The Village Church is committed to sharing Christ's love and compassion in the world. Through hands-on mission projects and support of numerous other Christian agencies, the people of the Village Church strive to put their faith into action.

Check this world map of the missions we support.

CORE MISSIONS: Out of the ministries we support, each year our Missions Commission identifies six core missions that we support most actively and that provide opportunities for hands-on involvement. Currently these are (in alphabetical order):

Friends of Los Ninos and the Los Angelitos Orphanage
Location: Tijunana, Mexica - NORTH AMERICA
Website:www.losangelitos.org
Summary:Our ministry in Tijuana has two main components:

1. Friends of Los Ninos is a ministry providing food, clothing, and other support to several Christian orphanages just over the border in Tijuana, Mexico.

2. The Village Church has forged a special relationship with one of these orphanages, Los Angelitos, which is home to approximately thirty children, primarily girls. Several times each year we plan day-long trips to Los Angelitos to spend time with the children and to help with light maintenance or other needs. In the summer of 2005, the Village Church began serving as a conduit for those who wished to sponsor children at Los Angelitos.

HOPE Unlimited Location: Campinas and Vittoria, Brazil – SOUTH AMERICA
Website: www.hopeunlimited.org
Summary: Hope Unlimited is a ministry to children and youth in Brazil, where an estimated five to ten million children are in poverty and live on the streets. Through Christian discipleship, housing, education, character development and job-training, Hope Unlimited helps former street children discover new life and have hope for a brighter tomorrow.

Military Outreach Ministries
Location: Camp Pendleton, San Diego County – UNITED STATES
Website: www.miltaryoutreach.org
Summary: Formerly ministry of the Presbytery of San Diego, Military Outreach Ministries is undergoing a significant restructuring in 2005 to become an independent, yet Presbyterian-related Christian ministry to Marine families at Camp Pendleton. This ministry shares God's love and helps meet the practical needs of the many military families in the San Diego area through clothing, food bags, furnishings, and in other ways. In addition to financial support, The Village Church has hosted several Kids' Club programs at Camp Pendleton, where military parents are invited to drop off their children for the day and enjoy some much needed "down time" at home or off-base.

Presbyterian Urban Ministries
Location: San Diego, California – UNITED STATES
Website: http://www.urbanpsd.org/UrbanPSD
Summary: Located in the heart of San Diego, PUM offers emergency and employment assistance to individuals and families living at or below the poverty level in the form of food, clothing, transportation, obtaining required employment paperwork, access to job-search tools and counseling. Prayer is offered and shared throughout each day..

Project Kenya
Location: Kenya - AFRICA
Website: www.theoutreachfoundation.org (Outreach Foundation main site)
Summary: The Village Church’s work in Kenya has two main components:

1. The Cheppema Children's Home, located near Eldama Ravine, provides a Christian home and education for approximately 40 orphaned children. Cheppema includes dormitories and a primary school. Past work trips to Cheppema have involved light construction and repair as well as interaction with the children. In addition to budgeted monetary support of Cheppema, a scholarship fund has been established through a private donation to help provide for secondary-school and college education for the children.

2. We support numerous church construction projects in partnership with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and the Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Four new churches were built in 2004-2005, and at least twenty new churches are scheduled for 2006. One of these churches will be stone with seating for up to 1000; the remaining churches are primarily steel construction with seating for 200.
Click here or the link above to see a few pictures of our February, 2005 trip to Kenya as well as our 2004 trip.

Sudanese American Presbyterian Church
Location: San Diego, California – UNITED STATES
Website: www.presbyterysd.org/ministries/sudanese.html
Summary: San Diego is home to several thousand Sudanese refugees. Many are Presbyterians, and this mission church provides a center for worship and Christian community for the Sudanese in San Diego. Two members of the Sudanese Congregation recently accompanied our Mission Team to East Africa to assess possibilities for relief ministry in Sudan after years of civil war. Past Village Church support has been to help pay off the construction loan for their church building, as well as operational support. Other support includes annual scholarship awards for students from the Sudanese congregation who attend college.

To see other missions we support, check this page.

For more information on our missions opportunities, contact the Rev. Jan Farley at 858-756-2441 or (email)