- Generous Grants will Help Support the Outreach Ministry ...
The Rural Mission has received several wonderful grants to all our staff and volunteers to help many families and elderly residents in great need.
We are extremely grateful for this generosity, support and trust.
(added 08.23.10)
- Update: The Gethers Home — Johns Island
New photo showing some of the old house behind the new home was taken on August 18, 2010. We have come a long way ...
(added 08.23.10)
- More than anything else - we are about family ...
Congratulations and all of life's blessings and joys to the newlyweds married on July 10 at the Mack family farm overlooking Church Creek on Wadmalaw Island, S.C.
(added 07.12.10)
- Rural Mission Golf Tournament: Monday, Spring 2011
Excitement is mounting as the Spring 2011 Rural Mission Golf Tournament will soon be here! See details on this special web page!
(revised 08.17.10)
- Thank you to our Generous Donors!
The Rural Mission is very grateful for the recent grant support from our generous donors and contributors. These grants and gifts come at a time
when our financial needs are great ...
(added 06.30.10)
- Join the Rural Mission as we Build with Love!
Are you looking for a place to help others? To give back? Seeking purpose and direction? If the answers to any or all of these questions is YES,
then the Rural Mission needs your help, skills and hearts! Our ministry has a place for all volunteers ...
(added 06.29.10)
- Help Us Care for Migrant Children!
The Rural Mission, through the East Coast Migrant Children Headstart Program, has cared for young migrant children for over 40 years.
Donations, in-kind service and volunteers are very much needed to provide all that these children need.
(added 06.29.10)
- Thank You Newton Farms!
Our deep gratitude is extended to Newton Farms Store at Freshfields Village for a $2,500 grant received to support
the outreach ministry of the Rural Mission.
(added 06.24.10)
- Mrs. Gether's Home is Underway
The subfloor and support system is nearly complete for this three bedroom home; framing the walls will come next.
(added 06.10.10)
- Rural Mission Board of Directors Welcomes New Members!
The Rural Mission, Inc. has taken a major step forward as it works to position itself for continued service and ministry for its second 40 years of caring.
Recently the Mission's Board of Directors took the step of approving a plan to expand the size of the Board to welcome new members.
(added 06.04.10)
- Another Special Week for South Church
The week of April 20 brought to the Mission again a wonderful group of high school students and adults from Andover, Massachusetts to serve those in need.
This group included 44 youth members and 12 adults.
(added 05.03.10)
- Thank you Exchange Club of Charleston!
This year the Exchange Club presented grants to 61 charities and agencies with more than $500,000 from the proceeds of the 10 day fair. The Rural Mission
is very grateful for their support. The $8,000 grant award ....
(added 04.10.10)
- An Old Boat Shed is Not a House
The Rural Mission is seeking volunteer commitments and donations to get an elderly resident out of a makeshift house on Johns Island. Plans call for an addition
to a nearby home that will provide a safe and decent place for this senior citizen.
(added 03.27.10)
- Gethers Family Gets Boost
The Rural Mission's outreach to the Gethers family on Johns Island gets a boost thanks to Berkeley Electric Cooperative!
The $2,500 grant to the Gethers family and the Rural Mission will help begin the work to replace their old and unsafe home with a new home.
(added 03.25.10)
- Phillips Academy: a tradition of caring continues!
Our sincere thanks and appreciation go to the students and teachers of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., who have been coming to the Rural Mission for 17 years.
These enthusiastic and energetic high school students enjoy each other and grow in appreciation and purpose as they work to make life better for island residents.
(added 03.20.10)
- Davidson College Volunteers
The Mission hosted a terrific group of young people during the week of February 27-March 4 from the Reformed University Fellowship of Davidson College in
Davidson, N.C. A hard working group of 22 students, they assisted families with repair needs at several locations (added 03.06.10)
- Smiley Home Dedicated
Many people from all walks of life joined together to move in furniture, fill the cupboards and make a house a special home.
The morning was filled with praise, song and prayer for this undertaking that required the hands and hearts from many volunteers and donors. (added 03.04.10)
- Osterville United Methodist Church at Work
Few volunteer workteams have been as loyal as this longtime group of servants from Osterville UMC in Osterville, Mass. John Whiteley again lead this group
of 18 eager hearts to the Sea Islands which are familiar territory for this hardworking group. The worked on three projects. (added 02.23.10)
- Rural Mission staff welcomes East Greenwich United Methodist Church
Few things are as special as welcoming old friends who have made the Rural Mission a part of their lives and service to Christ for many years.
East Greenwich UMC is one such group with a very long history of serving with the Mission. (added 02.23.10)
- Thank you St. Johns Lutheran Church ~~ Mohnton, PA
Continuing their 30 years of support to Rural Mission, a wonderful group of workers came to Rural Mission for the week of February 7-14 blessing
several local residents with much needed assistance. (added 02.15.10)
- For 2010 -- Another New Home is Needed!
The Rural Mission needs financial support and volunteers to replace this old dilapidated home on Johns Island with a new three bedroom home for
Mrs. Gethers. The new home will be built on her property and the old home demolished upon completion. (added 02.06.10)
- Thank You Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia
For nearly two decades, a devoted group from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia has come annually during February to help families in need.
During the first week in February, Dr. Bob Robinson led a group of four seminary students who worked on three different homes.
(added 02.04.10)
- Martin Luther King Challenge Brings a New Experience to College of Charleston Students
The College of Charleston challenges its students each year to give to the community and its residents as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King.
This year's MLK Challenge brought a team of 12 volunteers to the Rural Mission to help make badly needed repairs on an older home on Johns Island. Includes YouTube interview
with Bill Jenkins, Vice-Chair of the Rural Mission Board of Directors. (added 01.23.10)
- Testimony: Before Rural Mission
Before I came to rural Mission I played at being a Christian. One day I asked myself -- "Linda, did Jesus spend time with the poor?" Of course He did.
I than asked myself -- "Do you spend your time with the poor?" ...
(added 12.12.09)
