Mission Work

We collect household items and clothing to take to southeastern Kentucky to help supply the Mission Programs at Henderson Settlement. One of the ministries that is close to our heart is the ministry to young mothers and children, so we make a special effort to supply lots of children's cloths and diapers. We are grateful to have partners like Threads, Hope and Love in Washington IL, and Helping Hands Resale Shoppe in Peoria, plus many partner churches.

Many children and families don't have enough food. Jesus calls us to help those in need. So we make over 400 snack packs every month for children and families of Hines School. Every child at Hines gets a snack pack to take home along with a note reminding that they are loved.

We help supply a local food pantry with over a thousand pounds of food per year. We also volunteer with Midwest food bank to help with their important work in meeting needs of food insecurity.

In the fall we collect food and distribute food baskets at Thanksgiving and Christmas to share the love of Jesus.

Many of our members work with Habitat for Humanity to help in building low cost housing in Peoria and surrounding area. We love that this ministry allows us to get our hands dirty and our hearts filled as we share the work of building a new home at the same time that we share the love of Jesus with a family in our community.

We work with Brethren Disaster Ministries to help with rebuilding projects around the world. We have worked right here at home, all the way to Nigeria, and many places in between. After the tornado in Washington IL, we were on the ground the very next day to help with cleanup.

So often children don't have the school supplies they need to succeed in their studies. Items are purchased and collected and assembled by cheerful volunteers all to share the love and joy of Jesus.