Mission

St. Andrew’s supports several missionary links around the world.

ALISTAIR & NAOMI DRYE
Al Drye used to be our youth leader, but moved to New Zealand with his family, to continue youth work at St John’s Church, Christchurch. Naomi oversees all the music in the church and they have five young children.

BISHOP JOHN & JUDY ELLISON (SAMS)
with Chris and Alison Hawksbee
Bishop John and Judy Ellison are with SAMS and are our longest serving link missionary couple; John is Bishop of Paraguay. He is leading the diocese in mission projects for communities throughout the country. Chris and Alison Hawksbee are long-term missionaries in Paraguay. Alison is a teacher and Chris works in rural agricultural development with indigenous people.

CAT HALFORD
Cat was a member of our young people’s group. She is on a two year training programme aimed at joining an overseas Bible Society. Having completed her mission outreach with Operation Mobilisation, she is now in her college year of study.

MEDIC MALAWI (Medic Malawi)
with Frank and Eunice Dzantenge
Medic Malawi built and runs St Andrew’s Hospital in Mtunthama and gives financial and practical support to All Saints’ School. It works closely with the Mothers’ Union and is linked with All Saints’ Church. Alongside its stated objective “to support the poor and needy”, its aim is to witness to God’s love for all and to bring people to a closer relationship with God. Founded by Mac and Dot Forsyth of our own congregation – with Revd Frank and Eunice Dzantenge.

BRIAN and ANNE SLOAN (Marine Reach/YWAM)
From our own Church fellowship; Brian is Director of Marine Reach which is aiming to take medical aid and the gospel to the poorest coastal communities around the World. Anne is a YWAM staff trainer. Together with sons Peter and Andrew, they are based at YWAM’s head office in Harpenden.

SHELAGH WYNNE (CMS)
Shelagh is linked with CMS and is presently in Thailand which is her base for selection, training and sending Christian nurses and other medical staff out.

TEARFUND
Tearfund is an evangelical Christian development and relief charity working with partners to bring help and hope to communities in need around the world. Last year, Tearfund supported over 500 projects in 70 countries. Onee Tearfund project is to “Work a Miracle” aimed at preventing the transmission of the AIDS/HIV virus from mother to baby, in all areas/countries where Tearfund is working.

SHEKINAH MISSION
The Shekinah Mission based in Bath Street in Plymouth offers help, hope, education and Christ’s love for the hungry, the homeless and the lonely. The drop-in centre is newly re-built, offering much expanded services, especially training in job-related skills aimed at getting people back into work.

Other groups and individuals with links to St Andrew’s include:

The Bible Society
Carlile College, Nairobi - student support
The Children’s Society
Christian Resources Project
Church Pastoral Aid Society
Crossline, Plymouth
Dan Snell, YWAM, Harpenden
Eurovangelism
INF (International Nepal Fellowship)
Nicaragua - support for medical student, Nora
Toybox

SHORT TERM PROJECTS OVERSEAS
Many of the young people at St Andrew’s have been on short-term projects with organisations such as LatinLink, and Tear Fund. Many of the mission organisations linked with St Andrew’s welcome volunteers for a few weeks or months.

For more information about our link organisations, see the notice boards in church or speak to the relevant home group leaders or visit the websites. If you would like to give financially then please contact the mission committee.

Then Jesus said to his disciples,
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
(Matthew 9v37-38)