Missionaries We Support
Leah Darwin, Philippines – Leah Darwin serves overseas as a faculty member of the CRU International Graduate School of Leadership. She has served as a missionary for over 40 years, including in Nigeria, West Africa, and the Philippines.
Dave and Joy Skinner, Pretoria, South Africa – Dave and Joy Skinner have served with Operation Mobilization (OM) for decades now, and they work to raise awareness of OM service opportunities in local churches in South Africa as well as assist with the Mission Discipleship Training program. Click here to view their website.
Philip and Stephanie Voland, Germany – Phillip and Stephanie Voland serve in Germany as missionaries who desire to strengthen the local believers through discipleship and who reach out to the refugee community around them. Click here to view their website.
Community Resources for Those in Need
Food Pantries
Originally formed by a group of churches, Pennridge FISH provides food, clothing, and toiletries to families in need in the Pennridge School District. We collect supplies on a quarterly basis and deliver them.
The Keystone Food Pantry is open to all who live in the Souderton School District. They normally have a free giveaway of fresh food weekly on Tuesday (1 pm – 2 pm), too, although this has been closed during the infection period of COVID-19.
Housing
Bucks County Housing Link (1-800-810-4434) is “the centralized point of information, assessment and referral services” that will connect people in crisis to the best housing resources in their area that will meet their unique needs. Note that it may take 2-4 days to process messages left at this number.
The Bucks County Housing Group helps people find housing in our area who have low to moderate incomes as well as people who are in crisis. They provide various types of housing: homeless shelters, affordable Section 8 rental units, and family housing. They also counsel clients on how to find permanent, sustainable housing.
MorningStar Maternity Home offers free housing and services for women in crisis pregnancies. They can serve up to four women at a time.
Food, Housing, and Education
Bucks County Opportunity Council is a central resource agency that provides temporary economic assistance and helps develop a personalized pathway to economic self-sufficiency for anyone in Bucks County who needs it. They operate a food program, emergency services, a home energy program, volunteer income tax assistance, and economic self-sufficiency planning. They also distribute food to 60 local food pantries and direct clients to other localized sources of help in the areas of food, housing, and more.
Keystone Opportunity Center is another central resource agency that helps people in Upper Bucks and Montgomery Counties by providing them with emergency assistance in the areas of food, clothing and housing and by developing a pathway to economic self-sufficiency through affordable housing and multiple education programs, including ESL classes, GED and HiSET classes, English language and Civics classes, tutoring, distance learning, and family literacy classes.
Mental Health
Dr. Jennifer Crall – Note that St. Peter’s Covenant does not officially endorse these counselors; however, some members of our congregation have visited them or know them and have found them to be helpful and caring professionals.
AA serves individuals who are looking for support in recovering from alcoholism.
St. Peter's Covenant Church 