{"id":76,"date":"2014-03-20T01:47:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T01:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/covpc.ericnanz.com\/wp\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:35:17","slug":"missions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Presbyterians, we do mission in the spirit of partnership, working with others locally and around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;We define our mission work through the lens of Matthew 25 as we seek to manifest Christ\u2019s love in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In doing so, we engage in mission that builds relationships, works towards social justice and shares needed resources with others in Christ\u2019s name.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a brief overview of Covenant\u2019s mission outreach, please review the following pages.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you would like to get involved or seek additional information about any of the mission programs listed here, contact Covenant\u2019s Mission Chairperson.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christine Larson, Elder, <a href=\"mailto:Christinelarson1982@gmail.com\">Celarson582@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>PCUSA MISSIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Covenant is a Matthew 25 Church<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on Matthew 25:31-46 which calls for active engagement in the world around us, Covenant is a partner church of the PC(USA) Matthew 25 initiative, committing to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Building congregational vitality<br>2. Dismantling structural racism; and<br>3. Eradicating systemic poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/matthew-25\/\">https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/matthew-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>PCUSA Mission Co-Workers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dan and Elizabeth Turk, Madagascar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Planting Fruit Trees for increased nutrition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Working to improve public health services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>PCUSA Mission Offerings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Souper Bowl of Caring&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">One Great Hour of Sharing \u2013 Peacemaking Offering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Christmas Joy Offering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/specialofferings.pcusa.org\/\">https:\/\/specialofferings.pcusa.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Presbyterian Women<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Fellowship of the Least Coin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Thank Offering and Birthday Offering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Financial Support for numerous missions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>LOCAL MISSIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Together We Grow<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Covenant Together We Grow Garden channels the efforts and love of our church community towards growing culturally-appropriate food for the benefit of the Immokalee farmworker community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Mision Peniel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A ministry of Peace River Presbytery providing food, household items, spiritual care, help with food distribution, and a variety of programs for the farmworker community in Immokalee.&nbsp;&nbsp;Covenant also participates in annual collection campaigns including the Christmas Joy toy drive for farmworker families in Immokalee.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our garden is part of this network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Cultivate Abundance<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To alleviate food insecurity in the Immokalee food desert.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cultivate Abundance serves to grow, collect and share nutritious garden products of farmworker preference while inspiring and equipping others to do the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultivateabundance.org\/\">www.cultivateabundance.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Community Cooperative<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provides daily meals, food pantry distribution, Meals on Wheels, and community child care programs in Lee County.&nbsp;&nbsp;Covenant provides financial support and volunteers each month.&nbsp;&nbsp;We assist the cooperative with food distribution at a mobile food pantry located in a Fort Myers low income neighborhood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.communitycooperative.com\/\">www.communitycooperative.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>L.I.F.E. (Lee Interfaith for Empowerment)&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L.I.F.E. combines the efforts of local churches to create a community \u2013 action partnership working on specific justice issues in Lee County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifejustice.org\/\">www.lifejustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>INASMUCH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Downtown Fort Myers churches come together for a one day \u201cMission Bliltz\u201d the first Saturday in March that covers a variety of community services.&nbsp;&nbsp;Through InAsMuch, Covenant has been very committed to supplying bags of new clothing, pajamas, books, blankets, and more for children placed in foster care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alternative Christmas Giving<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A way to \u201cshop alternatively\u201d for \u201cgifts of love\u201d that support many of Covenant\u2019s missions, both locally and globally.&nbsp;&nbsp;This annual event is held in the early part of December at Covenant.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>GLOBAL MISSIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Cuba Partnership<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, Peace River Presbytery established a Presbytery partnership with Matanzas Presbytery.&nbsp;&nbsp;Covenant began a sister church partnership with El Fuerte Presbyterian Church in Cardenas.&nbsp;&nbsp;Periodically, partnership teams travel to Cuba to further build our church relationship.&nbsp;&nbsp;Youth group members visited in 2019 and adult teams visited in 2020 and 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Palestinian Missions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covenant supports Palestinian olive farmers facing oppression through the \u201cKeep Hope Alive\u201d program and conducts annual sales of olive oil when it is available.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nicaragua Ministries<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covenant\u2019s longstanding partnership supports the ministries of Shalom Presbyterian Church in the city of Esteli\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Presbyterians, we do mission in the spirit of partnership, working with others locally and around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;We define our mission work through the lens of Matthew 25 as we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4451,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6879,"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/6879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covpcfm.com\/covenant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}