Reaching out to people of all colors, countries, and contours with
the love of Christ is what missions is all about. We at SLCC seek to
show Christ’s love to those in Denver, Colorado, the USA and to
foreign lands. We do this by raising funds above and beyond the
money it takes to keep ministry going within our four walls. We call
that Faith Promise Funds. From time to time we also send work teams
to places that need special help.
Below is list of the mission projects we currently support:
 Heart
to Honduras – A ministry led by former SLCC Pastor Gordon Garrett
that partners with more than 75 churches throughout the villages of
Honduras and now they are also in Nicaragua, and Guatemala. They
provide basic services, vocational training, church construction,
financial assistance to local pastors, and spiritual training for
pastors and students at the School of Discipleship.
Harvest House for Women, Estes Park, Colorado – A ministry which
ministers to homeless women and their children. They help them to be
come drug free, teach them to become responsible people and parents,
share the Word of God and love them back to wholeness in Christ.
Missionaries to South and Central America.
A teacher in an Islamic nation.
Children of Promise – this ministry support orphaned or abandoned
children in numerous foreign countries.
Save Our Youth – this a Denver area ministry that works with you to
bring them to a knowledge of Christ by joining a youth with an adult
mentor.
Our Sister Church: Lirios de Armenta in HondurasThis congregation
is in a suburb of San Pedro Sula. The church is well back off the
main road and is in a very poor part of the city. The immediate
community has about 300 families. Many people live along the river;
it is there they wash, bathe and drink while raw sewage runs into
the river. The water system that is piped into the area flows from a
tank that is contaminated. The children of Armenta are often sick.
Skin diseases are common.
Heart to Honduras helped them build their church building. The
lot was given to them by the developer of the area. When the
developer saw that North Americans were helping the church he then
demanded payment for the lot. The government has since declared that
the property belongs to the church free and clear. The church is
small but nicely painted inside. They need to purchase the lots on
either side of the Church building next door for classrooms,
restrooms and an apartment for the Pastor. The lot behind their
property is for sale and will cost $3000. The Lot in front
of the property will cost $8,000. They need to build a hanging
bridge behind the property to cross over the gully so the people can
get to church during the rainy season.
Pastor Neptali Lopez and his wife Lucia lead the congregation of
about 70 adults; 100 are believers. They also have 60 children and
16 youth to whom they minister. Their children Joseh, Addoni, Rachel
and Geisi help. The older two lead the children and the youth.
Pastor Neptali was born again around twenty years ago. From that
moment he knew that God had a call for his life in Christian
ministry. He told us that God spoke to him and said, “Why not
minister in San Pedro Sula?” He didn’t want to but God changed his
heart and gave him a passion for the city. The ministry is very hard
for Pastor and his family. When he first started ministry in Lirios
de Armenta he had to catch a bus and ride for more than thirty
minutes to get to the church. He now has a van that was provided by
a Catholic woman who was touched by his ministry. Little by little
God has provided for him and his family. Pastor Neptali currently
works as an auto body repair man. Although he doesn’t have regular
income and often Lucia does not know where the next meal will come
from. The church pays almost nothing because they are so poor.
Our partnership with this church will begin to help by offering
pastoral support of $200 per month; which will allow Pastor Neptali
to work full time with his people and the community without the need
to work a second job. As our partnership grows we may find ways to
help them buy the lots they need and then build the new buildings
that Pastor Neptali envisions. |
