Mission Partners
Adopt a Family
The Adopt-a-Family program is a Christmas tradition at St. Andrew's. Each year, the program matches church volunteers willing to provide financial support and/or donate items to needy families and teens referred by various local organizations.
Phone: 520-297-7201
St. Andrew's Contacts: Bob & Marianne Hadden or Greg & Laura Menke
Alliance for Children Everywhere (ACE)
This ministry is empowered by the Presbyterian Church Outreach Foundation to give local congregations the opportunity to participate in “Change for Children.” Families are given hand-made baskets to collect change, which is then used to support ministries in Zambia. Our most recent campaign raised money to send a container of food the children in Lusaka, Zambia.
Phone: 520-751-0517
Web: www.childreneverywhere.org
Contact: Holly Young
St. Andrew’s Contact: Kurt Schmidt
Arabian Oasis
The Arabian Oasis provides a warm and inviting atmosphere for Arabic speakers in Tucson. Social and educational programs help Arabs/Muslims adjust to life in the US while establishing personal relationships between Arabs and Americans. For many, experiences at The Arabian Oasis are the first exposure to hearing and seeing the love of God available to all. St. Andrew’s also provides support for Laura Kiefer in her effort to reach out to Arabic students on the University of Arizona campus. Laura works closely with the Arabian Oasis.
Executive Director: Magdy Behman
Phone: 520-624-1699
Email: thearaboasis@aol.com
St. Andrew’s Contact: Les Henson
Center for Mission Studies in Lebanon
Reverend Doctor Nuhad Tomeh currently serves as Associate General Secretary in charge of the Iraq Relief and Rehabilitation, which is part of the ecumenical relief services of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC). He is also the regional liaison of the PC(USA) for Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the Persian Gulf.
Contact: Rev. Dr. Nuhad Tomeh
Email: ntomeh@cyberia.net.lb
St. Andrew’s Contact: Claud Smith
Community Renewal
Community Renewal's purpose is to mobilize the body of Christ to bring healing, development, and the good news to the community of Tucson; especially to the poor, marginalized, vulnerable, and broken. Acting as a catalyst, communicator, educator, and connector of faith communities working for positive transformation for the city of Tucson, it seeks to promote a single, collaborative effort in addressing such issues as high interest pay-day loans, pornography, crime, and poverty by bringing together community leaders and resources with faith communities who want to demonstrate the gospel in action, and then with words.
Phone: 520-622-1482
Director: Randy Reynolds
Email: www.transformingtucson.org
St. Andrew’s Contact: Will De Boer
Deaf Leadership Ministries
Robert & Karen Rhoads are deaf missionaries at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Gallaudet is the only deaf university in the world. Robert and Karen have a passion for working with deaf students and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ one-on-one, in addition to the many group activities they sponsor on campus.
Web: www.rhoadsrock.ministryhome.org
Email: RoberERhoads@gmail.com
St. Andrew’s Contact: Barbara Gross
Frontera de Cristo
One of six border ministries of the PC(USA), FDC is centered in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico and Douglas, Arizona. Frontera de Cristo shares the good news of Jesus Christ in word and deed through six areas of ministry; new church development, health ministry, family ministry, mission education, New Hope Community, and the Just Trade Center.
Phone: 520-364-9257
Contact: Mark Adams
St. Andrew's Contact: Sandra Kreamer
Global Media Outreach (GMO)
GMO’s vision is to give everyone on Earth many opportunities to know Jesus and for millions to accept Christ and grow in faith. They do this by making it easy for seekers on the internet anywhere in the world to link to a site where they will be connected with an on-line volunteer mission worker who speaks the seeker’s language and who holds a continuing conversation with the searcher about his or her questions about Christ and what it means to follow Him.
Web: www.globalmediaoutreach.com
Contacts: Aaron and Jessie Bloss
E-mail: www.aaron.bloss@ccci.org
St. Andrew’s Contact: Claud Smith
Gospel Rescue Mission
The Gospel Rescue Mission brings God’s love to the least, the last, and the lost. Through the power of Jesus Christ, they serve the homeless and needy by providing for their spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental wholeness.
Phone: 520-740-1501 ext. 209
Web: www.grmtucson.com
Contact: Suzanne Williams
St. Andrew’s Contact: Sarah Henson
HCJB Global - Malawi
Jerry Koleski, a medical doctor, and Elizabeth Koleski, a nurse, are in Lilongwe, Malawi with HCJB Global, providing medical and spiritual care to people infected with HIV/AIDS at partners in Hope Medical Centre. The Koleskis and their three teenage children previously served in Shell, Ecuador for six years.
Email: jkoleski@hcjb.org
Web: www.hcjb.org
Contacts: Dr. Jerry and Elizabeth Koleski
St. Andrew’s Contact: Judy Herzog
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat for Humanity helps low-income families reach their dreams of home ownership. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat constructs simple houses with the help of the homeowner-partner families. In addition to the money donated, St. Andrew’s has a group of men who help build Habitat homes almost every Tuesday morning.
