Caring Globally

International Student Scholarship Fund

Learn more about how MIPC sends hundreds of students in poorer countries to school here.

Contact: Winnie Hill, (206) 232-8918

Kim Long Charity Health Center

Sisters of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate serve the physical, mental and spiritual needs of the poor.

Contact: Carter Hill, (206) 232-8918

Heifer Project

During Advent at MIPC’s Living Gift Market, friends can “buy” alternative gifts of animals that are given to impoverished rural families around the world. Volunteers of all ages are needed to enlist and organize helpers, publicize the market, create displays and “sell” the animals before and after worship.

Contact Marian Webster, (206) 232-3947, or Kamma Scott, (206) 232-0208

Heifer Project Website

International Justice Mission

IJM helps people suffering in justice and oppression who cannot rely on local authorities for relief. Ways to support this ministry include:

• Become a member of the MIPC/IJM prayer team
• Support IJM personnel overseas through communication and gifts
• IJM seeks qualified volunteers in Washington DC and oversees to do legal work, aftercare, investigations, administrative support, media relations and graphic work.
• Join a short-term mission trip in service to victims of injustice.

Contact: Susan Stanley, (206) 236-2542

Internation Justice Mission Website

Mekong Minority Foundation

Mekong Minority Foundation is a Christian development organization working with minority people in Northern Thailand and the Mekong sub-region. MMF is the administrator of our scholarship program in Thailand.

Contact: Pat Shafer, (206) 232-3685

Mekong Minority Foundation Website

Prosthetics Outreach Foundation

POF provides humanitarian relief and modern prosthetic care to amputees in developing countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Nicaragua. For over a decade MIPC has generously supported this ministry by funding the Vietnam clinic, purchasing a van and having MIPC representation on the POF board.

• Join a short-term mission trip to Vietnam in January 2008
• Help with the annual fundraiser in early 2008

Contact: Susan Stanley, (206) 236-2542

P.O.F. Website

Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor

Ministry Webpage

Contact: Glo Ceteznik, (206) 232-5596, ext. 206

Ten Thousand Villages

Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to people from developing countries by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Each November MIPC hosts one of the largest international gift sales in the nation. Groups, families and individuals are encouraged to help with:

• Recruitment & Support of Volunteers
• Publicity/Advertising
• Sale/Display Set-up & Tear Down
• Cashiering/Accounting
• Merchandise Coordinating
• Customer Service

Contact: Cindy Fennell, (206) 236-5657

Ten Thousand Villages Website

Support for Indiduals Involved in Missions and Ministry

Chuck and Sue Duby serve with Hope Force International which is committed to motivating, equipping and mobilizing the global Christian community to respond in times of crisis and chronic need, alleviating suffering and bringing hope through compassionate action.

Contact: Chuck & Sue Duby
(615) 371-1271
Hope Force Website

Pastor Binh Nguyen serves in Southeast Asia through Seattle Presbytery.

Contact: Binh Nguyen
(206) 232-5596, ext. 241