Do you ever look around and see someone:
- Hungry and feed them?
- Thirsty and give them a drink?
- A stranger and invite them into your home?
- Naked and give them clothing?
- Sick and care for them?
- In prison and visit them?
At Main Street Church we want the answer to be YES! Being the body of Christ we want to use what God has given us to shine the light of Jesus on each other and commit to meet the physical and spiritual needs of our community and beyond in our greater global community. Click on the logos above to learn about Streetlights, our global partners and missionaries. Contact us at missions@mainstreetchurch.ca.
Jaap and Morina Feenstra
Location: South Asia
Agency: Wycliffe Bible Translators
Focus: Jaap travels back and forth in South Asia overseeing Bible Translation departments, or operational unites, in various countries to accomplish their goals of serving churches, organizations and language communities, reached and unreached, in order to provide them with the Word of God. Morina works part-time handling personnel care issues of team members that Jaap is working with. The other 90% of her time is involved with Mother Tongue early childhood training with various partners.
Prayer Requests: Creativity in finding appropriate strategies, energy in the many challenges and safety for travel to the various remote places. May the Lord use them to have the Word of God go out to reach heart for the first time or to feed those who are already His.
Stan and Marilyn Schulz
Location: Los Olivos, Mexico
Agency: One Life One Chance Ministries
One Life Once Chance is a Canadian based organization that seeks to work alongside indigenous ministries to grow the Christian church and serve the community by empowering the local people. It is our goal to mobilize Christians to demonstrate the mercy, justice, and reconciliation of Jesus Christ in Mexico and throughout the world.
Website: onelifeonechance.ca
Role: Executive Assistant – Mexico
Focus: Heading up outreach teams, organizing house-builds and connecting, equipping and resourcing local pastors.
Prayer Requests: Pray as they meet with pastors in the region. Pray for the many teams that travel to work with them throughout the year. Pray that God will move amongst the Mexicans.
John and Susan Chalkias
Location: Zambia
Agency: Seeds of Hope Children’s Ministry
Seeds of Hope Children’s Ministry is committed to serving Jesus Christ. Our mission is to help orphans and the less fortunate around the world by sharing God’s love and what He has blessed us with. We have a particular call in the area of caring for children who are either infected or affected with HIV/AIDS.
Website: seedsofhopecm.com
Role: John Chalkias – Executive Director | Susan Chalkias – Founder/Director of Operations
Focus: Seeds of Hope Children’s Ministry is committed to serving Jesus Christ. Our mission is to help orphans and the less fortunate around the world by sharing God’s love and what He has blessed us with. We have a particular call I the area of caring for children who are either infected or affected with HIV/AIDS.
Prayer Requests: Pray for ongoing funding for the Buseko Children’s Home and Grace Academy. Pray for John and Susan as they travel back and forth between Chilliwack and Zambia throughout the year.
Noah’s Ark Children’s Ministry (NACMU) nacmu.org
Missionaries: Piet and Pita Buitendijk
Location: Africa, Uganda
Agency: Noah’s Ark Children’s Ministry was founded in 2000 by Dutch couple, Pieter and Pita Buitendijk. NACMU is a non-denominational Christian organization based in Uganda which cares for orphaned, abandoned and abused Ugandan children. They also run a Nursery, Primary School, High School and a Medical Clinic that services the children as well as the local community.
Prayer Requests: Pray for the health of the children and staff. Pray for strength and refreshing for Piet and Pita. Pray that the new High School to be funded and finished soon so that the kids can start attending.
