Missions Trips
Mission Trip ~ Tanzania, Africa
November 1-12, 2022
Join us for a trip to Grace Mission Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to encourage and support our missionaries, Aaron & Steph Boon and their Grace Team. We will experience SIFA Collective (SIFA exists to equip marginalized young women through the hope of the gospel & Artisanal Training) / Grace Mission Farms (Disciple making internship & Agricultural Training for young men) / BTCP Pastor & Leadership training / DAR Health Initiative / Community Counseling and more.
The deadline to register for this trip is June 1st. Contact Dina for more information: trips@sifacollective.com
Local Serving Opportunities
Local Missions
Backpack Food Program: Grace helps to supply school children in our community with weekend nutrition.
Local Food Pantries: DeMotte and Wheatfield
Food Finders Mobile Food Bank:
Back-To-School Fair: July 30, 2022 at Spencer Park - Churches, businesses and local organizations team up to collect and distribute school supplies to local school children. We also use this opportunity to make the children and parents aware of what church ministries are available to them in our community.
Celebrate Recovery: A ministry to the community to help people who are struggling with hurts, habits or hang-ups. Check out Celebrate-Recovery
Helping Hands: Helping Hands is an organization supported by the churches of our county that assists residents of Jasper County in need of financial help for basic needs such as rent and utilities. If you are in need of assistance call the main office at 219.394.2339 to set up an appointment.
Kids Hope: A mentoring program at Wheatfield Elementary School.
Mobility Ministries: A Ministry to the World … from Northwest Indiana. Located in DeMotte mobilityworldwide
Regional Missions
Fair Haven Center for Women (Highland, IN): Is a ministry to victims of rape and sexual abuse. We support this ministry through budget finances, by purchasing Christmas Star gifts for clients, and by purchasing hospital rape response bags. Our own Kelly Vates heads up this ministry. For more information on this ministry, check out their website: asafeport
The Women’s Center of Northwest Indiana: Supported through our finances and volunteers. This is a crisis pregnancy center, which assists women in making life-affirming decisions for the unborn babies. To find out more, check out their website, thewc
Jasper County Recovery House: Adult & Teen Challenge provides Christian faith-based, residential care to young people and adults who struggle with life-controlling problems. teenchallengeusa
ANEW Ministry/Teen Mother Choice: Engaging in life changing relationships with already parenting young moms. anewministry
Connect Christian Camp: Crown Point, IN connectchristiancamp
For The Children/Royal Family Kids Camp: Serving opportunity: June 12-17, 2022 FOR THE CHILDERN
Global Missions Partners
Jack and Angie Hamstra are partners with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and currently reside in Indonesia. We are grateful to be Jack and Angie’s sending church. You can follow their journey at adoptingjudah
Aaron and Stephanie Boon minister in Tanzania. Stephanie is a founder and leader at Sifa Threads which exists to equip marginalized young women through artisan training and the hope of the gospel. Check out sifacollective.com to view some of their work and shop online. Aaron is the founder and leader at Grace Mission Farms which is a training center to disciple and train up young men. You can check them out on instagram at GM-Training Center & Farms.
Bhutan: We help support a team of missionaries in India.
Macedonia: We help support Lijana Toveska, a Campus Crusade staff person who is ministering to high school and college students in her country.
Brett and Susan VanderMolen/Cambodia Children’s Home: We support the VanderMolen’s and the Train Up Children’s home they run in Cambodia.
Amie Bochstahler: Missionary nurse in Guatemala. Amie is our GraceKids missionary.