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Your HELP is WANTED to make our world a better place.

In the Dayton Area

Do you like children? Come and be a tutor to the students at Van Cleve Elementary School! Wednesdays and Thursdays we tutor students in Fellowship Hall. Our partnership with Van Cleve has grown to include many other programs like Teacher Grants, Student of the Month Lunches and more. The success of this partnership led to the launching of School Church Partners, an effort to pair up schools and churches for mutual benefit and growth.  Over 70 pairings have been created.  Visit www.schoolchurchpartners.org for more information.

Through our giving to Miami Presbytery, we support several outreach programs in churches across the greater Dayton area and throughout the Miami Valley.

The Mission Committee assists selected local helping agencies and programs. In 2006 they were: Dayton, Ohio Habitat for Humanity; School Church Partners; the Urban Ministry Center and The Emergency Food Bank. Westminster gives financial support, volunteer hours and holds collection drives for items needed by these organizations.

On the National Level: 

Mission Trips: In 1997 nine adults flew to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to do flood relief work, cleaning out homes and churches. In 1998 a group went to build a home among the poor of Kentucky. In 1999 two large groups visited the John Hyson School in Chimayo, New Mexico, and did work on the campus. In 2000 we visited the Buckhorn of Ohio campus and did a variety of work. In 2001 a dozen folk spent a work week at John Hyson School. In 2002 a large group worked at Kirkmont Camp.  In 2003 we did work in Wheeling, West Virginia.  in 2004 we went to Lexington, Kentucky.  2005 found us in Toronto and also in Mississippi for hurricane cleanup.  In 2006 there were four trips to help the Katrina cleanup which included over 50 participants.

We also support hundreds of missions around the nation through our giving to the General Assembly.

On the International Level:

Westminster is paired with a sister church in Colombia, South America: Primera Iglesia Presbyteriana in Barranquilla.  We continue to learn more about each other. Two of our pastors and a dozen young people have been to Colombia to visit our sister church. Primera’s pastor has preached here. Members of our partner presbytery visited us in recent years.

"Mission Arts and Crafts" are sold at Westminster. These are craft items created by needy artisans from around the world. Our sale gives them a livelihood, often the only income for a family or village.

Through special offerings and our denominational giving we are making an impact in hundreds of nations around the globe, including missionaries in almost every country.

For more information about the Mission Program at Westminster, contact Jim Henry (937-223-7285 or jim@westminsterdayton.org).  Also Check out The Chimes monthly newsletter for the latest update on what's happening in mission.