Mission and Service
The WPC Mission and Service Committee distributes gifts from the Benevolence Fund by seeking to identify and support a variety of missions that address needs close to home and around the world. WPC is blessed to have personal relationships with missionaries serving those in critical need throughout the world.
National and International
Eritrean Refugees and The America Team for Displaced Eritreans
EritreanRefugees.org
Since 2009, we have sponsored two Eritrean refugee families
now living in Upper Darby. We also provide funds to The
America Team for Displaced Eritreans founded by WPC
member John Stauffer, an organization that works with
refugees and those seeking asylum, including those still in
refugee camps or in flight.
Since 2009, we have sponsored two Eritrean refugee families
now living in Upper Darby. We also provide funds to The
America Team for Displaced Eritreans founded by WPC
member John Stauffer, an organization that works with
refugees and those seeking asylum, including those still in
refugee camps or in flight.
CityTeam
CityTeam.org
We support Cityteam in San Jose, where former member Charles Knuckles served as Director of Rescue and Recovery. Cityteam provides food services, a homeless shelter, a recovery program and support to mothers and babies.
We support Cityteam in San Jose, where former member Charles Knuckles served as Director of Rescue and Recovery. Cityteam provides food services, a homeless shelter, a recovery program and support to mothers and babies.
Missionaries
- Jeni Pedzinski, a WPC youth leader in 2015 and 2016, serves with the New Life Center and Foundation in Thailand. The organization assists the young women rescued from human trafficking and working toward new lives of freedom and self-sufficiency. Click here for more info.
WPC members support the following local missions with their dollars and their hands-on volunteer work and support other local, national and international organizations serving to meet a critical need in the world.
Rise Against Hunger
Several times a year, more than 50 people of all ages gather for a few hours to assemble 10,000 packets of food that are then sent to both third world countries and poor areas of the U.S. The energy is contagious!
Local and Regional
Chester Eastside
ChesterEastside.org
Supporting the community with afterschool education and tutoring, parent education, youth summer camp, a G.E.D.
program, food cupboard, food and nutrition education,
emergency aid and referrals.
Supporting the community with afterschool education and tutoring, parent education, youth summer camp, a G.E.D.
program, food cupboard, food and nutrition education,
emergency aid and referrals.
CityTeam Chester
CityTeam.org
Supporting the community with meals for the homeless, a food cupboard, addiction recovery, adult learning center, medical and dental clinic, mother and baby care and clothing distribution.
Supporting the community with meals for the homeless, a food cupboard, addiction recovery, adult learning center, medical and dental clinic, mother and baby care and clothing distribution.
FUSE (Fellowship Urban Suburban Engagement)
FuseDelco.com
A partnership bringing together Christian, Jewish and Muslim houses of worship, community groups and non-profits and including people of every race, gender and socio-economic status with the purpose of building relationships and striving to understand “the other” in our community.
A partnership bringing together Christian, Jewish and Muslim houses of worship, community groups and non-profits and including people of every race, gender and socio-economic status with the purpose of building relationships and striving to understand “the other” in our community.
Broad Street Ministry
BroadStreetMinistry.org
An alternative church community practicing hospitality
and civic engagement, offering diverse programs and events
and serving as a spiritual center along the Avenue of the Arts
in Philadelphia.
An alternative church community practicing hospitality
and civic engagement, offering diverse programs and events
and serving as a spiritual center along the Avenue of the Arts
in Philadelphia.