Missions

"Our vision is to glorify God by…reaching out to each other, our community, and the world, with the love of Christ."

Outreach: Faithfully reach out with the love of Christ to meet physical and spiritual needs in our congregation, our local community, and the world.

-The Vision Statement of South Dayton Presbyterian Church

SDPC supports 1 missionary family in the United States, 11 missionary families in foreign countries and 2 local outreach ministries.

Haiti Relief 2010
Full-time Missionaries
Local Outreach ministries
Missions Conference 2010
Short-term Mission Trips

Full-time Missionaries

Mark & Jill Beebe,
Great Commission Ministries, h2o church at Bowling Green State University

h2o website

Beebe personal website
Jon & Sarah Pfeil,
MTW missionaries to Japan, Tokyo/Chiba Church Planting Team.
blog
Dal & Beth Stanton,
MTW missionaries to Bulgaria.

Ben & Susie Thomas,
Athletes in Action
website

Lee & Emma reaching out to North Africans
email

Paul & Sarah Taylor,
Oversee MTW mission work in the Asia/Pacific area.

Eric & Karen Brauer,
World Harvest Mission, Ireland

Tom & Catalina,
Reaching out with the love of Christ to the Muslim world.

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Local Outreach Ministries

The Dayton Gospel Mission,

One of SDPC’s outreach ministries is serving meals regularly at the Dayton Gospel Mission in downtown Dayton.

3^rd Tuesday of every month and the 5^th Thursday (for months with a 5^th Thursday)
From approximately 5:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
We like to send 8-12 people each time

The work involves serving the food to the Mission’s clientele and clean-up. If you have questions about our outreach to the Dayton Gospel Mission, please contact Mary Ann Poirier. To volunteer for a specific date(s) please use the sign-up sheet in the church foyer or contact the church office (937-433-1022). To learn more about the Dayton Gospel Mission and their ministries, please visit their website

Miami Valley Women's Center

website

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Missions Conference 2010

The theme of our Missions Conference is "Missions, The Heartbeat of God"

To kick-off the conference, there will be an international dinner on January 31 at 6:00 p.m., where Elisabeth Cary will share with us about her visit to our sister church in Ceska Trebova while she was at school in the UK.

"Passports" will be provided which are guides to pray through the week for each of the missionaries we support.

Then, on Saturday, Feb. 6, we will gather at the church:

8:30 a.m. - light breakfast (pastries and fruit)
9:00 a.m. - Skype calls to some of our missionaries

Two sessions by one of our missionaries to Belgium

(Children's conference is offered during this time)
12:00 noon - lunch while we hear a report from David Short and Bryan Erdmann who will have just returned from their fact-finding, planning trip to Haiti

Sunday, Feb. 7, will wrap up the conference with preaching by our guest missionary as well as sharing in the Sunday School time.

If you plan to attend the conference and have not RSVPd please do so right away!

Short-Term Mission Trips

Czech Republic - 2009

Continuing to build on the foundation laid in previous years, South Dayton Presbyterian Church sent a short term mission team of seven (pictured with Czech national team members) to Pastviny, Czech Republic. The team continued in the tradition of providing quality ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction during a summer camp of Czech teenagers. The team also strengthened ties with the members of the Czech national church that organizes the camp, and showed Christ as a natural part of their lives to the students. This year's camp included a large number of students who have been attending the camp for many years and who have relationships with Czech church members during the rest of the year. By God's work, many previously hardened hearts were found highly receptive.

Czech Republic - July 2008

In July 2008, South Dayton Presbyterian Church again sent a short term mission team to Pastviny, Czech Republic. The team taught English at a camp for Jr. High and High School aged kids, and deepened ties with our sister church in Ceska Trebova

Czech Republic - July 2007

In July, 2007, South Dayton Presbyterian Church’s short term mission team went to Pastviny, Czech Republic. The group was to lead an ESL (English as a Second Language) camp with the goals of providing quality English instruction and developing relationships with Czech students and the Czech national church members. On August 19, during the Sunday School time, the team shared reports of how God used them on this mission and how this work also impacted their lives.

hear this report (streaming) download this report (mp3)

Czech Republic - April 2007

April 20-30, 2007 Pastor Mark Cary traveled to the Czech Republic. The primary goals for this trip were:

to follow-up from last summer's English camp with Bible studies and basic discipleship
to speak in the public high schools in the hopes of recruiting more students to attend English camp in July
to encourage the church in Ceska Trebova
to meet with MTW missionaries in Zlin

Czech Republic 2006

In the summer of 2006, we sent a team of adults and teens, led by Pastor Cary, to work with the national church in the Czech Republic running an ESL (English as a second language) camp.

Biloxi 2005

In October of 2005, we sent a team to Biloxi, MS to aid in the disaster response for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The group of 8 men and women worked out of a base at First Presbyterian Church, Biloxi clearing out ruined homes, removing debris, patching roofs, handing out food and supplies, and ministering to the displaced people of Biloxi and Gulf Port.

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