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Mission ASSISTANCE
CENTER OF TOWSON CHURCHES: ACTC serves needy local
BREAD FOR THE
WORLD: Celebrating more than 25 years of seeking justice for
the
CHILD
HEALTH FOUNDATION: With its mission "to save the
greatest number of
M MISSIONARY IN THE CONGO:
SHEPHERD'S
CLINIC: Volunteer medical professionals, including members
of the
SARAH'S HOPE: Sarah’s Hope is a day center for the
homeless of Baltimore County.
 The goal is to help the people by
giving them a place to refresh themselves, become linked to services
they need, and aid them in becoming more self-sufficient. They rely
on volunteers
each day to help operate the facility. The website is
www.abrahamstentcoalition.org. Church contact Person:
Carol Dezes 410-823-2308,
rcdezes@earthlink.net BACK HOME PROJECT This Project began in October 1, 2005, its purpose to aid formerly homeless families in Baltimore County to move to independence. The Project is a collaboration between County faith congregations, the Baltimore County Office of Community Conservation, and the Baltimore County Department of Social Services. The faith community is invited to partner with a family, assisting them with encouragement, friendship, professional advice, and our prayers during a two-year period. In our care at MPC is a lovely Malaysian woman and her two adorable children. The website is www.abrahamstentcoalition.org. Church contact Persons: Branch Warfield, 410-785-2090, bwarfield@comcast.net and Dr. Harold Dunlap, 410-472-3768, dunmd@aol.com PRESBYTERY, SYNOD, GENERAL ASSEMBLY: We support local and international agencies, including local churches, that have been researched and monitored by professional persons employed by the Presbyterian Church. COMMUNITY CENTER FOR RETIRED ADULTS : Provides a setting, under the management of church members, in our church building for socialization among retired persons. It is self-supporting. Church contact person: Audrey Chapman 410-663-8910
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residents with food, emergency financial assistance, and referrals
to community service agencies. Members of the Maryland Presbyterian
Church volunteer regularly and have served on the Board. Email for ACTC: ACTC@bcpl.net, reach the director at 120 W. Pennsylvania
Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, 410-785-4856. Church contact person: Linda
Koch, 410-296-4832, 
world's hungry people, Bread for the World is a Christian voice
for ending hunger in the new century. It not only carries out
research and education on hunger, but provides resources to Maryland Presbyterian to take advocacy action to reduce hunger.
children's lives at the lowest possible cost,"
the Child Health Foundation provides services nationally and
worldwide. Members of the church's Mission Committee devote many
hours helping to fulfill this mission. See
ADRE DE LOS POBRES: The church has a sister parish in El
Salvador. Delegations from the church regularly share visits with visit Madre de los
Pobres for mutual faith support and to help with goods and services
to empower our brothers and sisters in Christ to meet their
challenges. Delegates often say, "It is not what we take to our
friends in Madre, it is what they give to us to bring back". When
advocacy action is needed because of natural disasters or because of
violations of civil rights, the congregation is informed. MPC,
through S.H.A.R.E:
Dr. Cecile DeSweemer, an
activist missionary in the Congo and a member of Maryland Presbyterian Church, alerts the congregation to
specific needs requiring Christian advocacy, action and/or support (e.g. money
for seeds to grow food for malnourished Congolese) and the church encourages
support from church members as well as from other Presbyteries. Dr. DeSweemer
can be reached at
Maryland Presbyterian Church, provide primary care to those
not eligible for any public programs and who can not afford to buy
commercial health insurance. See full details of the mission,
location, and services available on