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MISSIONS MINISTRY

Mission Partnerships at Peace

Here at Peace we strive to support member-selected local and global mission organizations. Our efforts often times involve the young and the old working side-by-side as we want our youth to develop compassion and empathy from a young age.

Following is a list of the missions that we support (both local and global). More information about each mission can be found by clicking on the logo. If you are interested in being a part of missions, contact the church office.

Upcoming Opportunities
to Serve

Feed My Starving Children Packing Events
January 19, April 20,
July 20 and October 19

Click Here to Sign Up for the

next Packing Event

Missions Service Day

January 28

Click here to see how you can help.

Mission Sunday
September 24

Mission Team Meetings
Second Thursday of each month at 9:00 AM
(no meetings in June and July)

*More information in the bulletin

as the date approaches.

Local Mission Partners

Love INC's mission is to mobilize local churches to transforms lives and communities In the Name of Christ. Peace partners with Love INC to provide Personal Care Items to families in 11 nearby communities. Donations of both personal care items and monetary gifts are collected on the second Sunday of every month. Love INC offers other programs and also operates two thrift stores so there are other donation and volunteer opportunities as well.

Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors

Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS). Peace is a pickup location for the NAPS of Minnesota. Every third Tuesday of the month, eligible individuals (low income seniors 60 years and older) stop in and pick up a free box of nutritious commodity food products.

Blessings Bags

Has your heart ever been "tugged" by the homeless standing on a street corner as you drove by? Members of Peace assemble "blessed" bags containing donated non-perishable food items, water, and seasonal clothing for spontaneous gifting to the homeless.

Food Shelf

Peace partners with Friends for Life Food shelf to collect non-perishable food items and monetary gifts year long. During worship on the fourth Sunday of every month, food stuffs are blessed and then transported to the food shelf. Peace also participates in the annual March FoodShare campaign which helps to raise awareness of food insecurities in our community. Donations made during the campaign are generously matched by grants, corporations, and individuals. Opportunities exist to volunteer at the food shelf stocking shelves and assisting clients.

Peace financially supports SVABW, an organization located in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, whose mission is to assist victims of domestic violence living in Scott and Carver counties and to educate adults and youth about the issue of domestic violence.

Royal's Room

The Royal's room is a room in the Watertown-Mayer Elementary school that holds items for students in need. Some of the items include, clothing, healthy snacks, personal care items, school supplies and more. Peace helps by collecting items for the Royal's room.

Mittens of Hope

Each year we work with

Watertown-Mayer elementary school to fill wishes for area families and children in need.

In an effort to help our neighbors in times of desperate need, Peace has limited funds available for the asking. See Pastor David.

Carver County Vets

Peace makes several quilts a year for the Carver County Vets home.

Ronald McDonald house in Minneapolis serves families with children receiving treatment in intensive care units. The House offers parents a place to rest and regroup just steps away from their child. Unique to this in-hospital program, there is no mileage requirement for families to access services at Ronald McDonald House. Ronald McDonald House is a new local mission we support both financially and with our time. We have made quilts and, once COVID regulations lift, we will also be preparing meals for families using Ronald McDonald House.

Global Mission Partners

Founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit that provides nutritionally complete meals specifically formulated for malnourished children. Their mission is to feed God's children hungry in body and spirit. Four times a year, Peace members, young and old alike, travel to Chanhassen to volunteer to hand-pack meals especially formulated for malnourished children.