ABOUT OUR MISSIONS PROGRAM
Orchard Christian Fellowship (The Orchard) is a mission-minded church with a heart for the people of our world. We support 27 international and domestic missionaries/missions. Approximately 50% of these are domestic, while the other 50% are international. Members of our congregation also participate in short-term mission opportunities, and offer prayer support for people around the world.
The focus of The Orchard's missions program is both evangelistic and compassionate. We support those who share the good news of Christ and those who provide resources for those in need.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19
“If anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his
heart against him, how can the love of God be in him?” 1 John 3:17
MISSION SUNDAYS
Join us the 2nd Sunday of every month as we hear from a representative from one of the impactful missions that we support. Come by our Missions table for conversation with the visiting mission guest, and to learn how The Orchard is supporting those who spread the good news of Jesus locally and around the world.
Orchard Christian Fellowship (The Orchard) is a mission-minded church with a heart for the people of our world. We support 27 international and domestic missionaries/missions. Approximately 50% of these are domestic, while the other 50% are international. Members of our congregation also participate in short-term mission opportunities, and offer prayer support for people around the world.
The focus of The Orchard's missions program is both evangelistic and compassionate. We support those who share the good news of Christ and those who provide resources for those in need.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19
“If anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his
heart against him, how can the love of God be in him?” 1 John 3:17
MISSION SUNDAYS
Join us the 2nd Sunday of every month as we hear from a representative from one of the impactful missions that we support. Come by our Missions table for conversation with the visiting mission guest, and to learn how The Orchard is supporting those who spread the good news of Jesus locally and around the world.
THE ORCHARD MISSION PARTNERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1269 CAFÉ is a faith-based community outreach center in Manchester, NH that provides comfort, love, and a safe and judgement-free environment for the homeless. They offer daily meals, showers, clothing, toiletries, first aid, warming and cooling stations, recovery meetings, counseling, job training, and Sunday services. A new transitional living program serves men dealing with chronic homelessness.
https://thetwelveonunion.org/
ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE is a residential faith-based treatment program aimed at helping residents take control of drug and alcohol addictions through a personal relationship with Jesus. The program provides clinical counseling, personal mentoring, recovery and life coaching, classroom studies, vocational training and involvement in the Christian community. Through His power, lives are changed, hope is restored, and families are reunited. There are over 220 Adult & Teen Challenge residential programs throughout the US. OCF supports the men’s center in Manchester, NH.
https://tcnewengland.org/
ARABIC FAMILY CENTER (AFC) is a Christian organization that seeks to lead Muslim Arab immigrants in the Boston area to Christ by developing caring, trusting relationships based on His love, and offering cultural, relational, and pragmatic assistance. AFC seeks to join God in His work to free Muslims from the lies and deceit of Islam and help them step into life with the One True GOD. The center hosts monthly family outreaches with food, fellowship, and a message of God’s truth. AFC also offers a weekly English conversation class for women to allow them to get better jobs and interact more fully in their communities. And AFC participates in the annual week-long “Reach the Beach” in Revere, MA every August, an evangelistic event that fosters conversations about Christianity with those seeking truth.
BARNABAS MINISTRIES works to connect pastors and pastoral leaders from different denominational backgrounds into pastoral support groups based on John 17:23. By fostering relationships based on openness, honesty, mutual respect, and accountability, pastors are encouraged, inspired, and enabled to pursue kingdom ministry together.
https://www.barnabasministriesinc.org/
The CHRIST FOR THE CITY mission in Costa Rica serves Nicaraguan refugees in the squatter community of La Carpio. The mission’s goal is to bring children and adults to Christ, while providing the education and life skills needed to lift themselves out of poverty. Sunday worship services, Bible studies, Kids Bible Clubs, and counseling programs provide spiritual teaching and discipleship. The mission’s clinic provides out-patient medical and dental care. The Life Institute provides academic support to help young women and men complete their education, remedial reading and math classes for children, and programs to teach women skills that bring in income. The New Horizons program for kids offers Bible Clubs, team building, sports, crafts, and a safe after-school environment. OCF supports three missionaries at this mission. Susan Grosser, director of missions, works in the medical clinic and teaches remedial reading and Bible lessons to children. Rocio (Chio) Vargas provides counseling and mentorship for the women. Axel Hernandez serves as youth pastor and worship leader.