Phone: 520-326-1217
Director: Michael McDonald
St. Andrew’s Contact: Fred Barney
Hearts for the Children - Guatemala
Hearts for the Children's purpose is to be led by the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel of Christ, and to be servants of His ministry dedicated to serving the poor, hungry, sick, naked, and oppressed children of Guatemala, by providing food, clothing, clinic services, and regular worship and Bible studies for children and their parents.
Web: www.heartsforthechildren.org
Contacts: Tom, Elizabeth, & Cheryl Leigh Allen
St. Andrew’s Contact: Kurt Schmidt
Higher Ground
Higher Ground is an after-school program for lower income youth who are living on the south side of Tucson. It is currently being held at Valencia Middle School, with expansion planned to other schools on the south side. The program provides mentors to help students grades K through 8 with their homework and additional recreational activities including sports, dance, art and music. The program runs Monday through Friday, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Email: lguyot@sonorancreative.com
St. Andrew's Contact: Lynn Guyot
House of Neighborly Service (HNS)
Serving the social, physical, and spiritual needs of the people in the city of South Tucson, HNS develops community services, self-development opportunities and youth programs for South Tucson. They utilize volunteer teachers, youth workers and those with interest in serving seniors. HNS is a 50 year-old ministry of Presbytery de Cristo.
Phone: 520-623-0100
Facilities Manager: Michele Orduna
St. Andrew’s Contact: Frank Bouchard
International Christian Cycling Club
The International Christian Cycling Club is a non-denominational group, founded in 1986, with the mission goal of combining the passion for Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior with the passion of cycling. IC3 is truly international, with spokes (chapters) throught the world. The Tucson Spoke is active locally and involved in sharing our faith through participation in local and statewide cycling events at pre-ride booths, expos, cycling, and mission-related projects to share our faith with other riders and regularly scheduled group bike rides.
Email: rhh@huffrealty.com
St. Andrew's Contact: Todd Huff
Just Coffee
Just Coffee is a farmer-owned cooperative that seeks to faithfully respond to the current Mexico to U.S. labor migration crisis by selling their organic, shade-grown, Fair Trade Certified coffee directly to customers. This business practice allows farmers to stay on their land and keep families together. St. Andrew’s supports Just Coffee by serving café justo at all our events and by selling the coffee each Sunday at the coffee cart.
Phone: 866-545-6406, 520-364-3532
Web: www.justcoffee.org
Contact: Adrian Gonzalez
St. Andrew's Contact: Sandy Kreamer
Living Waters International
Living Waters International exists to demonstrate God’s love by helping communities around the world to acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience the “Living Water” – Jesus Christ. St. Andrew’s began our partnership with Living Waters in 2010 by raising over $30,000 for wells in Haiti and Zambia.
Web: www.water.cc
St. Andrew’s Contact: Judy Herzog
Middle Eastern Presbyterian Fellowship
The Middle Eastern Presbyterian Fellowship is an outreach to the Middle Eastern population in Tucson and the surrounding area. Its mission is to proclaim the Good News of the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ and tell about the love He showed us on the cross, bearing our sins. The group serves new refugees from Iraq and well-established Middle Eastern immigrants from Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Iran.
Address: 401 E. 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85705
E-Mail: office@synodsw.org
Director: George Bitar
Phone: 520-791-9600
St. Andrew’s Contact: Claud Smith
Montlure Camp
Montlure is a special place for children, youth, and adults in the ministry of our church. Montlure is a Presbyterian Church camp which has been in operation since 1926 and is located high in the White Mountains. In addition to financial support, St. Andrew’s sends a work team each year to help prepare the camp for the summer camping season.
Phone: 928-735-7534
Web: www.montlure.org
St. Andrew’s Contact: Will DeBoer
Next Step
Next Step’s mission is to restore impoverished families and neighborhoods to stability and wholeness, one at a time. A team of fourteen St. Andrew’s members serve as life specialists and supportive advocates for an impoverished individual or family, meeting with them regularly to set goals and establish a plan.
St. Andrew’s Contact: Craig Littlefield
One Mission - Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
This ministry has been building houses for impoverished families along the Mexican border for over 30 years. Over 16,000 homes have been built by 300,000 volunteers on mission trips from 7,000 churches. Since 2006 St. Andrew’s has partnered with Pantano Christian Church to send a home building team to Rocky Point, Mexico, each November.
St. Andrew’s Contact: Kevin Oxnam
One Step Beyond
Every February, St. Andrew's assists Tucson area efforts to help the homeless by hosting up to 10 men and providing them with a ride to and from downtown, a home-cooked meal, a warm bed, breakfast, and a sack lunch. This program not only helps the men, but it gives over 160 volunteer individuals, couples and groups the opportunity to serve and to learn that the homeless need their love and support.
St. Andrew’s Contact: Craig Littlefield
Operation Christmas Child - Samaritan’s Purse
This ministry brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes and the good news of God's love.
A unique project of Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child provides opportunities for people of all ages to be involved in simple, hands-on mission outreach.
