LCC 2025 - 2026 Global Outreach Project

      

The Mount Selinda Hospital is located in the southern African country of Zimbabwe and is a ministry of the UCC in Zimbabwe. We have been supporting this mission for a few years and are glad that we have been able to help the hospital provide improve services to the country. Mt. Selinda Hospital serves many marginalized communities around the area including patients from Mozambique across the border. They are looking to funds to acquire an ambulance for the hospital to allow them to reach people in need who cannot walk to it. Living conditions in Zimbabwe are challenging for many, marked by economic hardships, social issues, and limited access to basic necessities. According to current research, 62% of Zimbabwe citizens live below the poverty line and providing assistance to this hospital is a meaningful way for our church to help the less fortunate. 

Project to Support Refugee Communities in the Congo is a program through the Church of Christ in Congo that is an umbrella of more than 95 Protestant denominations. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing the largest internal displacement crisis in Africa with millions internally displaced, mostly in the eastern regions of the country due to a civil war. It is a conflict that is not reported on in our mainstream press, but affects many. Refugees face severe conditions including lack of food, water, shelter, and healthcare, with humanitarian efforts struggling to keep pace with the surging needs. The crisis involves ongoing conflict, particularly in the eastern DRC, leading to widespread displacement and making the situation one of the most complex and protracted in Africa. The Protestant Service for Development and Diakonia (SEPPRODIA) unit of the Church of Christ in Congo (ECC) works with refugees in two areas: the North Kivu and North Ubangi regions. In the refugee communities, SEPPRODIA, with the assistance of pastors and local volunteers, has been working to provide food, drinking water, and non-food essentials including tarps, blankets, supplies for cooking, clothing, school supplies for children, buckets for washing, and medical services.

Will you help us in providing support for these two missions in a very economically challenged part of the world? Please write a check to Lakewood Congregational Church or donate online and indicate that your donation is for the global missions project that you would like to designate. We hope you can join us in supporting this important global work! Please reach out to David Sangree or Kristina Kovach with any questions about the projects or how to make a donation.