https://cfci.org/
CHRISTIAN AFTERCARE MINISTRY (CAM) in Manchester, NH is dedicated to preventing and breaking the criminal and self-destructive patterns of individuals coming out of prison. CAM provides Bible-based counseling and spiritual guidance to help individuals develop and deepen their relationship with Jesus. The ministry also provides life skills counseling, employment services, and needs-based assistance. CAM maintains an inter-agency network to meet the needs of each participant and their families.
https://christianaftercare.com/
COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS OF GREATER DERRY provides practical assistance and support to elderly and disabled residents of Derry, NH and surrounding towns. Their services include in-home aid and transportation assistance, a loaner closet for wheelchairs, walkers, bath seats, commodes, and other medical equipment, and home accessibility modifications and repairs for low-income clients.
https://comcaregivers.org/
CRU is a campus ministry that seeks to bring students to know Jesus, to deepen their faith, and to share God’s love. CRU offers mentorship, Bible studies, faith-based events, and church involvement. The Orchard supports Ed and Emily Brake who serve at University of NH Durham, and Greater Bay Community College.
https://www.cru.org/
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES (FCA) has the vision to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. FCA seeks to make disciples by engaging, equipping and empowering coaches and athletes to know and grow in Christ and lead others to do the same. The Orchard supports Tasha Becker (Area Representative for Southern NH), Olivia Rocconi (Area Representative for Essex County, MA), and Mark Shafer (Campbell High School huddles).
https://www.fca.org/
FREEDOM CHURCH is a young church in Gloucester, MA planted and led by Pastor Kody Aten. Freedom Church seeks to introduce all people to Jesus and help them grow in a relationship with him. They desire to see families and individuals all over Cape Ann transformed by the person of Jesus.
https://freedomch.com/
GOOD SAMARITAN FUND is a benevolent outreach of the Londonderry, NH Clergy Association. This network of local churches supports local residents in need through the provision of food and gas cards.
HELPING HANDS OUTREACH CENTER ministers to men who are recovering from addiction, coming out of prison, or experiencing homelessness and are motivated to live sober, socially responsible lives. Helping Hands provides emergency and transitional housing, counseling, discipleship, and life skills classes. The mission helps these men transform into godly men who are mature in their faith and giving back to their community.
https://helpinghandsmanchesternh.com/
HIS MANSION is a residential program on a working farm that provides a Christ-centered community dedicated to restoring lives broken by drugs, alcoholism, abuse, pornography, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. This one-year recovery program combines part-time work on the farm with classes, life skills training, biblical counseling, worship, and Christian fellowship. Residents experience a healthy life apart from addiction and crisis and achieve restoration through the hope of Jesus.
https://www.hismansion.com/
HOPE ARMENIA is a ministry founded in 2005 dedicated to connect Armenian teenagers, young adults, and their families to the love of Jesus. Bible studies, training seminars, outreaches, retreats, day camps and annual family celebrations provide discipleship and teaching to show the relevance of the Christian faith in a country historically steeped in atheistic ideology.
https://www.wayofhope.am
Through IBMGlobal, Dan and Amy Peront are dedicated to advancing the Gospel in South Africa by focusing on the care of orphaned and vulnerable children. Their nonprofit organization (Lukiwe Family Services) provides Gospel-centered, family-based care for these children through foster and long-term placements in Christian homes. Dan also uses his experience to help build churches in remote areas, while Amy applies her nursing skills to support children and mothers.
https://perontstosouthafrica.org/
INTERVARSITY (IV) is a college campus ministry that offers fellowship, transformative Biblical truth, and discipleship to students and faculty who seek to know more about Christianity, and desire to grow and share their Christian faith. The Orchard supports Hannah Howard as she serves at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in NH and Middlebury College in VT.
