missions
We partner with many organizations financially, prayerfully, and physically to address issues of safety, injustice, poverty, housing crisis, food insecurities, and other ways our community members are challenged through mind, body, and spirit.
Missions Started at Peace Church
Dakota County Foster Closet
DCFC is a non profit organization that provides donated clothing and other needs to foster and adoptive families of (mainly) Dakota County.
Kids Peace Time
Kid's Peace Time (KPT) is a Parent's Day Out ministry . KPT's mission is to give parents of young children time away while nurturing their children and providing social, academic, and spiritual learning opportunities in a Christian environment.
Mercy Room
The Mercy Room at Peace supplies free clothing and toiletries to anyone in need and is open the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 12-3pm.
Oasis
Oasis is a program for youth 6th grade and older providing a safe place to complete and receive help with homework which is followed by engaging activities.
Peace Deaf Church
Deaf people are one of the largest unreached people groups with an estimated . 2%-2% reached globally and only 2%-4% in the US reached with the gospel of Christ. The Deaf are considered the third largest people group in the world who don't have access to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Peace is fortunate to partner with PDC to reach a broader community.
in our community
360 communities
360 Communities delivers safety and stability that improves lives. Builds trusting relationships, and breaks cycles of violence and poverty.
The Exchange Co-Op
The Exchange is a co-operative community in Rochester, MN. We partner together, exchanging help, friendship, and skills for the good of all.
Growing Through Loss
Growing Through Loss (GTL) provides support for adults who have experienced loss, information about the grieving process, caring and support from others who are also grieving and sharing of memories and feelings in a confidential setting. GTL supports loss of spouse, child, parent, other loved ones, loss through suicide, life transitions such as the loss of job, health, relationships or mid-life changes, multiple losses and provides small group and one-on-one support.
Kids Hope USA
Kids Hope connects churches with neighborhood elementary and middle schools to operate a proven and established school-based mentoring program. Through intentional training and support, churches mobilize volunteer mentors into schools to meet with students once a week and develop a one-on-one mentoring relationship. And those relationships matter.
NAMI MN Connection Group
NAMI Minnesota champions justice, dignity, and respect for all people affected by mental illnesses. Through education, support, and advocacy they strive to effect positive changes in the mental health system and increase the public and professional understanding of mental illnesses. The NAMI Connection group meets at Peace on Thursday evenings. It is a peer-led support group for adults who have a mental illness.
Servant's Community Church
Servant's Community Church envisions a community of transformation, seeking Christ's kingdom, loving God, and loving neighbor. Originally established to provide a more "casual" and welcoming worship opportunity for low-income neighbors, Servant's has established itself as a small Christian community making a big impact on the West Side neighborhood of Grand Rapids. A place of hope, healing, and embrace: we curate space by being responsive to our neighborhood. This looks like partnering with area ministries to provide critically needed hot meals to nearly 100 people each week, curating a safe place for kids to hang out, and engaging hard questions about a God who cares about the very real needs of folks pressed up against their limits. We get to see lives transformed by the power of Christ, lonely people embraced in community, and connections made to needed resources.
The Open Door Pantry
The Open Door, with the support of the community, assists thousands of local individuals each month connecting hose in need with fresh, nutritious meals.
The American Red Cross
Urban Ventures
Urban Ventures works alongside 70 local partners to address opportunity gaps in academics, nutrition, physical activity, parenting resources, and more—all with the overarching goal to prepare and send every youth in our neighborhood to college or postsecondary education.
in our world
Feed My Starving Children
Feed My Starving Children is a Christian non-profit organization that coordinates the packaging and distribution of food to people in developing nations.
Missionaries: Josh and Sally Vis - Middle East
Josh and Sally, son and mother, educate people about the injustices of the Israeli occupation in Palestinian areas. They educate with a pro-peace narrative, and they give tours of the region. Their trips deepen people’s understanding of the Bible and introduces them to Israelis and Palestinians who are champions for justice and peace. Josh and Sally work in partnership with organizations in Israel and Palestine and with Churches for Middle East Peace in Washington, D.C.
missionary: Josh Bode - Oman
Missionary Josh Bode, pastors the PCO congregations as they build bridges and love their neighbors in Oman.
missionary: samm ellingson - Florida
Samm Ellingson is on staff with Cru as a content creative working on the app GodTools at cru's world headquarters in FL.
missionary: John hubers - Ethiopia
John Hubers serves as a professor and consultant for the Christian-Muslim relations program at the seminary.
mission e4 - Haiti
Mission E4 works in the country of Haiti. They run 9 schools with 2500 kids. They are improving the community by providing education, providing electrical infrastructure and clean water. The direct result is healthier children and families. They also provide over 150 jobs. They run their schools with the help of people here by child sponsorship. The kids receive food, medical help, uniform and Christian education. Each November, Peace Church hosts a banquet where leaders from Mission E4 share about the impact made and plans for the future.
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"Being and becoming more like Jesus to help our neighbors know God."