Ministries Making a Difference

Baby and toddler pantry, 10-day community service excursion, clean water, and Christmas parties

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Every month, Jessup Baptist Church in Jessup, Maryland, hosts a baby and toddler pantry to provide necessities to families with small children. Healing Hands of America Emergency Pantry helped Jessup Baptist get its pantry off the ground during the COVID pandemic, and now nearby churches, a local food bank, and the Walk the Walk Foundation have joined forces to participate. In 2024, the pantry gave away over $60,000 worth of diapers, $30,000 in wipes, and $50,000 in formula, according to pantry director Becky Delisio.

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Teams with Filter of Hope last week delivered 3,000 water filters to people in Nepal who desperately need access to clean water. Nepal is one of almost a dozen countries with unreached people groups that the ministry is working to develop partnerships in so as to deliver water filters and share the gospel in 2025. Filter of Hope is one of MinistryWatch’s Shining Light ministries, with 5 stars, an “A” transparency grade, and a donor confidence score of 100.

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Throughout the Christmas season, Extreme Response International hosted 33 holiday parties in South Africa, Ecuador, and the Philippines, impacting 4,500 people with its 2024 Christmas outreach. Volunteers put together bags of toys, and children gushed over Barbies, plush animals, and toy cars. They also crafted cards, performed choreographed songs, and competed in field games. Extreme Response International has 4 stars and an “A” transparency grade in the MinistryWatch database, and a donor confidence score of 97.

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A team of about 20 people came together to participate in a 10-day community service excursion organized by Nazarene Youth International of the Guatemala West District. From December 23 through January 1, participants hosted a Vacation Bible School program, painted a house, repainted a pedestrian walkway, visited people at their homes with various needs, conducted discipleship meetings, and shared the Gospel door to door throughout the village of Palmarcito and nearby areas.

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