Route #513 at Grandin Road/Race Street
2 Race Street, Pittstown, NJ 08867
(908) 735-5733
www.bethlehempresbyterian.org
Rev. Paul F. Rack, Interim Minister
Missions
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church has a heart for mission! The Church reaches outside its doors to serve those in our community, across the county, and around the world. Missions is just one of the many ways we can honor God and be faithful to His Great Commission.
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Matthew 28:18-20
Mission outreach at our Church is a total congregational commitment involving many groups and individuals of all ages. The Missions Commission serves the Church by coordinating the various mission programs and activities, overseeing earmarked funds for mission outreach, and educating the Church about missions in general.
The Missions Commission provides benevolence disbursements to the following local groups:
- Princeton Seminary Scholarship Fund
- Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad
- Clinton Fire Department
- HMC Chaplaincy Fund
- Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program
- Habitat for Humanity
- Camp Johnsonburg
- Hunterdon Helpline
- Hunterdon Hospice
- Hunterdon Special Olympics
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Hunterdon County
- Youth Mission Trips
- Grow-a-Row
- Hunterdon Group Home
- IHN
Because the needs are so great, we encourage everyone at the Church to become active in hands-on mission. There are many opportunities to get involved and your help is always welcome! Some of our ongoing mission projects include:
Global Missions
- 30-Hour Famine
- World Gift Market
- CROP WALK
- “Gift of the Heart” Health Kits (Money for Medicine)
- Heifer Project International
- One Great Hour of Sharing
- Networkers Malaria Prevention Program
- Souper Bowl of Caring
- Warm Up America! Foundation
Local Missions
- Anderson House
- Giving Tree
- Elizabethport Presbyterian Center
- Grow-A-Row Garden/Flemington Food Pantry
- Interfaith Hospitality Network of Hunterdon County
- NORWESCAP Food Bank
- Open Cupboard Food Pantry
- Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity
As part of a local mission outreach, the Church opens its doors and offers use of the building to various groups in the community including:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Boy Scout Troop #119
- Friendship Connections
- Girl Scouts
- Hunterdon Seniors Healthy Bones
PCUSA Mission Yearbooks
For detailed information on mission work of the Presbyterian Church (USA), obtain a copy of the Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study and Children’s Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study, which are published annually by PC(USA). Each day the stories in these yearbooks unfold depicting mission in every one of our presbyteries and synods, as well as mission work around the world.