Missions

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations

Matthew 28:19

Jesus has charged his followers to bring others into a relationship with him.  Jesus' love for humanity as the Son of God has demonstrated to us God's amazing love for God's creation.  As we share with others the love that God continues to pour into our lives, Jesus' Gospel is made known in both words and deeds.

Our church has been blessed to be a part of multiple mission opportunities in our local communities as well as in far off places like Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

We are also pleased that three of  our members have been missionaries with two different organizations.  Lisa Whitaker and Eileen Benner are both serving with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and Carol Angelo (now retired) served many years in a medical mission in Guatemala as part of ASELSI's staff.

As we support our missionaries, go on local and foreign missions, give our resources to help persons struggling in our own communities, we spread the Love of Jesus with others.

Active Missionaries

Lisa whitaker

Lisa was born in Bridgeton, NJ and grew up in Absecon from the age of 5.  She has been a life-long member of the United Methodist Church at Absecon. Lisa joined Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in 1992. YWAM is an international, interdenominational mission organization. She is part of the International Discipleship Training School Centre, where she facilitates resource teams across Europe. She teaches in  Discipleship Training Schools - most often on the topics of  Worldview and the Life of Jesus. She is also active in speaking in retreats and seminars both in the US and internationally. She has traveled to 76 countries and has lived in Russia, Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Switzerland, Hungary and Bosnia/Herzegovina. She recently earned a Master’s Degree in Christian Formation and Discipleship and is now part of a staff team leading a cohort of 27 students through the same Master’s Degree from the University of the Nations.

Eileen Benner

Eileen was born and raised in Northfield and is currently living in her childhood home, taking care of her 89 year old Mom when she is not traveling for her work with  Youth With A Mission (YWAM).
She has been working with YWAM since January 2015 and is currently working with the masters program that is offered through the mission Eileen handles the  finances and all the logistics of the program. Her duties include airport runs, hospitality, housing logistics, anything needed to be done to make the program run smoothly.
When she is home she dose odd jobs (painting, power-washing, cleaning) to help with her travel expenses.
Eileen always looks forward to serving in any way possible to bring glory to the Lord.

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Serve the Kingdom on our upcoming mission trip to Guatemala

Because of the current global pandemic, we do not have a date for our next Guatemala mission trip.  It is our goal to travel to Chichicastenango, Guatemala at least every other year to help with the Medical Mission at ASELSI ministries.  We also help in the local communities by providing materials and labor for small building projects to better the lives of those in the surround communities.

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