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
