VPC Mission Partners

Located in the heart of Venice, the 180 House, an outreach of Suncoast Youth for Christ, uses activities such as skateboarding, rock climbing, ping-pong, basketball, and art to connect with high school youth to share the love of Christ. One-on-one mentoring, Bible studies, and the Alpha program help these young people as they learn to follow Christ in their ever-changing world.

Three hundred missionaries depend on Agape Flights to deliver their mail and supplies while living and working on mission fields in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas. Agape also delivers relief supplies during disasters and emergencies. Agape Flights equip the Caribbean missionaries so that they can effectively share the love of Christ. Agape has two planes and flies several times a week making deliveries.

The Center of Hope assists all those in need including, the homeless, veterans, single-parents, the elderly, and the working poor. Their mission is to minister to all by bringing hope where there is hopelessness. The Center of Hope has many, many programs to offer those in need, including few include food distributions, rent assistance, health clinics, assistance with legal IDs, resume assistance, and a clothing distribution. Lives have been changed by the services of this mission partner.

Family Promise’s mission is to provide housing support to children in need and their families. They provide many programs that ensure lasting self-sufficiency in housing. Family Promise provides a bridge shelter program to assist up to 3 families in area churches, also gives rent assistance, and finally, they have a program to help with 1–2-year transitional housing to assure stability. Distributing community-donated basic needs items, like cleaning supplies, is also one of the ways Family Promise helps needy families. Lives have been dramatically changed by this mission.

In 2025, Salud Que Transforma, which means health that transforms, is celebrating it’s 15th anniversary of being established established through Venice Presbyterian Church! The clinic provides free health care to local residents as well as ones they connect with through mobile day clinics. Services include medical, dental and pharmaceutical. Currently, the clinic has a staff of 16 including three doctors, medical students, nurses and an administrative staff. It is managed by Dr. Erick and Cynthia Estrada and is based on the idea of integrating physical and spiritual well-being. As the result, the Estradas mix ministry with their medical mission and include God in all that they do which has resulted in a number of programs and scholarships for children and their families that VPC helps to support on an annual basis through your continued giving.

The mission of the Hope 4 Communities/Day 4 Hope event is to prepare disadvantaged children to start their school yerar with hope and confidence on an equal footing with their peers. Each child receives a medical check, dental screening, vision screening and a haircut. Each also receives a new backpack filled with school supplies, a bag of hygiene products, groceries, fresh fruit and $100 worth of gift cards for new clothes and shoes. Each child can also choose a free book to take home. The families are shown an age-appropriate video of the gospel story of Jesus, and are given the opportunity to have a private moment of prayer. VPC’s Day 4 Hope event serves 250 children from nine local schools.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that uses volunteers and donations to help families build affordable housing. In 2023 we celebrated the dedication of a Faith Built Home, funded solely by the VPC Foundation and donations from VPC members. VPC members also donated many hours of volunteer labor as the home was being built. We praise God for the opportunity to bless the Razo family with a safe and beautiful new home. Habitat picks families for their homes based on need, a willingness to partner with Habitat through at least 300 hours of labor, and their ability to repay a mortgage with an affordable payment plan.

Vision: To see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. Mission: To lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. FCA is the world’s largest Christian Sports Ministry serving in every state and around the world in over 106 countries. We have both campus and community sport ministries. On campuses, we strive to reach EVERY coach, athlete, student, teacher, and administrator with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We Make Disciples Who Make Disciples. Locally, in Sarasota County we are a growing staff who are training and equipping the Saints for the work of ministry in over 20 campuses, including all schools but one in Venice. We are reaching about 1000 students each week (and growing) with the Gospel. We have had over 100 decisions for Christ this year alone.

Venice Presbyterian partners with Helps International to bring safe, efficient, Onil stoves to rural families in the Guatemalan mountains near Nebaj. The Onil stove eliminates the respiratory problems and the horrible burns associated with open f ires. The stove also uses less fuel. Cooking on open fires are a major problem in less developed countries. Helps International also installs water filters and has a school. Rural Guatemalan families live safer, healthier lives because of Helps International and the Onil stove.

