http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog Blog entries by Missions staff and others Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:06:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In May 2010, a PC3 mission to Guatemala was canceled at the last minute due to a volcano's eruption, followed by a tropical storm that both hit Central America. The team decided that, although a rescheduled mission to Guatemala was in the works, they would not see the week they ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/07/guatemala-mission-canceled-may-2010 PC3 sends short-term mission teams to Chichicastenango ("Chichi"), Guatemala, for one-weeks missions through an organization based there called Pray America. Teams help Pray America build homes for widows, serve orphans in feeding centers, and work alongside this organization to aid their ministry and discipleship efforts among the nationals in the ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/07/guatemala-june-2010 A team of five women traveled to Biloxi in February to serve in a community that was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Here, one shares her daily journal entries with us... February 7, 2010 “Embrace” Romans 5: 3-5, Romans 8: 28, Psalm 42:11 We have arrived! We left PC3 at 5:00 AM and arrived here in Biloxi, ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/06/biloxi-february-2010 If you are unable to see the video above in your RSS Reader, Facebook Note, etc. then click here When Port City Community Church first partnered with Pastor Jackson Mwangi and the Victorious Gospel Community Church in Nakuru, Kenya, we had no idea the magnitude and the breadth of that which ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/03/hope-127-kenya-project Biloxi, Mississippi, has had a huge impact on Overflow, Port City Community Church's college ministry. For the past three years, Overflow has taken a team down to stay with LeMoyne Blvd Baptist Church. Each year we stay a week and help this church rebuild homes for people who lost everything ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/03/biloxi-march-2010 The first involvement I had with the Weekend Meals on Wheels (MOW) program was during Thanksgiving in 2006. I was trying to find a volunteer opportunity that I could participate in with my family. After filtering through a number of organizations, I settled upon the Weekend MOW program. ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/03/weekend-meals-on-wheels Working in our public school systems has shown me a lot over these past four years. What it has shown me the most is the amount of NEED our students have: a need for love, a need for encouragement, and a need for someone to believe in them, to show ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/02/tilt-teams-up-with-pc3-mentor-program Going to Kenya was a long-awaited, life-changing experience for me.  My heart has longed for Africa since I was in high school; it was hard to believe I was actually there when we landed in Nairobi.  It was like finally getting something that your heart had longed for for over ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/02/kenya-2 Well, we made it back from our wild and crazy mission trip to Arizona!  Before we left, we had to regroup and change our destination for the week at the very last minute—something we had no control over! So we were able to go to the American Indian Christian Mission (AICM), ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/02/arizona Going on a mission trip had always been something on my “bucket list”—or so I thought. We all have one: a list of things that we want to do before we kick the bucket.  At age 49, my list was almost complete, so going to New Orleans would just be one ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/02/gulf-coast Sometimes in life, our experiences are indescribable. On one hand, we feel that we simply have no words to explain the depth of our feelings; on the other, no amount of words would ever be enough. When I was asked to write about our mission to Ethiopia, I immediately agreed. ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2010/01/ethiopia-2010 I knew the moment I was told about mentoring through PC3, I wanted in.  I left the service that day, picked up my application on my way out, filled it out that night, and brought it back the following Sunday.  It wasn’t long after that I was contacted by Maureen Hill, ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/09/wilmington-port-city-mentor-program-2 I have the tremendous privilege of volunteering with the birth-preK ministry, Grow Zone, here at PC3.  Its mission: "To come alongside families as we teach our littlest ones the basic truths of who God is, confident His image will make a lasting impression."  Through play, worship songs, Bible stories, crafts, ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/08/kenya This summer PC3 families participated in hosting a total of 17 children and a translator from Belarus.  They provided loving homes to kids whose bodies need respite from the harmful effects of the radiation left in their country from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.  Not only did the children receive physical ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/07/belarus-summer-hosting  Port City Mentor Program Year in Review: 2008-2009 It has been an honor and a privilege for Port City Community Church to have partnered with our area classrooms and schools this past year.  The purpose and hope for the Port City Mentor Program was to provide a caring, dependable role model ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/06/wilmington-port-city-mentor-program A few days ago, I was sitting in my den drinking coffee and munching tortilla chips on a crisp, fall day. I was trying to recall stepping out into the sweltering Louisiana summer as we went to work on our New Orleans mission trip.  June 2009 seems so long ago ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/06/new-orleans After attending one of the monthly, Friday evening Missions Nights at Port City Community Church (PC3) I thought I had convinced myself that local and domestic missions were the only ones for me.  After playing the “Luna Game” -a game which simulates something one might encounter when doing an international ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/05/guinea-update-2009 On May 30, 2009, our mission team, which consisted of fourteen eager and more than willing individuals, arrived in Chichicastenango (Chichi), Guatemala to work for Pray America, an organization that provides houses for some of the hundreds of Mayan widows and their fatherless children who live there.  The large number ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/05/guatemala-may-2009 I had the privilege of taking a group of 30 young adults to Biloxi, MS this past March. There is no doubt that God is moving in that community. It was beautiful to see the body of Christ taking care of each other. The people of LeMoyne Boulevard Baptist Church ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/04/biloxi-update A team of four from PC3 traveled to Congo in March 2009.  Their mission was, in part, to wrap up the filming of CongoCast.  In addition, they were there to assess the progress of the women’s shelter, the women’s vocational projects, and the feeding center PC3 supports.  We were happy ... http://www.portcitychurch.org/missions_blog/2009/03/congo-2009