Central Presbyterian Church Past Mission Projects

Extending Christ's Love to the World!

Please click on the links below to find out more about mission projects CPC has engaged in over the years.

Bolivia/Peru Mission Trip, 2006
On June 29th, 11 CPC members and friends embarked on a 12-day journey of spiritual transformation to South America’s two poorest countries, Bolivia and Peru. The team included Scheller Hinkle, Hayley Morgan, John Taylor, Rachel Christensen, Elizabeth Burke, Michael Christensen, Lee Ryden, Carolyn Taylor, Don Wahlig, Julie Saksa and Julie Richards. After months of spiritual and logistical preparation, we began our trip with a moving communion service on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Lima, Peru. We then visited a micro-enterprise sewing project begun by PCUSA missionaries Ruth and Hunter Farrell amid the grinding poverty of a hill-side shanty town called Lomas de Caledonia outside Lima. (more)

Bolivia Mission Trip, 2004
What a fabulous trip. The first 8-9 days was spent co-leading our Church mission trip to the Amistad Mission and its children’s village in the city of Cochabamba, with a two-day trip up into the mountains to visit a small indigenous village called Aramasi. The children of the Amistad Mission, most of whom were abandoned or orphaned, are, without exception, wonderfully open and warm. They crave attention and call all of us, generically, “Amigos” - friends! Spending time with them, playing, eating, worshipping, and celebrating special occasions like the group birthday celebration was one of the real highlights of our trip. (more)

Costa Rica Mission Trip, 2005
Church Building / Relational Work. Assist a member congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Costa Rica in constructing church buildings. Tour the rain forest. (more)

Habitat for Humanity
The Summit Faith House is a home funded and built by seven Summit congregations. Each work day we teamed with one or two of our fellow Summit congregations. The mix was different each work day so, we had the chance to meet all of the Faith House volunteers. (more)

School Supply Kits for Iraqi Children
Please join us in helping the soldiers of the 3-3 of the U.S. Army help the children of Iraq by preparing School Supply Kits. Each Kit will contain basic, badly-needed items that can make a world of difference to a child heading to school. Assembling standardized Kits ensures that each child receives the same number of the most needed items, facilitates customs clearance, and relieves volunteers and soldiers of the time-consuming and labor intensive process of sorting and allocating random donated items. Kits are popular among Iraqis, who often request them. (more)