JJ White has a long history of participation in missions.  We have held missions conferences annually for the past thirty years. These conferences are exciting events with guests to inspire and inform us, special music,local work projects, and, of course, meals to bring us together to focus on missions. 

Our congregation not only pledges generously, but also gives time and physical labor to missions.  JJ White participation in work projects in Belize and Mexico have gone on for decades.  We have worked on rebuilding projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast post Katrina, and other locations all over the world. 

Chamberlain Hunt 
Palmer Children Home

Highlights from 2009 Missions Conference 

Dr. Ben Mathes, Missions Conference Expositor

Nancy Warlick, Missionary from Africa

2009 Missions Conference Projects--
Blood Drive, Community Garden, Supplies for Children in Africa

Food, Music, and Magic

 

 

 

 

 
July Mission Trip to Gulf Coast
In the summers of 2008 and 2009, JJ White sent a group to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to work on Katrina recovery construction.  The team stayed in facilities at Long Beach Presbyterian Church and worked on new home construction there.  A mission trip is now being planned for 2010.  Information as to when and where will be posted when plans are completed. (Pictures from the 2008 trip below.)

 
JJ White Memorial Presbyterian Mission Team to Long Beach, MS
pictured l. to r.--Susan White, Randy White, Sharon White, Jimmy Carol Robertson, John Drummond, Rusty Whittington, Dixie Fouche, Whitney Rawlings, Carol Rawlings, Billy Mitchell, Charles Ray

The Beginning of the Project-- uneven piers

Work progressing...

and progressing...

and progressing!!! Wow!


Great work, team!
(Scroll below to see pictures of JJ White pioneers in hands-on mission projects.)

Ben Mathes/Rivers of the World

As stated on the ROW website... "Rivers of The World (ROW) is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that targets remote river basins. Our goal is to serve with people who live in these river basins and those we serve determine our projects. We ask them what makes up their greatest challenges and covenant with them to meet and overcome those challenges together

ROW emphasizes that it is their country, their village, their culture, but our problem. Our goal is to serve in an atmosphere of mutual concern and respect.

ROW projects run the gamut of human, physical and spiritual needs. Academics, research, education and medical/dental concerns go hand in hand with church planting, construction, evangelism and Bible distribution."

We were excited to hear Ben Mathes describe the mission projects and programs carried on by ROW. Plans are being made to participate in some of these projects.  Everyone attending this Wednesday Night Fellowship with Ben was inspired by his stories and experiences.  
(Pictures below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Ben explains how Rivers of the World got started and his love for the people he serves through ROW projects. 

Interest was expressed with questions.

These guys contributed and got ROW caps! 

 

 

 

 

Rusty organized this project to send school supplies to kids served by Rivers of the World. 

 

 

 

 

Ziplock bags of school supplies are readied for shipping.

  

 

 

 

Betty and other "knutty knitters"
have made these adorable baby hats for Rivers of the World to distribute.  When ROW goes into a community, children are given these little hats. Ben reports that the kids sometimes continue to keep and wear
them for years!  


A Legacy of Service to Missions

Phil Enochs--a leader in 
our missions program
for many years. 
(Mexico 1995)

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           Pictured left to right are--
Tom and Helen Lacey-Missionaries in Belize 
*Helen visited JJ White in April
Jacqueline Enochs-worked along with her husband Phil as a JJ White mission trip organizer for many trips to Belize and Mexico.
Ben Mathes-Rivers of the World 
*Ben visited JJ White in May
(Belize 1985)

 

 

Bob Decoux- a leader in 
foreign and local missions for
 decades.

(Belize 1986)