India Community Ministry
Rev. Wilson Koppula was born in Shamshabad, (A.P) Telangana State, South India. He taught Biological Sciences in India and Nigeria (West Africa). While working in Nigeria he and his wife traveled to neighboring African countries, Europe and England.
After receiving God’s call, he resigned his position and attended Bible college in Winnipeg , Canada. He then moved to the USA and graduated with a Masters of Divinity (M.Div.) in 1993 from Western Baptist Seminary in San Jose, CA. Pastor Koppula is a church planter and Bible teacher who has over 25 years of experience in reaching out to Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims in the USA with good news of Jesus. He currently resides in Turlock, CA with his wife Mary. They have three grown up daughters. He is currently planting an Indian Church in Manteca, CA.


Rev. Wilson Koppula


Monika Grasley
Monika and her husband Jim have been Merced residents for over 30 years after returning from work in China. Monika’s passion is Community Development. How do we make the Good News of Jesus Christ more evident in our under resourced neighborhoods? How do we join God in the work He is doing in the neighborhoods?
Monika grew up in Germany under a lot of trauma, and after some years on the street, she learned about God’s amazing grace and has been trying to live out the principles of the Bible.
Micah 6:8 is her favorite scripture and a good reminder that God has called us to live justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God.
Christina Andriese
Currently serving as the Director of Partner Engagement for Empowering Lives International, she is an author, pastor, missionary, and lifelong student of God's love. Her dream is to see the church awaken to its full potential--to see humanity walk in freedom--ignited by hope, empowered to dream, and equipped to operate out of the resurrection power that Jesus provides.


Monika and Jim Grasley

Love INC Merced
Love Inc is movement of Christian churches working together to show God’s love by giving a hand up, not a hand down. They mobilize local churches to transform lives and communities in the name of Christ. Love Inc is a network of 32 churches throughout Merced county that help provide basic human resources such as food assistance, furniture and household items,transportation to medical appointments, infant and toddler supplies, and much more.




Christina Andriese

ELI
For 27 years, ELI has been on a mission to empower orphans and families to crush poverty, embrace Christ, and share their transformation with others. Together they provide training and skills paired with the Gospel of Jesus throughout the Sub-Saharan region of East Africa. Thousands live in and propagate a cycle of hopelessness passed on from generation to generation. One of the most significant contributors to the pandemic of poverty is related to alcohol. Due to a lack of skills and hope, multitudes are lured into a lifestyle of brewing and consuming a dangerous, local brewed moonshine. The result is increased malnourishment, child abuse/neglect, idle youth, domestic violence, the spread of HIV/AIDS, broken families, poverty, and spiritual bankruptcy. The challenge is great, but there is a unique door that we can only say “ God has opened” for us to minister in over 50 villages.

Steve & Cari Wendel
Czech Republic
Steve and Cari Wendel serve in Ceske Budejovice,
Czech Republic.
They are working with national partners in the Czech church, and using English classes and
community outreach to share the Gospel.
They have six children.

Paul & Fabiola Drumm
Southeast Asia
The Drumm family serve in South Asia in an effort to promote understanding between peoples of different faiths.

The Drumm's have two boys, Tobias and Nikolas, who take piano lessons. They are preparing for a recital.
Paul comes from Northern California and Fabiola is from Peru.

Next Missions Meeting, June 9 at 6:30 pm, room 10, at the Church.
Steve & Ellisa Rough will be sharing about Hope Mountain on June 19th.

Celia Chamberlain Team Expansion
Clayton and Celia Chamberlain were serving in Mongolia until the time of Clayton's untimely passing due to a heart attack.
Celia feels God's call, but she cannot GO right now.
Her commissioning organization, Team Expansion, found a way for her to fulfill her calling, but stay stateside.
She will be training up to help in mobilization and member care. She will be doing this 20-30 hours per week, in a mission-support position, just as on the field.
She and her children are doing well and living in Minnesota.

Merced County Rescue Mission
Our Mission: Providing hope and serving homeless and needy people of Merced County.
Our Vision: Homeless and needy people being fed, housed, and transformed through the power of Jesus Christ in Merced County. 
Since 1991, we have led an effort to permanently improve the lives of those in Merced County who are homeless, those who have been incarcerated, or have been imprisoned by their own addictions. We have implemented innovative programs designed to offer the greatest long-term benefit for men, women, and families. Every changed life is a victory for which we can thank God.
Merced Rescue Mission, in coordination with Merced Rescue Mission Support Corporation and Mission Merced, is one of Merced County’s largest providers of housing and resources for people experiencing homelessness, provides specialized care and programming aimed at caring for the unique needs of our participants experiencing homelessness.

Empowering Lives International
Igniting World Changers

Poverty, due to lack of skills, and in many cases fueled by addiction to alcohol, grabs hold of a home and can turn parents into depressed tyrants and children into neglected servants only good for fetching water or firewood. 
Fueled by your partnership, God is bringing new hope to families in such a way that even government officials are taking notice and commenting, "We have never seen a program bring such dramatic change to our villages."
God has been pointing the way and opening doors to expand a Spirit-led movement that is empowering lives in villages throughout East Africa.

HOPE is igniting! 

Mary's Mantle
JMJ Maternity Homes, Mary's Mantle, provides homeless or imminently homeless pregnant women; food, shelter, clothing, assistance in accessing medical and mental health services, referrals and transportation for social services, individualized case management, in home programs, classes and other support services in a safe, nurturing, homelike environment.  
Our program facilitates prenatal and post-partum health and promotes the welfare of mother and child.
 We believe in the sanctity of the human person, the dignity of all human life.  We respect the religious beliefs of all individual clients, staff, volunteers and board members.
    Since 2007 JMJ Maternity Homes has helped over 150 women and their children.  Our mission began with our first home Mary's Mantle, donated by a generous family inspired by the love of God to assist pregnant women in very difficult and stressful situations.  In June 2009 we moved to our current location in Atwater, California, a facility generously leased to us through the Catholic Diocese of Fresno.  This larger facility allows us to provide shelter for up to 7 women and their children.
 
Mark & Alise Juanes
Thailand
If you feel led to give a little extra this year please consider the House of Love. One of the two ministries we work with directly, they currently work with college students and at-risk children in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Right now there is a special project to help the House of Love expand by supporting families in low-income
communities as well. Your gift will help to support the children and college students in addition to staff trainings and community outreach this next year.
Follow the link below if you would like to give to this awesome ministry.
Thailand - House of Love Ministry Expansion | International Ministries







The Juanes Family: Alise, Gavin (9), Kolin (6), Sydney (11) and Mark
This year has been a whirlwind full of adventure and new experiences in Thailand. We are thankful to be living out God's call on our lives as we learn about the language, culture and people in Thailand this year. We look forward to 2021 and spending more time developing new relationships and sharing our experiences with all of you. We miss you all and are so thankful for your prayers, support and love.

(You can follow their journey on Facebook @TeamJuanes)