Migrant farm workers live in moldy, bug infested, trailers in Immokalee, Florida. Rent is very high at $75 per person per week. Sometimes these high rents force more than one family to live in an unfit trailer. Immokalee Fair Housing’s mission is to eliminate deplorable and overcrowded rental housing for farmworkers and other low-income residents. IFHA is currently building 128 new, affordable, multi-family units in Immokalee. Safe, affordable, healthy housing will make low-income workers less miserable and benefit the entire community.

Laurel Civic Association is a community-based organization dedicated to helping low-income and at-risk children and families thrive through a variety of impactful programs. Youth Programs Our Afterschool Academic Program ensures every child has the support they need to succeed to be above average students. The Kids Café provides essential nutrition, ensuring no child goes home hungry. We also have a Summer Reading Program to keep children engaged in reading and to prevent the “Summer Slide.” For teens we have our seven-week Teen Empowerment Program for high school students to develop post-graduate plans. Adult Empowerment Programs Our adult programs focus on workforce development, emergency financial assistance, financial literacy training, and bi-monthly client choice food distribution. This empowers families to shop for the food they need, while our programs promote self-sufficiency. Positive Impact Witness the positive impact on children, teens, and families through stories in our alumni section on the website. Your support makes these success stories possible.

Mision Peniel provides food, clothing, fellowship, and emergency support to the very poor migrant farmworkers in Immokalee, FL. On Fridays, 300-450 farmworkers are served food from Mision Peniel. Pastoral Care is provided to farmworkers including counseling, hospital visits, and assistance in orienting migrants to a new culture. Mision Peniel acts as an advocate for fundamental change in the living and working conditions of the farmworkers. Migrant farmworkers live better, more dignified lives because of this ministry.

Jim and Beth Luebe serve in leadership with Oaks International whose mission is to proclaim Christ and multiply disciplemakers for the glory of God and the joy of all nations. In 2024, Jim and Beth moved to Colorado to help fulfill their new leadership responsibilities. They also continue to minister within the New York Police Department (NYPD). In their work with police officers, they partner with the Health and Wellness section of the NYPD to provide training events three times a year for 300 officers. Additionally, they lead and host marriage retreats for police officers and their spouses. The focus of their work is still evangelism and disciple making. A current reality facing police officers within the NYPD is a 75% divorce rate. Mandatory overtime, shift work, and disrespect from the community pose unique challenges to their lives and marriages. Jim and Beth find that these challenges often provide open doors for the gospel. Following a marriage retreat one officer commented, “ Neither of us grew up in Christian homes so we haven’t seen healthy models of Christian marriage. We are still learning what it means to place Christ at the center of our marriage, but we are hopeful!”

Jim McGill is a Presbyterian missionary that works in Niger and South Sudan, Africa. He works to ensure clean water and sanitation at both the community and individual levels. Since these countries are by the Sahara desert water is extremely important. The organization that McGill works for drills a well and then has it run by an evangelist. The water brings prosperity and creates a positive connection in these predominantly Muslim countries. The money earned from the sale of water pays the evangelist. In Niger, water allows for better hygiene. This is crucial in a country where nearly one in four children dies before their fourth birthday. Niger is an extremely primitive country where most refuse to use a latrine.

One Christ, Won City presents a grand vision: transforming the world, one community at a time. The local congregations in their area recognize the importance of unity, understanding that the wellbeing of the community is a collective responsibility. Together, they remain devoted to a singular purpose – the growth of faith and values in southwest Florida and throughout the world.

One for Israel began as a Bible College and from there has expanded into many areas. The goal is to reach Israelis with the message of Jesus as Messiah. Their media evangelism is wonderfully done with hundreds of millions of views worldwide. One for Israel also has humanitarian programs for those touched by the recent war.

TCM is dedicated to Taking Christ to Millions and we have found that the most effective way to do that is by Training Christians for Ministry. Taking Christ to Millions TCM develops Christian leaders for significant service through higher learning. With influence in more than 45 countries, we are reaching the world for Christ by preparing nationals to reach their own people for Jesus. Training Christians for Ministry 846 graduates have been trained to be disciple-makers in their own countries. When Russia invaded Ukraine, TCM immediately responded by creating HELP (Humanitarian Aid, Evangelism, Long-term help, Prayer). Your support provided over 400,000 “safe nights” for refugees f leeing the war. Now, TCM is reaching out to provide HELP to the over four million Ukrainians living outside Ukraine.

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