IMCK has a multi-faceted healthcare approach, including the Good Shepherd Hospital schools of nursing, medical technology and midwifery a growing medical student practice and residency program community out-patient clinics, nutrition programs and a research center. Its sponsors continue to include PCUSA and the Medical Benevolence Foundation, as well as the Presbyterian Church of the Congo. of the CongoIMCK (The Kasai Christian Medical Institute) was founded in 1954 by Christian missionaries from the U.S., including Presbyterians. Being a connectional church through the PCUSA, many of these missions are part of greater Presbyterian USA church. Our church also supports several global missions through financial grants. UrbanPromise Trenton also partners with Skeet’s Pantry to provide food for 30 families each month. Volunteers from our church serve as tutors and bus drivers, and many of our youth and young adults work with UrbanPromise Trenton as summer interns and year around tutors. UrbanPromise Trentonequips Trenton’s children and young adults with the skills necessary for academic achievement, life management, spiritual growth, and Christian leadership by creating a caring and supportive community. Teams of church adults and youth participate in spring or summer mission trips, painting, clearing underbrush and cabin maintenance. Church volunteers serve as board members, camp staff, retreat leaders, recreation leaders, kitchen and maintenance help. Johnsonburg Camp and Conference Center is a part of the PCUSA families of camps located in Warren County. Church members have had the opportunity to serve on its board, and participate in fundraising activities and programs. NAMI Mercer serves families and individuals in the Mercer County area who suffer from mental illness with counseling and programs. Our Cranbury church has been a strong supporter of Centurion for over 20 years. And once freedom is achieved, Centurion continues to stand by the exoneree to help with finding a new life in the community. Centurion does the arduous work of proving innocence through a crew of volunteer case managers as well as in-the-field investigators and persistent legal advocacy – all of which can take years before freedom is won. Thus, Centurion is often the last resort for many who are innocent but don’t fit into the requirements of other innocence organizations. Nor does Centurion restrict the cases it accepts to those with DNA proof of innocence. Nor is it attached to a law school and therefore cannot rely on the resources of such schools to accomplish its work. Centurion’s success and identification of this tragic unmet need has laid the foundation for the growing number of “innocence projects” which later came into existence.Ĭenturion is unique, though, in that it does not limit itself to any one state, though it is still located in Princeton, New Jersey. Since Jim began this work, the organization has freed over 63 men and women who had been in prison for a total of 1200+ years. It was founded in 1983 by Princeton Seminary graduate, Jim McCloskey, and was, in fact, the first organization of its kind in the world. Our church also provides financial support, books and school supplies.Ĭenturion Centurion’s goal is vindication of the wrongly convicted in prison. South County Day Care Center located in Helmetta welcomes our church members as board members and active advocates for affordable quality child care. The needs are so great and a wonderful way to help under-served families in Hightstown. TASK welcomes us every month as part of the TASK family.īetter Beginnings Day Care Center located in Hightstown welcomes our church members as board members, teacher assistants, suppliers of donations of paper products, food and school supplies. Volunteers from our church serve the evening meal once a month, in addition to delivering donated clothing, books, and food and hygiene items. Trenton Area Soup Kitchen provides meals, tutoring and social services for folks in the Trenton area. Strong, able volunteers are always welcomed at Skeet’s Pantry. Monthly, church and community volunteers pick up and deliver crates of fresh produce sort and distribute the bags and restock empty shelves. The Pantry is run right out of our church and serves over 65 families every month with bags of canned foods, fresh produce and hygiene products. Skeet's Pantry was started by a church member and over the years, the number of families being served has steadily grown. Members of our congregation joyfully serve in the following local missions, witnessing to God’s love and the many blessings they have received through serving God's people. Local Missions There's plenty of work to be done right in our community.
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