Christian
Peacemaker Teams
(CPT)
Christian Peacemaker Teams sends
peacemakers to situations of violent conflict.
Clintonville-Beechwold
Community Resource Center
The Clintonville Community Resource
Center is our local settlement house which provides services and
creates opportunities to improve the quality of life in the Clintonville-Beechwold
community.
Global
Gallery
Global
Gallery is a fairtrade business that provides employment for Third
World artisans by selling their handcrafted products here in Columbus.
Sample opportunities: in-store sales, stocking shelves, off-site
sales.
Columbus Mennonite Church is a member
of the Clintonville/Beechwold/Timken Partnership of Habitat for
Humanity. Sample opportunities: construction, working with families.
International
Friendships, Inc.
IFI is a ministry to international
students on the campus of Ohio State University. Two Bible studies
from IFI meet in our church facilities each week. Some of the service
opportunties that we have participated with in the past are being
a host family during the holidays, serving as a language/conversational
partner, and greeting students as they arrive in Columbus.
Montana
de Luz
Montana
de Luz is a non-profit organization that cares for children with
HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Its priority is to help these children heal,
thrive and grow as they experience the love of God in their daily
lives. In June 2006, a member of our youth group spent a week of
service at Montana de Luz and came back so enthusiastic about her
experience that in June 2007 we sent an intergenerational group
from our church to share a week of service at Montana de Luz. A
second trip is being planned in the summer of 2008.
Mennonite
Central Committee
(MCC)
MCC has over 1,000 workers in some
50 countries. Assignments are in fields such as education, economic
development, peacemaking, health care, social services, or agriculture.
Mennonite
Mission Network (MMN)
Mennonite Mission Network exists
to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic
witness to Jesus Christ in a broken world. MMN works to engage people
and cultures with the gospel of Jesus Christ by starting and cultivating
missional congregations, and by fostering a missional identity in
the church.
Near
Northside Emergency Material and Assistance Program (NNEMAP)
NNEMAP is a food pantry in Victorian
Village that also offers parallel emergency services for low-income
persons. Sample opportunities: donating supplies for grooming kits,
donating food.
Sharing
With Appalachian People
(SWAP)
SWAP
is a service opportunity under Mennonite Central Committee. Using
the efforts of volunteers, SWAP addresses sub-standard housing in
eastern Kentucky. Participants work with and for local clients,
sharing the message of God's love and building relationships that
serve to enrich all involved. Our Senior Youth group participated
in a week of service in Kentucky in 2006. It was such a positive
experience that they have elected to do a second trip which is being
planned in the summer of 2008.
YWCA
Family Center
On the second Tuesday of each month,
we work in partnership with the North Broadway United Methodist
Church to provide a meal at the YWCA Family Shelter for homeless
families. The Family Center provides shelter, meals, and comprehensive
support to families without homes. Volunteers provide homeless families
with basic human needs: shelter, safety, and sustenance with a spirit
of warmth and hospitality. In this environment, guests are able
to maintain their dignity. The kindness of hosts helps to diminish
the hurt of homelessness, and both volunteers and guests grow and
learn from each other. Sample opportunities: preparing food, games
and activities with children.