayer and recognition of God's enduring presence during times of illness, medical treatment, bereavement, and other stressful times.Read more...
Disaster Relief Mission
We have sent 15 Disaster Relief Teams to Mississippi to help communities rebuild homes and lives following natural disasters. We will continue to send teams twice a year until our assistance is no longer needed.Read more...
Stephen Ministry
We participate in this program which trains members who really listen, who are there when someone needs to talk, a lay person who has 50 hours of training in how to provide distinctively Christian care for our members. Read more...
CARITAS
Southminster hosts approximately 40 homeless people for a week in the winter as a part of Congregations Around Richmond Involved To Assure Shelter. We provide a safe, secure, warm place to sleep, breakfast, a bag lunch, and a hot evening meal as well as showers, laundry, and other needed support.Read more...
Mentoring
Members of Southminster participate in this one-on-one program with children-in-need by working with students at a local elementary school spending one hour a week at the school reading, helping with homework, playing, or just talking. The goal is to develop meaningful, positive relationships that promote self-worth.Read more...
Blood Drives
Southminster holds two Blood Drives a year through the Virginia Blood Service
Habitat for Humanity
Southminster provides financial and volunteer support for Habitat for Humanity – building affordable housing to the working poor.
Other Mission Work
Southminster also hosts an Alternative Gift Market once a year and a SERRV sale once a year.
Girl Scout Troops
Southminster Presbyterian Church sponsors Girl Scout Troops 603 and 132. The girls that participate range in age from kindergarten to high school. If you would like more information, please contact the church office at: 804-276-1749 or go to: www.troop603.terapad.com
