Local missions:

Shoe Fund:  This is a unique mission of our church.  Once a year we take a special offering, and in September we buy shoes and socks for deserving elementary school children in Palm Bay.  Each school chooses a few kids needing shoes, and on a Saturday we all meet at a local shoe store.  The kids pick out the shoes they want, and we buy them!  In 2010 we bought 102 pair of shoes and 330 pair of socks.

South Brevard Sharing Center:  South Brevard Sharing Center (SBSC) is about treating people with dignity and respect by providing a haven for those who struggle to meet their basic needs. The Sharing Center was founded in 1971 as a non-profit, community based agency for charitable and philanthropic purposes. The general nature and purpose of this organization is to provide short-term emergency assistance to needy individuals and families, in the Brevard County Area where Federal, State, and County funds are not available.

We support SBSC with weekly donations of food, monthly donations of money, periodic donations of items for their thrift store, and volunteer help.  At Thanksgiving and Christmas we provide a week's supply of groceries to 10 families whose names are provided by SBSC.  Also at Christmas we setup a tag tree and provide 100 new toys for their clients.

Daily Bread:   Daily Bread's soup kitchen is a lifeline for over 4,200 men, women and children in our community each year. Serving between 200 and 250 people daily, the kitchen is open seven days a week, 365 days a year, providing a hot mid-day meal plus hygienic services, including shower, laundry and mail service, to anyone in need.

We support Daily Bread by providing volunteers (5-10 people) for the kitchen the first Tuesday of each month.  We also provide periodic donations of used clothing.


Operation Hope:  Operation Hope, located in Fellsmere, Florida, is dedicated to providing support, education, and assistance to families in need regardless of race, color, or religion. For eleven years, Operation Hope has been helping families in need with groceries every Saturday night.  Every year they help over 1200 families with food which is provided by sources such as food banks in Orlando and Melbourne, Daily Bread, and many others.  In 2--6 they opened a pre-school which serves up to 60 kids.  They also operate a thrift store and have special events for their clients.

We support Operation Hope with donations of items for their Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and Back to School programs.

Habitat For Humanity:  Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County is an ecumenical Christian housing ministry working in partnership with the community of Brevard County to eliminate substandard and inadequate housing by building simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with God’s people in need.

We support Habitat with a yearly special offering and periodic work days.

Crop Walk for Hunger:  CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local congregations to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world.

We support Crop Walk each year by encouraging members and friends to sign up for the Walk (typically in March) and collect pledges from friends and family.


National missions:

The Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) has an extensive mission program.  We provide financial support through our budget and several special offerings.

 
International missions:

Brevard - Indian River Presbyterian Mission Conference (BIRP).  This is a unique coalition of 13 churches in Brevard and Indian River counties, with a focus in international projects.  Every 1-3 years BIRP selects a country and special mission for support.  In January there is Mission Week, with local, national, and sometimes international missionaries, who speak to the member churches about the projects.  Each church provides financial support in the form of, depending on the church, budget, special offerings, or money raising projects.

In 2010 we entered into a partnership arrangement with the Peninsular Presbytery of Yucatan, Mexico.  In 2010 we raised money to support:  building a water-treatment plant (complete), putting a roof on a Christian Education building (complete), and improving substandard housing (complete).  In 2011 we will be raising money to help build a youth camp.


Don and Wei Hong Snow, missionaries to China.  The Snows have served in China since 2003.  Don teaches graduate students in the English Department of Nanjing University, one of China’s top universities and an institution which the Presbyterian Church had a hand in founding more than a century ago. Wei Hong serves as a volunteer at the library of Jinling Theological Seminary, assisting in computer cataloging the holdings. Don and Wei Hong also serve the PC(USA) as regional liaison staff for China. 

We provide monthly financial support to their mission work.