The Global Missions Ministry actively supports “Stamps for Missions,” a project that supports printing of Bibles and Christian Education in the Congo and Jamaica.
We also encourage worldwide mission assistance through special over and above offerings throughout the year, including the One Great Hour of Sharing, the Pentecost Offering, the Peace and Global Witness Offering, the Christmas Joy Offering, the Nickel-a-Meal Offering and Stop Hunger Now Programs.
Congo Partnership - The relationship with our sister churches in the Congo, Lemba and Limete, has been active for approximately 20 years. It is through this relationship that Bayside Presbyterian connects with the work of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia via the International Partnership Ministry. We continue to give support to various building projects, including a maternity clinic and church development.
Fuente de Aqua Viva - In June, we send a contingent of youth and adults from Bayside on a mission trip to Ticul, Mexico to assist in the construction of the church of the Fountain of living Water (Fuente de Aqua Viva). This mission strengthens our ongoing relationship with the Presbyterian Church in Mexico.
Youth Missions – Each summer we offer a mission opportunity to the youth of Bayside Presbyterian Church. The mission consists of a group of young people and adults to help work with the homeless and community action groups.
Montreat, North Carolina - Also in the summer, youth and adults travel to the mountains of North Carolina to attend a week-long session at the Montreat Youth Conference (MYC). MYC is designed for high school students and their adult leaders for a week of study, worship and recreation.
Living Waters for the World - While about 3/4 of the earth is water, only one percent of the water that is on the earth is available for human consumption. Much of that water is unusable and polluted, leaving millions of people to die from waterborne parasites and viruses. Living Waters for the World was formed to help alleviate this problem. By providing a system that’s simple, sustainable and affordable, and by teaching local leaders to lead health and hygiene education among the community, mission teams have been able to help those in communities with contaminated water take ownership of making their own water clean again.
Over the last two years, a small team at Bayside has worked in conjunction with a neighboring church to provide clean drinking water in three communities in Nicaragua.
Pictures from Jamaica in 2016.