https://www.intervarsity.org
MISSIONARY FLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (MFI) is an organization located in Fort Pierce, FL that provides air transport to 600 affiliated missionary groups in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas. These flights are often into areas where other airlines cannot go. MFI serves on a “needs basis” and performs all services free of charge, obligation, or discrimination.
https://www.missionaryflights.org/
NEW LIFE MINISTRIES is a faith-based recovery center dedicated to restoring the broken lives of women facing addiction, abusive relationships, and destructive lifestyles. This voluntary, residential recovery program encourages women to reevaluate their lives, take positive steps toward a mindset of love and self-worth, and look to the future with optimism and faith through physical recovery and spiritual resurrection.
https://newlifehome.org/
ROUTE ONE MINISTRY is a faith-based ministry that sends outreach teams into strip clubs to build relationships and provide friendship, support, and love to the women who work there, all in the name of Jesus. They provide resources to empower these women to leave this life-style, including help with food, shelter, jobs, child care and legal help. Route One Ministry also strives to equip the local church with tools to understand trafficking, and identify and respond to women who have experienced trauma and abuse. They currently send teams into strip clubs in Boston, Springfield, and Worcester, MA.
https://lovedbyrouteone.org/
UNITED HOPE INTERNATIONAL (UHI) is a Christian organization in Kenya committed to sharing Christ’s love by serving the most vulnerable members of the community, orphans and widows. UHI’s Children’s Home for the Orphaned provides housing, education, spiritual training, and discipleship for orphaned children. UHI also offers food, medical supplies, clothing, and house repairs for local widows. Jacob’s Well, UHI’s water-bottling company provides clean water to those in need. Profits go towards support of the ministry’s overall goals, especially the care of the orphans and widows. The Orchard supports the mission itself, as well as Pastor Willis Atieno and his family. In addition, members of the Orchard congregation offer prayer and financial support for individual children at the orphanage.
https://unitedhopeint.org/
UKRAINE RELIEF is a mission effort of the Slavic Congregation of Gate City Church in Nashua that supports relief efforts in Ukraine for those impacted by the war with Russia. Yuliya Biley, the Worship Leader, coordinates this program..
https://www.gatecitychurch.org/slavic-congregation
WORLD OUTREACH MINISTRIES (WOM) is the mission-sending agency of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. It seeks to advance the Great Commission by serving as a home office to support missionaries in the field with the systems, resources, and tools they need to spread God’s truth. These missionaries are involved in a variety of outreaches - evangelism, church planting, schools, leadership training, medical clinics, aviation, translation work, water systems, children's shelters, support roles, and much more. They serve on the "frontlines" sometimes in areas that are closed to Christianity. The Orchard supports a family who serves in Asia through WOM.
https://worldoutreach.org/
1269 CAFÉ is a faith-based community outreach center in Manchester, NH that provides comfort, love, and a safe and judgement-free environment for the homeless. They offer daily meals, showers, clothing, toiletries, first aid, warming and cooling stations, recovery meetings, counseling, job training, and Sunday services. A new transitional living program serves men dealing with chronic homelessness.
https://thetwelveonunion.org/
ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE is a residential faith-based treatment program aimed at helping residents take control of drug and alcohol addictions through a personal relationship with Jesus. The program provides clinical counseling, personal mentoring, recovery and life coaching, classroom studies, vocational training and involvement in the Christian community. Through His power, lives are changed, hope is restored, and families are reunited. There are over 220 Adult & Teen Challenge residential programs throughout the US. OCF supports the men’s center in Manchester, NH.
https://tcnewengland.org/
ARABIC FAMILY CENTER (AFC) is a Christian organization that seeks to lead Muslim Arab immigrants in the Boston area to Christ by developing caring, trusting relationships based on His love, and offering cultural, relational, and pragmatic assistance. AFC seeks to join God in His work to free Muslims from the lies and deceit of Islam and help them step into life with the One True GOD. The center hosts monthly family outreaches with food, fellowship, and a message of God’s truth. AFC also offers a weekly English conversation class for women to allow them to get better jobs and interact more fully in their communities. And AFC participates in the annual week-long “Reach the Beach” in Revere, MA every August, an evangelistic event that fosters conversations about Christianity with those seeking truth.
