God is at work all around the world and there is nothing like seeing that first hand. Our short-term mission experiences are based in long-term relationships.
IMPACT MINISTRIES
The Serve Globally Impact Ministries consist of several missions that have their roots in Arvada Covenant and are led by members of the church. These ministries represent the “Impact the World” part of our church vision. Each provides an opportunity for you to become involved in a mission as well as get to know the missionaries and those they are serving and reaching out to.
GuateStar helps the indigenous population of Guatemala break the cycle of poverty through educational and community outreach projects. The primary methods involve building schools, the effective use of technology, teaching Biblical values and providing community healthcare.
Visit the GuateStar website to learn more about this ministry.
Casa Hogar Palabra de Vida – El Porvenir del Estudiante – Cuidar Corazon
The Casa Hogar ministry entails the support and relationship building with three connected organizations in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico. Casa Hogar Palabra de Vida is a orphanage to abandoned and abused children, El Porvenir del Estudiante is an opportunity for the older children to earn a scholarship and continue with an education at one of the trade schools, university, or bible school in Chihuahua, and Cuidar Corazon is a new ministry to provide care for the disabled children of Chihuahua.
A team from Arvada Covenant visits Chihuahua to spend a few days with the children. This is a wonderful opportunity to bless these children, and to give of yourself, while being blessed in return.
We have other opportunities throughout the year to be involved and impact the lives of these children. Pastor Gardea, the director, visits Denver several times throughout the year.
Providing Shelter. Restoring Dignity. Building Hope
International Hope Builders partners with local government, churches, orphanages and agencies to identify children and families in desperate need of shelter to restore dignity, hope, and most basic human needs to the poorest of the poor in nations like Honduras, Mexico, and Haiti.
Regular short term mission trips are available to Honduras to participate in the work of International Hope Builders.
Visit the International Hope Builders website to learn more.
Ignite Myanmar’s goal is to support evangelistic missionaries in Myanmar, while rescuing those in need, including orphans. Ignite Myanmar began by supporting a single missionary as he sought to rescue orphans and run a weekly worship service out of his rented home.
Visit the Ignite Myanmar website to learn more.
Seeds of South Sudan educates South Sudanese refugee orphans to be seeds of change for South Sudan, by providing education for them from elementary through high school, and continuing through college when possible.
Seeds of South Sudan rescues refugee orphans from the Kakuma Refugee Camp so they can receive an education in Kenyan boarding schools.
Seeds works to ensure that bright African young people reach their potential. Each Seeds student earns an excellent education so they can create a strong, peaceful, civil society in South Sudan.
Visit the Seeds of South Sudan website to learn more.
Arvada Covenant Church has supported several ministries in Alaska for many years, the chief of which is Alaska Christian College, founded by a prior youth pastor from Arvada Covenant, Dr. Keith Hamilton.
Regular short term mission trips are provided to Alaska Christian College.
GLOBAL PARTNERS
In addition to our Impact Ministries, we support a number of missionaries around the world.
Organization: GuateStar
Location: Guatemala
Mission: GuateStar helps the indigenous population of Guatemala break the cycle of poverty through educational and community outreach projects. We build schools, give our students access to technology, teach Biblical values and provide community healthcare.
GuateStar is a non-profit founded by Ken and Lori Anderson in 2015 in response to an invitation by the Guatemalans for help. This continues a long tradition of helping the indigenous population of Guatemala that began in the 1950’s by Ken’s parents, Loren and Helen Anderson. As generations and their needs change, the methods have changed, but the goal remains the same. The Andersons’ deep history with the people and culture provides a direct understanding of their needs and an efficient way to help through applying best practices. GuateStar seeks to provide solutions and resources that help, but don’t create dependency.
Projects include the construction of a medical clinic; Club Extra, an after-school program to promote the love of learning by giving students additional learning time and exposure to new classes; and MAYA Link, an educational platform that delivers education directly to the home without the internet.
Website: http://www.GuateStar.org
Email Address: lori@guatestar.org or ken@guatestar.org
Organization: Abba Padre International
Location: Honduras
Mission: They organize and host various groups to work on building projects, help in public schools, go on evangelistic outreaches, as well as assist local pastors, leaders and missionaries. They have created an Emergency Transition Home and work with the Honduran government to provide a safe house for abandoned children until they can become adopted.
Website: http://www.abbapadreinternational.com
Email Address: tw2theNations@gmail.com
Organization: Covenant Youth of Alaska
Location: Alaska
Mission: Developing youth ministry throughout Alaska by working with nineteen churches.
Website: http://www.cyak.org
Email Address: byron@cyak.org
Organization: Covenanter with Covenant World Mission, RCE (Resourcing Christian Education International)
Location: Taiwan
Mission: Caryn, the daughter of Phyllis and Don Camp and a member of Arvada Covenant Church, works as an ELL teacher (for English Language Learners) at Morrison Christian Academy in Taichung, Taiwan.
http://www.mca.org.tw. Approximately 70% of the children at the school are Taiwanese, and approximately 30% are the children of missionaries. http://www.rce-international.org/support-a-missionary/
Email Address: campc@mca.org.tw
Organization: Evangelical Covenant Church.
