Missions & Outreach

Grace Point wants to be faithful to reach out to those that don't yet know Christ (Matthew 28:18-20) 
as well as those less fortunate than ourselves (Psalm 82:3).
With this goal in mind, we participate in the following missions and local outreach opportunities. If you are interested in learning more about these ministries, please contact the Grace Point Missions and Outreach team.  

Contact Marjolein Grootenhuis at: (858) 481-0424 ext. 204 or marjolein@gracepointsd.com  
To view upcoming quarterly missions events go to: Missions Quarterly Calendar

Grace Point Church Missions 

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR! WE EXPERIENCED SOME GREAT GOD ADVENTURES IN 2014:
Apart from our regular & monthly trips to Mexico and the homeless Missions we had some BIG EVENTS:
*Sunday May 4th 2014: Faith In Action Run to benefit Love146, a Christian organization that fights child trafficking
*Thursday July 17th 2014: Food Packaging Event with Children's Ministry and Friends and Family Community Connection to benefit our brothers and sisters at Centro Shalom Tijuana. We donated and packed 20,000 meals.
*Saturday July 19th-26th 2014: Missions Trip to Honduras with 26 GPC missionaries 
*Friday & Saturday November 21st and 22nd: Team of 25 GPC members built a house in Mexico.

For an impression, see some of our Video's/Highlights in 2014:

*Faith In Action Run 2014: For a visual impression of the race go to: https://vimeo.com/94799532

For race results you can visit: http://racewire.com/live_results.php?id=3936

Video:  About Love146 


*Centro Shalom, Tijuana, Mexico: For a short impression of our Christmas shoe boxes delivery in January 2014 you can watch this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itN_xCMBZ_0&feature=youtu.be


Local Service Projects


King Chavez Academy, 415 31st Street, SD CA 92102, 619 525 7320

King Chavez Academy is an independent charter school catering to the educational needs of children in grades pre-K through 8th Grade, in Logan Heights downtown San Diego. We volunteer every Monday from 11.45 am-2.30 pm in Kindergarten-2nd Grade. Our goal as volunteers is to reflect Christ by lovingly serving the staff, teachers, the students and their families, by helping in the classroom with math, reading and writing. We hope to develop meaningful relationships so we can share the Gospel. We also help with organizing special events, such as the Staff Appreciation Week and the Annual Christmas Fundraiser. For a Spring 2015 calendar, click here. Contact Becky Flanders 603 494 9612 or becky@flanders.org 
  

Food Pantry

In cooperation with Friends and Family Community Connection (FFCC), Albertsons and Big Lots we offer a food donation program to our community members: Every week fresh produce are donated. To supplement these produce Grace Point Church provides bags of non-perishable food items. We want to give you as church members the opportunity to sponsor or donate (items for) these bags, as an individual, family, or small group. Content of the bags: Cereal, pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter, rice, canned fruit & vegetables and dry or canned beans. Please check the expiration dates before you donate. Every month app. 400 bags are packed and donated out of our Food Pantry to members of our community. 

God's Extended Hand, 1625 Island Ave. SD CA 92101

Every 3rd Tuesday we'll join the last sidewalk mission in San Diego to serve dinner to 130 homeless people & deliver the message of hope. We will worship the Lord with the guests and offer encouragement through listening, engaging and prayer. We'll gather at the GPC parking lot at 4:30 pm & we'll leave at 4:45 pm.  You can also join us at the Mission at 6:00pm. Expected time of return is 8:00pm.  Driving directions and sign up at the Missions & Outreach table.

Salvation Army, 825 7th Avenue, San Diego CA 92101

"Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy", Matt 5:7
Our Mission with the Salvation Army Service Outreach is to extend an act of mercy to the homeless community of San Diego by preparing and serving a nutritious meal once a month 
(the 2nd Monday of each month). We offer the guests hope by sharing the Gospel and loving them. We also undertake projects that fill particular needs. Meet at the GPC parking lot at 
4:15 pm. We'll return by 7:30 pm.  You can also meet us at the Mission at 6:00 pm.  Driving directions and sign up at the Missions & Outreach table. You can also be part of this ministry 
by baking potatoes. Every 2nd Sunday of the month you can pick up a bag of potatoes in the Courtyard and bake them at your home on Monday. Drop them off in the GPC kitchen at 
4:00 pm. Contact Terri Wrider at Terri.l.lane@gmail.com

Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center, 5440 Morehouse Drive Suite 2000, SD CA 92121, 858 457 7800

"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering to God's grace in its various forms". Peter 4:10

Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center (TPPRC)has the mission to bring hope, help and healing to women in crisis pregnancies. TPPRC seeks to transform the community by showing unconditional love and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ through their services. Examples of services offered: pregnancy tests, options counseling, ultrasound referral, post-abortion counseling and support, abstinence education for youth. GPC partners with TPPRC during their Annual Banquet, Walk for Life and Baby Bottle Campaign.