BARNABAS MINISTRIES works to connect pastors and pastoral leaders from different denominational backgrounds into pastoral support groups based on John 17:23. By fostering relationships based on openness, honesty, mutual respect, and accountability, pastors are encouraged, inspired, and enabled to pursue kingdom ministry together.
https://www.barnabasministriesinc.org/
The CHRIST FOR THE CITY mission in Costa Rica serves Nicaraguan refugees in the squatter community of La Carpio. The mission’s goal is to bring children and adults to Christ, while providing the education and life skills needed to lift themselves out of poverty. Sunday worship services, Bible studies, Kids Bible Clubs, and counseling programs provide spiritual teaching and discipleship. The mission’s clinic provides out-patient medical and dental care. The Life Institute provides academic support to help young women and men complete their education, remedial reading and math classes for children, and programs to teach women skills that bring in income. The New Horizons program for kids offers Bible Clubs, team building, sports, crafts, and a safe after-school environment. OCF supports three missionaries at this mission. Susan Grosser, director of missions, works in the medical clinic and teaches remedial reading and Bible lessons to children. Rocio (Chio) Vargas provides counseling and mentorship for the women. Axel Hernandez serves as youth pastor and worship leader.
https://cfci.org/
CHRISTIAN AFTERCARE MINISTRY (CAM) in Manchester, NH is dedicated to preventing and breaking the criminal and self-destructive patterns of individuals coming out of prison. CAM provides Bible-based counseling and spiritual guidance to help individuals develop and deepen their relationship with Jesus. The ministry also provides life skills counseling, employment services, and needs-based assistance. CAM maintains an inter-agency network to meet the needs of each participant and their families.
https://christianaftercare.com/
COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS OF GREATER DERRY provides practical assistance and support to elderly and disabled residents of Derry, NH and surrounding towns. Their services include in-home aid and transportation assistance, a loaner closet for wheelchairs, walkers, bath seats, commodes, and other medical equipment, and home accessibility modifications and repairs for low-income clients.
https://comcaregivers.org/
CRU is a campus ministry that seeks to bring students to know Jesus, to deepen their faith, and to share God’s love. CRU offers mentorship, Bible studies, faith-based events, and church involvement. The Orchard supports Ed and Emily Brake who serve at University of NH Durham, and Greater Bay Community College.
https://www.cru.org/
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES (FCA) has the vision to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. FCA seeks to make disciples by engaging, equipping and empowering coaches and athletes to know and grow in Christ and lead others to do the same. The Orchard supports Tasha Becker (Area Representative for Southern NH), Olivia Rocconi (Area Representative for Essex County, MA), and Mark Shafer (Campbell High School huddles).
https://www.fca.org/
FREEDOM CHURCH is a young church in Gloucester, MA planted and led by Pastor Kody Aten. Freedom Church seeks to introduce all people to Jesus and help them grow in a relationship with him. They desire to see families and individuals all over Cape Ann transformed by the person of Jesus.
https://freedomch.com/
GOOD SAMARITAN FUND is a benevolent outreach of the Londonderry, NH Clergy Association. This network of local churches supports local residents in need through the provision of food and gas cards.