Location: Roi Et, Thailand
Mission: They are presently leading in the establishment of a ministry center in Roi Et, Thailand, which will house a church, as well as a center for music and English instruction, in addition to a bookstore, coffee shop and a place to do sports ministry.
Website: http://www.mekongvalleyproject.blogspot.com
Email Address: peter-ruthie.dutton@eccmail.com
Organization: Seeds of South Sudan
Location: Kenya
Mission: Arok is one of the former Lost Boys of Sudan. After being forced to leave his village in South Sudan at the age of 7, he went to two refugee camps before coming to the United States. Now his ministry is to take South Sudanese orphans from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, and send them to a boarding school in Nakuru, Kenya so that they can get an education and go back to re-build their village of Paliau in South Sudan.
Website: www.seedsofsouthsudan.org
Organization: Casa Hogar Palabra de Vida Orphanage
Location: Mexico
Mission: Pastor Gardea and his wife have established and run the Casa Hogar Palabra de Vida orphanage which is located in Chihuahua, Mexico. Arvada Covenant Church actively supports the orphanage and arranges short-term mission trips for families and adults. Casa Hogar is one of our Impact Ministries.
Organization: Alaska Christian College
Location: Alaska
Mission: Dr. Keith Hamilton is the President and Founder of the college which is located in Soldotna. Debbie is a counselor at the college. Keith and Debbie were formerly members of Arvada Covenant where Keith served as the Director of Student Ministries.
Website: ALASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE | Life-Changing Education (alaskacc.edu)
Organization: Alaska Christian College
Location: Alaska
Mission: Lindsay grew up going to ACC as a youth. They are both on staff at Alaska Christian College. Lindsay is the Director of Learning Resources and Registrar. Steve is on the faculty and the Chair of General Education.
Website: http://www.chillingwiththehallams.blogspot.com
Email Address: lhallam@alaskacc.edu
Organization: CYAK (Covenant Youth of Alaska)
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Mission: The main focus of this ministry is to the rural students across the state of Alaska. Their ministry is outreach, disciple those ready to grow, and train and help those ready to lead in ministry in various ways.
Website: http://www.cyak.org
Email Address: john@cyak.org
Organization: ECFA Reach Global
Location: Tanzania
Mission: Glennis’ ministry is focused on educating those in church leadership. She fills many administrative roles. She is working in a country where they are presently free to share the gospel, although Christians only make up less than 10% of the population.
Website: http://greetingsfromglennis.wordpress.com
Email Address: glennis.henry@ecfa.org
Organization: Covenant Youth of Alaska (CYAK)
Location: Alaska
Mission: Outreach and discipleship with rural and Alaska Native peoples. Adam and Shirleen have been involved with the statewide youth ministry department, Covenant Youth of Alaska (CYAK), for over 10 years in various ministries. Adam now serves as the Director of Operations for CYAK. Both Adam and Shirleen are graduates of Alaska Christian College. Websites:
Ministry of Adam and Shirleen: http://www.polarnewsflash.com
Christian Youth of Alaska: http://www.cyak.org
Covenant Bible Camp: http://www.covenantbiblecamp.com
Amundson Education Center: http://www.aecak.org
Email Address: adam@cyak.org
Organization: Evangelical Covenant Church Project Japan
Location: France
Mission: They are currently serving for at least two years as short-term missionaries with hopes to become long-term missionaries. They are focusing their ministry on reaching out to multi-ethnic and multi-lingual groups, including Brazilian Japanese, Latinos besides the local Japanese people. They are reaching out with friendship evangelism, hoping to expand their multi-lingual groups to include Muslims and refugees in the future.
Website: http://blogs.covchurch.org/fjmuniz
Email Address: Fabio-johnna.muniz@covchurch.org
Organization: Evangelical Covenant Church
Location: Congo
Mission: They work alongside the Evangelical Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM). This includes monthly trips into Central African Republic to reach out to the Fulani people group. Participate in hospital work, including training nurses, accounting and working in the pharmacy. And also involved in agricultural development work.
Email Address: sheryl.noren@covchurch.org
Organization: International Hope Builders
Location: Honduras
Mission: International Hope Builders partners with local government, churches and agencies to identify children and families in desperate need of shelter to restore dignity, hope, and most basic human needs to the poorest of the poor in nations like Honduras, Mexico, and Haiti.
Website: https://www.internationalhopebuilders.org/
Organization: Ignite Myanmar
Location: Myanmar
Mission: Ignite Myanmar began with the simple goal of supporting evangelistic missionaries in Myanmar. We strive to provide for the basic needs of each missionary we support: housing, food, clothing and basic supplies to conduct ministry. The missionaries we support focus their attention on neighborhood evangelism, youth evangelism, missionary training and providing for the needs (both spiritual and material) of orphans. We currently support 59 missionaries and 46 orphans, and have made it possible for 800+ weekly attenders to hear about Christ on an annual budget of $160,000. We have also trained 70 potential missionaries and are hoping to raise enough support to enable all of them to work as full-time missionaries. Our goal is to show the love of Christ to those in Myanmar by sharing the Gospel, rescuing and bringing hope to orphans, and giving new identity to the youth. We seek to serve those who have not yet put their faith in Jesus Christ primarily through missionary evangelism and providing the financial ability for our missionaries to meet the needs of those they are reaching out to with the Gospel.
Website: https://ignitemyanmar2.com/