missions

At Saint Patrick's, our vision is to raise up and send out disciples who are truly living out The Great Commission, both at home and abroad.  In the last six years, we have had two households from our parish who have followed God's call to live as missionaries overseas. One of these families is serving through Interserve USA, a mission agency focused on reaching out to Arabs and Muslims who otherwise would never meet a follower of Jesus Christ. The other is serving as a school teacher in the same country. As a parish, we support and partner with our members who are serving as missionaries and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We are active supporters of the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS), which fosters disciple-making and plants new communities of faith across the world. We support this effort with our prayers, financial gifts, and by sending our pastor to teach at NAMS conferences overseas. In 2018, Saint Patrick's helped fund a training retreat for church planters in Cuba, including the new NAMS Church of Cienfuego. And in 2019, Fr. Peter joined the teaching team of NAMS at the Mission Week of training at Mbeere Diocese, Kenya, where he taught about leading a community of disciples that makes disciples.

Training pastors is a key way we equip disciples to make disciples. Since 2008, Saint Patrick's has had the privilege of ministering among fellow Anglicans in  Kibungo Diocese in Rwanda. Our parish has sent teams to  minister in Kibungo five times. We have also welcomed leaders from Kibungo diocese to our parish for fellowship and ministry. Our  ministry in Kibungo has centered on training pastors, serving with our sister parish (Musamvu parish) and the Center for Women's Ministry, a  PEER counseling ministry that aids women in addressing trauma from the Rwandan genocide, domestic violence, AIDS and other issues.