HELPING HANDS OUTREACH CENTER ministers to men who are recovering from addiction, coming out of prison, or experiencing homelessness and are motivated to live sober, socially responsible lives. Helping Hands provides emergency and transitional housing, counseling, discipleship, and life skills classes. The mission helps these men transform into godly men who are mature in their faith and giving back to their community.
https://helpinghandsmanchesternh.com/
HIS MANSION is a residential program on a working farm that provides a Christ-centered community dedicated to restoring lives broken by drugs, alcoholism, abuse, pornography, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. This one-year recovery program combines part-time work on the farm with classes, life skills training, biblical counseling, worship, and Christian fellowship. Residents experience a healthy life apart from addiction and crisis and achieve restoration through the hope of Jesus.
https://www.hismansion.com/
HOPE ARMENIA is a ministry founded in 2005 dedicated to connect Armenian teenagers, young adults, and their families to the love of Jesus. Bible studies, training seminars, outreaches, retreats, day camps and annual family celebrations provide discipleship and teaching to show the relevance of the Christian faith in a country historically steeped in atheistic ideology.
https://www.wayofhope.am
Through IBMGlobal, Dan and Amy Peront are dedicated to advancing the Gospel in South Africa by focusing on the care of orphaned and vulnerable children. Their nonprofit organization (Lukiwe Family Services) provides Gospel-centered, family-based care for these children through foster and long-term placements in Christian homes. Dan also uses his experience to help build churches in remote areas, while Amy applies her nursing skills to support children and mothers.
https://perontstosouthafrica.org/
INTERVARSITY (IV) is a college campus ministry that offers fellowship, transformative Biblical truth, and discipleship to students and faculty who seek to know more about Christianity, and desire to grow and share their Christian faith. The Orchard supports Hannah Howard as she serves at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in NH and Middlebury College in VT.
https://www.intervarsity.org
MISSIONARY FLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (MFI) is an organization located in Fort Pierce, FL that provides air transport to 600 affiliated missionary groups in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas. These flights are often into areas where other airlines cannot go. MFI serves on a “needs basis” and performs all services free of charge, obligation, or discrimination.
https://www.missionaryflights.org/
NEW LIFE MINISTRIES is a faith-based recovery center dedicated to restoring the broken lives of women facing addiction, abusive relationships, and destructive lifestyles. This voluntary, residential recovery program encourages women to reevaluate their lives, take positive steps toward a mindset of love and self-worth, and look to the future with optimism and faith through physical recovery and spiritual resurrection.
https://newlifehome.org/
ROUTE ONE MINISTRY is a faith-based ministry that sends outreach teams into strip clubs to build relationships and provide friendship, support, and love to the women who work there, all in the name of Jesus. They provide resources to empower these women to leave this life-style, including help with food, shelter, jobs, child care and legal help. Route One Ministry also strives to equip the local church with tools to understand trafficking, and identify and respond to women who have experienced trauma and abuse. They currently send teams into strip clubs in Boston, Springfield, and Worcester, MA.
https://lovedbyrouteone.org/
UNITED HOPE INTERNATIONAL (UHI) is a Christian organization in Kenya committed to sharing Christ’s love by serving the most vulnerable members of the community, orphans and widows. UHI’s Children’s Home for the Orphaned provides housing, education, spiritual training, and discipleship for orphaned children. UHI also offers food, medical supplies, clothing, and house repairs for local widows. Jacob’s Well, UHI’s water-bottling company provides clean water to those in need. Profits go towards support of the ministry’s overall goals, especially the care of the orphans and widows. The Orchard supports the mission itself, as well as Pastor Willis Atieno and his family. In addition, members of the Orchard congregation offer prayer and financial support for individual children at the orphanage.
https://unitedhopeint.org/
UKRAINE RELIEF is a mission effort of the Slavic Congregation of Gate City Church in Nashua that supports relief efforts in Ukraine for those impacted by the war with Russia. Yuliya Biley, the Worship Leader, coordinates this program..
https://www.gatecitychurch.org/slavic-congregation
WORLD OUTREACH MINISTRIES (WOM) is the mission-sending agency of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. It seeks to advance the Great Commission by serving as a home office to support missionaries in the field with the systems, resources, and tools they need to spread God’s truth. These missionaries are involved in a variety of outreaches - evangelism, church planting, schools, leadership training, medical clinics, aviation, translation work, water systems, children's shelters, support roles, and much more. They serve on the "frontlines" sometimes in areas that are closed to Christianity. The Orchard supports a family who serves in Asia through WOM.
https://worldoutreach.org/