You Can Make a Difference!
                A friend to our neighbors, a presence in Spokane, a witness to the world!

At Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church, we care about being disciples of Christ and about reaching out to others so they, too, will become disciples.  This process of discipleship begins inside our church and then reaches out into our neighborhood, our city, and the world as we become agents of Christ’s healing presence.  In a world desperately in need of this good news, you can make a difference!

 Your Mission Commission takes seriously Christ’s command as recorded in Acts 1:8: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

 You can make a difference for Christ right here in Spokane (Jerusalem), or in the Inland Northwest (Judea and Samaria) or nationally and internationally (to the ends of the earth).  Where there is hunger, homelessness, poverty, disease, or loneliness, you can bring comfort, create hope, build relationships, and offer help through these mission opportunities:

 SPOKANE

●  Westminster Food Bank – providing baked goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and canned food  items for individuals and families in need.

●  Westminster House and Homework Helpers – a beacon of hope to youth in the West Central area of Spokane. 

●  Angel Tree – reaching out to children with a parent currently serving in prison and to children in need of an adult mentor.

 ●  Interfaith Hospitality Network – providing shelter, food, and love to homeless families, our church is a safe haven for a week at a time, approximately four times a year.

●  New Hope Ministries – ministering to the less fortunate in the North Spokane area with clothing, necessity items and utility money.

●  PET – building Personal Energy Transporters, this ministry gives the gifts of mobility and hope for victims of polio, land mines, diabetes, birth defects, etc. For more information about PET please click on this link to their webiste Pet Project Spokane

•  Latah Valley Presbyterian Church - this is a work project at the newly launched Presbyterian church in South Spokane. WCPC is forming a team to do some major reconstruction work in one of the buildings at the site. The dates for this work are tentative pending sewer connection completion and some other projects that must be accomplished before we can begin our work. Watch for more information in the weeks to come.

INLAND NORTHWEST

●   Upcoming project on Community Center

This mission team will construct ramps, remodel the kitchen, and finish a restroom at Spalding Presbyterian Church built in 1836 on the Nez Perce reservation.

 ●  Ghana  - Fall 2006 (And continuing)

 (Pastor Rob Eyman and Emmanuel Anukun-Dabson from Ghana Christian Outreach Fellowship.)

 Last year, our church financed a vocational center in rural Ghana.  Now, Emmanuel has visited us and invited us to stay in relationship with him and Christian Outreach Fellowship.  In November 2006 a team from WCPC visited Ghana.  We are moving forward building a long lasting relationship with Emmanuel and the Christian Outreach Fellowship. We invite you to be part of this mission outreach.

(WCPC Mission Team and COF Missionaries in Ghana) 

 
 ●  Hurricane Katrina  -  Next trip June 14-21, 2008. Contact Dick Wright or Paul Clary.   

You can make a difference for the thousands of victims left homeless and destitute from this evastating hurricane.  Others have gone and made a difference.  Will you? (Scholarships available upon request.) WCPC is planning mission trips for disaster relief during the summer of 2008. Check with the church office for details.