Senior Community Outreach "Sowing Good"

"Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderlyand revere your God, I am the Lord". Lev 19:2

As an outreach to the senior local community, Grace Points' ministry "Sowing Good", provided raised garden beds so that the Emeritus (assisted living facility for the elderly in Carmel Valley) residents can enjoy God's creative work in herb, ornamental and vegetable gardening. In addition to more volunteers that can assist with ongoing garden maintenance, we are also looking for volunteers to help with the following activities: Lead bridge (or any other card games), lead knitting/crocheting/tatting classes, Bible Study/fellowship, or group singing. If you are interested in learning more about any of these opportunities, please contact Susan Carpenter at sjcarpen@aol.com

"And let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Gal. 6:9

Global Missions

Iglesia Cristo Centro Honduras

Honduras Missions Trip

In July 2014 we went on our 3rd Missions Trip with a team of 25 Grace Point Church missionaries and served our Lord in Honduras. We partnered with Iglesia Cristo Centro, San Pedro Sula. 

For our 2013 Summary watch the video here Read about our trip Here at our blog. 

For our 2014 Summary read our blog:  http://gpchonduras2014.blogspot.com/

Our Missions Trip in 2015: Saturday July 25th-August 1st

 

Coffee 4 Kids Honduras                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Every Sunday you can buy coffee at the Outreach Table. The coffee is grown in Honduras. Proceeds go to a program that feeds 80 - 100 children daily at a hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The children & their parents receive a snack, drink , prayer and encouragement from members of the local church. Cost per bag is $12. We also have locally crafted headbands, pens and book markers for sale. Contact Don & Lori Hughes with questions at dhughes1@hotmail.com

Child Sponsorship Programs

1 Mosaic Vision  Uganda

This ministry supports children who have lost both parents to AIDS. Mosaic works with local churches to restore the childhoods of orphans living in child- headed homes. This is done by connecting widows  from the local church with child-headed households. First of all the children have the opportunity to learn about the love and saving grace of Jesus Christ. They receive clothes, food, attend school, and receive medical care. These needs are provided by the local community, this generates employment. For $45 a month you can sponsor a child or for $25 you can provide a new shirt, pants, & shoes.  Every 2nd Sunday of the month you can visit the Mosaic table in the Courtyard for more info.  Contact: Kristen Caverly, kcaverly@san.rr.com
 

2 Centro Shalom  Tijuana Mexico

The Education Sponsorship Program supports the education of the children of Centro Shalom, living in Barrio Alamar and Miramar in Tijuana, Mexico. The funds are kept in an account that is administered by Pastor Fernando at Centro Shalom. Each child must keep their grades up, have good school attendance and attend church. Cost per month: $30.00 Your contribution will pay for: school tuition, uniforms, shoes, supplies, After School Support (tutoring) and nutrition. Sponsors can choose to provide personalized backpacks, Christmas and/or Birthday cards and arrange for their child to be available when the Mission group visits. There will be a lunch each year to connect with your child so you can get an update on his/her progress in school, to pray and spend some special time together. Every 2nd Sunday of the month you can visit the sponsor table in the Courtyard for more info. 
For a schedule of our 2015 Missions Saturday Trips click here Contact: Lynda Meyer lyndamy@yahoo.com
 

3 Cristo Centro Kids San Pedro Sula Honduras

San Pedro Sula is the 2nd biggest city in Honduras. There are ~17 barrio's in the city and Rio Blanco is the biggest one with 2000 people. We team up with Cristo Centro, a church right there that ministers to the children and the families of Rio Blanco. For $32.00 a month you can support the physical, emotional and spiritual development of the children: They will receive education, food, and develop loving relationships with the members of Cristo Centro and hopefully........you. You can join us on one of our Mission Trips and meet your sponsored child. Contact: Lori Hughes at lkhughes1@yahoo.com

 

Centro Shalom Tijuana Mexico

Please join us as we visit the Barrio's in Tijuana, the ministry field of Centro Shalom with Pastor Fernando and his team. Monthly we visit the church on Saturday and minister to the children and their families. Every Mission Day trip has a different focus. In 2015 we will paint houses and the church, cook and provide lunch for the children, organize a Valentine's Day lunch, etc. There is a calendar available for 2015. Contact Lynda Meyer lyndamy@yahoo.com


Barefoot Doctors Thailand

"So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere." Luke 9:6
Barefoot Doctors is a part of Frontier Laborers for Christ, an organization that preaches & practices the gospel in Thailand & Myanmar/former Burma.   
This program trains villagers in basic medical treatment techniques. They are also instructed how to share the gospel. The curriculum duration is 3 consecutive years for 6 weeks at a time. The trainees are hand-selected by their local church for this honor and very necessary training. After finishing the program, they set "out in the field" in order to heal the sick and bring hope and encouragement. Rick Astone, a GPC member, is the dean of the Barefoot Doctors program. We are currently supporting Myit Tun, a Barefoot Doctor who graduated recently. 
Contact Rick Astone at astonerick@gmail.com 


Grace Point Church Members active in:

His Hands For Haiti (HH4H)


This Maine based ministry started in 2003, sponsoring 57 students and continues to expand, currently supporting 1400. After a devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a plot of land was purchased with the intent of supporting a number of small orphanage homes. The orphans are supported by providing them with housing and education. These efforts are channeled through L'Eglise Baptiste de Terrier Rouge (the Baptist Church of Terrier Rouge). GPC members have been involved with this ministry for more than five years. GPC held a HH4H benefit concert in 2010. The donations provided for building two current orphanage homes, housing up to 20 orphans. For more information go to www.hishandsforhaiti.org or contact Steve & Karen Lamb at sizl05@san.rr.com & kelamb2008@yahoo.com