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Ministry Opportunities

Looking for a missions opportunity? Mission to North America offers you opportunities that are high impact, cross-cultural, flexible, convenient, and affordable.

• High Impact: Reaching the most influential, English-speaking nation in the world with the gospel of Christ through word and deed
  
• Cross-cultural: Serving a variety of people groups, those within the local church and those outside
• Flexible: A day, weekend, week, month, or career. An individual, a couple, or a team
• Convenient: Close proximity without language barriers
• Affordable: No administration fees and minimal travel costs

The following is a list of current and on-going opportunities. For more information contact Arklie Hooten, MNA Short Term Missions and Disaster Response Director at 678-294-3011 or ahooten@pcanet.org, or Sherry Lanier, MNA Short Term Missions and Disaster Response Facilitator at 678-294-3012 or slanier@pcanet.org.

Gulf Coast Relief

Habitat for Humanity

Urban Mercy Ministry

Native American/First Nations

Church Planting Assistance

Short Term Internship Opportunities

Ridgehaven Outreach Projects

Second Career

Vision Trips

Yazoo City Tornado Reconstruction

 

 

GULF COAST RELIEF

MNA continues to reach out to those affected by Hurricane Katrina through local churches at various sites along the gulf coast region. This work primarily involves construction work that is open to both skilled and non-skilled volunteers.

• New Orleans LA: Assisting Redeemer Presbyterian Church
• St. Roch Community Church: New Orleans, LA (Eighth Ward)

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical, Christian ministry whose purpose is to build homes and communities in partnership with low-income families in communities across North America. A growing number of PCA churches are working with Habitat for Humanity as a means of outreach and ministry among people in lower income communities. MNA encourages PCA churches to explore this opportunity for community involvement. Click here for more information.

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URBAN MERCY MINISTRY

MNA helps to resource mercy ministries established through local churches. This work varies at each location and is open to all ages.

• Common Ground, Montgomery AL
• Grace Presbyterian Church, Dalton GA
• Hope for Hattiesburg: Assisting First Presbyterian Church in their outreach to Hattiesburg MS
• Hope for the Inner City: Assisting New City Fellowship in their outreach ministries to Chattanooga
• Restore St. Louis: Assisting New City Fellowship in their outreach to St. Louis MO
• Streets Ministry: Assisting in outreach to young people in housing developments in Memphis TN
• Sunshine Gospel Ministries: Assisting in outreach to the innercity of Chicago IL
  

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NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS

MNA reaches out to Native Americans by partnering with Pacific Northwest Presbytery and Sacred Road Ministries in the Yakama WA area.

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CHURCH PLANTING ASSISTANCE

MNA has an emphasis on church planting across the continent. Teams are needed to do a variety of work such as VBS, mercy ministry outreach projects, sports camps, music camps, and neighborhood canvassing projects. Current church plants with short term mission opportunities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Upward Bound Base Camp: Maine
• New City Phoenix, AZ
• Redeemer: New Orleans, LA
• St. Roch Community Church: New Orleans, LA (Eighth Ward)
• Westminster Chapel, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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Short Term Internship Opportunities

In partnership with PCA churches and other organizations and ministries, MNA is pleased to offer information concerning possible ministry internships. These internships vary in scope of work as well as length of service, with most being one- to two-year committments.

• Common Ground Montgomery Internship, Montgomery, AL

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RIDGEHAVEN OUTREACH PROJECTS

MNA and Ridgehaven Conference and Retreat Center partner to provide mission projects that are US-based for individuals, churches, presbyteries, Men of the Covenant groups, WIC groups, Sunday School classes, youth groups, RUF, and other campus groups.

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SECOND CAREER

Recognizing that retirement is not in the Bible, MNA offers those individuals who have retired from their first career an opportunity to ‘keep on keeping on’ by becoming Second Career Missionaries. Opportunities are varied both in work and location based on the passion, talents, skills, experience, and desires of the individuals. For more information about Second Career, contact Sherry Lanier at 678-294-3012 or slanier@pcanet.org.

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VISION TRIPS

MNA Short Term Missions arranges vision trips to strategic locations in North America, including Canada.

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RENEW YAZOO

Work with First Presbyterian Church and Second Presbyterian Church in Yazoo City as they facilitate rebuilding and restoration of houses damaged or destroyed by an F4 tornado that tore through Mississippi from the River to the Alabama line on April 24, 2010.

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