Primary Beneficiaries of Mission Giving

The following organizations are designated as “primary” beneficiaries of Mission Committee giving:

• Bethesda Mission
  • a mission in downtown Harrisburg that seeks to provide food, shelter, clothing, and the good news of Jesus (www.bethesda-mission.org)
• Central PA Food Bank
  • provides food to nearly 1600 residents of Central Pennsylvania (www.centralpafoodbank.org)
• Christian Churches United
  • an organization sponsored by many Central Pennsylvania churches to provide temporary shelter and food to those in extreme need
• Delta Community
  • an organization that assists single parents and their children with housing needs (www.delta-community.org)
• Downtown Daily Bread
  • a soup kitchen sponsored by the Pine Street Presbyterian Church and other local Presbyterian Churches that serves a midday meal to those who need it 365 days a year (www.downtowndailybread.org) The Deacons of MPC organize people to serve meals at Downtown Daily Bread two times every month.
• Ecumenical Food Pantry
  • a food pantry that receives donations from many Central PA churches and is housed in Messiah Lutheran Church; volunteers from MPC help staff the Ecumenical Food Pantry on a monthly basis
• Habitat for Humanity
  • a housing ministry that is both local, national, and global. MPC gives to both Cumberland Valley Habitat for Humanity in Carlisle, and Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area. In 2008, MPC was named “outstanding congregation” by HFH of Harrisburg. Many of the mission trips sponsored by MPC are to affiliates of Habitat for Humanity, such as Horry County Habitat for Humanity in South Carolina, and Habitat for Humanity in Mexico. (www.habitat.org) Volunteers from MPC work regularly at HFH of the Greater Harrisburg Area, and some groups that come from other locations to work there (such as collegiate challenge groups in the spring) stay at our Youth Center.
• Medical Benevolence Foundation
  • an international organization associated with the PC(USA) that provides clinics and medical care in underdeveloped countries (www.mbfoundation.org)
• New Hope Ministries
  • in both Dillsburg and Mechanicsburg. A local organization that provides emergency food and, in some cases, funding for families in need (www.newhopeministries-pa.org)
• Truckstop Ministry
  • a ministry of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches that serves thousands of truckers who use I-81 and the PA turnpike and stop at truck stops at the interchange of these two roads in Carlisle
• Cumberland Vista
  • a ministry of CROSS (Christian Residential Opportunities and Social Services) that provides a home and residential services to developmentally disabled adults (www.crossinc.com) Various groups from the church regularly go to Cumberland Vista for evenings of games and pizza.