St. Andrew’s Contact: Michelle Herzog
Presbyterian Campus Ministry (PCM) - University of Arizona
Presbyterian Campus Ministry (PCM) is a community of undergraduate students learning what it means to be embraced by God, follow the Way of Jesus Christ, and trust the power of the Holy Spirit! We're a welcoming, relevant, Biblically-grounded group that meets weekly at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College's Downtown Campus. Students of all backgrounds are welcome to grow in faith through worship, fellowship, study, and service with Presbyterian Campus Ministry.
Phone: 520-954-5931 (cell) 520-623-7575 (office)
Contact: Rev. Ellen Dawson
Web: www.pcmarizona.org
St. Andrew’s Contact: Sandy Kreamer
Presbyterian Churches Support
St. Andrew’s reaches out to support Presbyterian churches in our Presbytery that have special needs or opportunities on a short-term basis. In 2011 we supported Tortolita Presbyterian, Korean Presbyterian, and the Mideast Presbyterian Fellowship.
St. Andrews Contacts: Claud Smith and Jasper Melton
Primavera Foundation
The Primavera Foundation's innovative programs and services provide a full range of opportunities to help people transition from poverty to greater well being and security. For twenty years St. Andrew’s members have prepared dinner once per month for the men’s shelter.
Phone: 520-623-5111
Web: www.primavera.org
Contact: Jana Meirint
St. Andrew’s Contact: Craig Littlefield
Sandwich Squad
The Sandwich Squad is a St. Andrew’s ministry which provides lunches for the homeless. Approximately 200 individuals or families are organized into groups. Each group makes lunches every eight weeks. Each member makes ten lunches. Some groups make their lunches at home while other groups meet and make the lunches together. This allows us to provide an average of 250 lunches each week. The lunches are delivered to the Gospel Rescue Mission and other homeless organizations.
St. Andrew’s Contact: Craig Littlefield
Seminary Support
St. Andrew’s provides financial support for seminary students who were or are members of our church, helping them to complete their education to become ministers.
Contact: Wilis Horak
TIHAN – Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network
TIHAN supports and advocates for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as their loved ones. In cooperation with other care providers, they offer hearts and hands to educate and activate faith communities to serve with understanding and compassion. St. Andrew’s participates by providing volunteers to plan and serve at the Poz Café and in other ways.
Phone: 520-299-6547
Web: www.tihan.org
Director: Scott Blades
St. Andrew’s Contact: Tom Berresford
Tucson Refugee Ministry
The Tucson Refugee Ministry (TRM) was founded in 2006 to inspire and empower church groups to meet the needs of Tucson’s refugees. TRM partners with refugee resettlement agencies, trains volunteers, models transformational relationships and provides opportunities to build relationships with refugees.
E-mail: Cherie@tucsonrefugeeministry.com
Website: www.tucsonrefugeeministry.com
Director: Cherie Gray
St. Andrew’s Contact: Judy Herzog
T4 Global
T4 Global is committed to reaching the more than four billion people in our world who are oral learners with the good news of Jesus. Tim and Susi Brown provide leadership and training to those reaching out to people who can’t, don’t, or won’t read.
Website: www.t4global.org
St. Andrew’s contact: Lois Wilford
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Albert Bickford is in charge of linguistic publications for the Summer Institute of Linguistics, the Mexico branch of Wycliffe Bible Translators which translates the Bible into the heart language of indigenous peoples. He is also in charge of a sign language Bible translation project. Anita Bickford is the publications archivist and teaches Phonetics; she recently published a Phonetics textbook. Albert and Anita are St. Andrew's members.
Email: albert_bickford@sil.org
Web: www.sil.org/mexico
Contacts: Albert and Anita Bickford
St. Andrew’s Contact: Fred Barney
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Known in Mexico as the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL),
Ron Newberg is the SIL Director and oversees the work for the translation of the Bible into the many local language communities of Mexico. Sue Newberg works in the area of member care. Both have worked with the Zapotec speaking people of Yalálag, and Ron has completed a version of the New Testament in the Zapotec language. The SIL office is located in Catalina, AZ. Ron and Sue are St. Andrew's members.
Email: ron_newberg@sil.org
Web: www.sil.org/mexico
Contacts: Ron and Sue Newberg
St. Andrew’s Contact: Fred Barney
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Lisa Powell works at the Wycliffe Headquarters in Orlando, Florida, where she is part of their leadership development team. She is also responsible for the development and launching of the Wycliffe’s staff mentorship program.
Contact: Lisa Powell
E-mail: lisa_powell@sil.org
St. Andrew’s contact: Will DeBoer
YWAM - Spain
A couple supported by St. Andrew's leads the Youth with a Mission's Discipleship Training School on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. Students at the school are Arabic speakers who spend five months outside of their own cultures to develop their relationships with God, before returning there to continue in local ministry. The school includes instruction on frontier missions.
Email: malta.school@gmail.com
St. Andrew’s Contact: Rebecca Taber
