Ministry Partners
Mennonite Central Committee
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God’s love and compassion for all through relief, development, and peace. They are committed to relationships with local partners and churches. As an Anabaptist organization, they strive to make peace a part of everything they do.
Grantham Church has supported MCC through prayer, volunteering, financial giving, and more for over 100 years. Here are ways you can get involved:
- Pray for MCC’s relief and peacemaking efforts around the world!
- Join the Grantham Comforter Crew by helping to make comforters that go to individuals and families receiving disaster relief. Contact Geoff Isley.
- Volunteer at Thrift on Purpose in Mechanicsburg to process thrift shop donations, stock items, work the registers, and more.
Contact volunteer@thriftonpurpose.org. - Attend or help at the annual Pennsylvania Relief Sale.
New Hope Ministries
New Hope Ministries is a multi-site, multi-dimensional Christian social service agency that shows the love and hope of Christ by serving our neighbors in times of need and supporting their efforts towards stability. New Hope has nine locations across Cumberland, York, and Adams counties.
Grantham Church is thrilled to have been one of the founding churches of New Hope in 1983. Here are ways you can get involved today:
- Pray for the staff, board, volunteers, and clients of New Hope!
- Volunteer regularly or occasionally in the food pantry, warehouse, kitchen, front desk, and more. Check the New Hope website for most urgent needs and volunteer application.
- Contribute items to our annual collection for New Hope’s Thanksgiving Food Baskets.
To hear from a regular volunteer at Grantham, reach out to Dave Hudson (Dillsburg location) or Tom George (Mechanicsburg location).
One80 Ministries
One80 Ministries is a nonprofit organization centered in Mechanicsburg that creates safe spaces to share life and foster authentic relationships. With a focus on healing and spiritual growth, they desire to journey with others, exemplifying hope and acceptance through the love of Christ while caring for the needs in the community.
One80 founders, Dwayne and Julia Johnson, are members of Grantham Church and have a heart to create a bridge between our community and the local church. Here are ways you can be part of working beyond the walls of the church to bring healing, purpose, and the message of Christ to the hurting:
- Pray for One80’s community outreach efforts, as well as the women and children in their transitional housing program!
- Volunteer to help prepare for or serve at the regular giveaways.
- Join one of One80’s Fellowship Groups for men (Saturdays) or women (Wednesdays).
To get connected and find out more, contact hello@one80ministries.org.
Paxton Ministries
Paxton Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization, located in Harrisburg, which provides affordable, safe, long-term housing and support services to adults facing poverty, mental illness, and intellectual disabilities.
Since Paxton’s founding in 1981, Grantham Church has supported the ministry through prayer, financial, and volunteer support. Here are ways you can join in shining Christ-like love to adults in need:
- Pray for the residents, staff, board, and volunteers at Paxton!
- Join with other Grantham folks to participate in Days of Service throughout the year (February, June, September). During these days, we serve meals, lead activities, help with clean-up projects, and more.
- Visit Paxton regularly to spend time with residents, help serve meals, work on facility projects, and more. Paxton’s staff is always open to creative ways to encourage and build relationships with residents.
To find out more, contact Grantham’s Paxton liaison Patti Hess.
Other Ministry Friends
While our involvement with our four Ministry Partners includes intentional relationship, prayer, and financial support, we recognize there are many great ministries in our region that are serving our Central Pennsylvania neighbors with the love of Christ. There are members of Grantham Church engaged in several other local ministries, and we desire to support these ministries through prayer and communicating opportunities to engage.
If you would like to learn more about how a ministry can become a Ministry Friend, contact Pastor Melissa.
Church Partnerships
Grantham Church’s vision to lead others to Jesus is bigger than what our single congregation can accomplish on our own. God is working out his mission to fill the earth with his glory, and that involves every person having repeated opportunities to see, hear, and respond to the good news of Jesus Christ. Therefore, we desire to partner with other local churches who long for our region to be saturated by the gospel.
One of the ways we come alongside other churches is through the Capital Region Gospel Partnership, which focuses on prayer for gospel saturation, bringing together church leaders in trust and shared vision, and equipping everyday believers to participate in Jesus’ mission where they live, learn, work, and play. Some of the churches involved in this partnership include Immanuel Church, Living Water Community Church, Luz Alegria Y Esperanza, Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ Church, West Shore Free Church, and more.