Missions & Outreach

Below are ministries and missionaries that our congregation has the privilege of partnering with as we share the Gospel of Jesus Christ here in Merced and around the world.

Alpha Crisis Pregnancy Help Center
Alpha is a non-profit organization offering support to any woman facing an unexpected pregnancy. They provide caring counseling and factual information to encourage women to consider alternatives to abortion. The organization is staffed by volunteers from our community trained in counseling skills and provides its services free of charge. Alpha is funded by individual and church contributions and fundraising events and does not receive any governement funding. All the volunteers are Christians who share the Good News about Jesus with each woman who expresses interest. Pray for this ministry that the clients will be receptive to the Gospel. Alpha Crisis Pregnancy Help Center

Alpha Crisis Pregnancy Help Center
700 Loughborough Drive, Suite A
Merced, California 95348
Phone: (209) 383-4700 / (800) 395-4357

Tom & Marti Chance
Tom and Marti change are the AWANA missionaries for North Central California. They work behind the scenes providing vital support for the AWANA clubs in our territory.
Visit Our AWANA Page.

Tom and Marti Chance P.O. Box 748
Denair, CA 95316-0748
(209) 667-6115
Email the Chances

Gospel For Asia
13,000 plus native missionaries serve as part of Gospel For Asia's ministry in India and neighboring countries. These evangelists/church planters daily wage spiritual battles against Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh forces. Yet, over 21,000 churches have been established.
Go to Gospel For Asia

Gospel For Asia
1800 Golden Trail Court
Carrollton, Texas 75010
Phone: (800) 946-2742
Email Gospel For Asia

Love INC
Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC), is a division of World Vision U.S. It is a national ministry with more than 120 affiliates, representing a partnership of over 7,000 churches and 6,000 community-based organizations in 29 states and Puerto Rico. Love INC's mission is to mobilize the Church to transform lives and neighborhoods In the Name of Christ. Love INC provides a model churches can use to work together across denominational lines, to help people in need in their communities.
Go to LoveINC

Kathy
Kathy lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the east coast of Africa. In Tanzania, there is usually one of three seasons: hot, hotter, or hottest! Dar es Salaam is a tropical port city right next to the Indian Ocean. Over four million people life in Dar, seventy percent of whom are Muslim. Kathy works with Reach Global, teaching in several schools in order to build relationships in the community. She also puts on clubs, sports, English, and overnight camps, and cooking classes for the youth and women. She loves using her hobbies, like swimming and baking, to meet new people and develop friendships to share the Truth. Please pray for Kathy as she share her life and is a light in the communities tha she lives in.

Merced Prison Ministry
The Merced Prison Ministry began with Chaplain Bill King when the county jail was housed on Belcher Road. The ministry expanded, adding chaplains Joel Kemps, Sandy Sebesta, and several other volunteers, as the jail was moved to its current Sandy Mush facility. The jail ministry continues to minister to inmates, sharing about the God who can deliver them from the stranglehold of Satan, by teaching God's word in small group and one-on-one ministries, distribution of Bibles and reading materials, spiritual counseling for inmates and their families as well as correctional staff, overseeing G.E.D. program, and drug recovery transitional programs.

Merced Prison Ministry
Chaplains James Sanders, Carole King, Debbie Newman
P.O. Box 1221
Merced, California 95341
Phone: (209) 356-8067
Email Chaplain Sanders

Mexico Outreach Ministry
Twice a year our congregation sends ministry teams to Mexico to serve with the Mount Hermon Evangelical Free Church of Ensenada and the Bethesda Evangelical Free Church of Puerta Trampa. To learn more about what God is doing in Mexico please visit our Creekside Mexico Outreach Page.

Tom & Linda Miller
The Millers are serving with Campus Crusade for Christ. Tom is a key leader in a special ministry called "History's Handful." He challenges leaders from the business and professional worlds of various countries to use their L.I.F.E. (Labor, Influence, Finances, and Expertise) to help make a difference in the lives of millions of people by introducing them to the love of Jesus. This ministry has taken Tom, over the years, to over 50 countries.

Tom & Linda Miller
1899 Branchwater Trail
Orlando, Florida 32825-8513
Phone: (407) 380-6038
Email the Millers

Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan's Purse. Each year millions of shoe boxes are distributed to children in over 95 countries. Each year our Children's Ministries work to support Operatin Christmas Child through the packing of shoe boxes. You can find out more by visiting our Operation Christmas Child Page or by contacting Samaritan's Purse directly.
Go to Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan's Purse
P.O. Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607
Phone (828) 262-1980
Fax (828) 266-1053

Trino & Esther Ortiz
Trino and Esther have been serving with Missionary Gospel Fellowship since 1994. They have been in ministry for over 30 years. They minister in Ensenada and Puerta Trampa, Mexico. The Ortizs are involved in church planting in very needy areas and have begun a medical clinic in Puerta Trampa. They are pastoring the Bethesda Evangelical Free Church of Puerta Trampa while serving in a support role with the Monte Hermon Evangelical Free Church (Iglesia Evangelica Libre Monte Hermon) in Ensenada that began in 1989. Their ministries are varied in working in the church, outside the church, counseling married couples, conferences, and children's Bible clubs. It is our privilege to serve Trino and Esther and the churches in Ensenda and Puerta Tramp through Creekside's Mexico Outreach Ministry.

Trino & Esther Ortiz
P.O. Box 837
Chula Vista, California 91912
011-52-646-176-3057
Email the Ortizs

Short Termers Exploring Missions (STEM)
Our congregation encourages and suports individuals from within our congregation to participate in short term missions projects. We praise God for these opportunities to reach beyond our borders and share the Gospel with others. These missions experiences are also life transforming for the participant.