Missions
Jesus said, “…if anyone give even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
CLA supports local, national, and international missions. Here is a list of some of the missions we support on a monthly basis. Please join in with us in prayer with these ministries and servants of God.
Local Missions
www.carefamilies.com
CFPS has been around for over 30 years helping those facing an unplanned pregnancy with free services including pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, options counseling, parenting program (Earn While You Learn), material resources and a post-abortion Bible study support group, Hearts Set Free. Their most recent endeavor is their new mobile ultrasound van that is able to bring services to women who wouldn't normally be able to get to their center.
www.my-cca.org CCA’s mission is to increase the Kingdom of God and unify the Body of Christ by bringing and promoting Christian bands, singers and artists to Northeastern Connecticut, thus allowing the unsaved to hear the good news about Jesus Christ in a non-invasive atmosphere, and promoting unity among believers.
www.covenantsoupkitchen.org
CSK provides food and access to basic services in an environment of care, love, support and safety to those individuals and families from the greater Windham community who comes through their doors.
www.ct.gov/dcf
The Department of Children & Families protects and serves children throughout the state of Connecticut. Through specific projects, we partner with DCF to help provide for children in need.
www.hisoaks.com
His Oaks Ministry is a faith based home for men in recovery providing a safe and secure environment helping young men (18-35) overcome life’s challenges through a transformational process, making a successful reentry into their family, church, and community.
www.regenerationtc.com
CLA is a host site for ReGeneration. Their mission is to meet the emotional, spiritual, & mental health needs of individuals, couples, & families. We come along side you to help define a solvable problem or identify unhealthy life controlling patterns. As awareness builds, together we will learn and implement new ways of being aimed to empower self-efficacy. To learn more visit.
https://hartfordhospital.org.
CLA is in partnership with Hartford Hospital's Purple Project. We are assisting in bringing awareness and working to make a difference in the lives of those with mental illness. We help provide transportation vouchers, so the patients can get to treatment facilities or even home from the hospital. We also help by collecting basic items such as toiletries, clothes, etc...
The Vision of I.H.P radio Network is to first and foremost uplift and give Praise to Almighty God. 2) To reach the Windham County with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through Holy Spirit inspired topics and Great Christian music like: Present and Past Christian Hits, Christian Rock, Praise and Worship, and even Christian Rap. 3) To unite the Body of Christ together within the Windham Community by using this media as a communication tool for Churches and other Christian Ministries.
www.windhamps.org
CLA is happy to partner with Natchaug Elementary School in assisting and providing support through various outreaches each year.
Neighborhood Renovations’ mission is to help rebuild and repair homes for low-income families and provide training and assistance with helping individuals acquire their GED.
New song ministries exists to bring the hope and message of salvation through Jesus Christ and the hope of the cross to ALL of humanity. We bring this message to people from all walks of life by providing physical and spiritual nourishment to the homeless and addicted in the streets, BUT will carry the message to anyone, anywhere and any time that there is a need. We believe that Jesus Christ can put a NEW SONG in anyone's heart.
https://www.facebook.com/ourGodhereigns
www.perceptionprograms.org
Perceptions Programs are a private, non-profit behavioral health agency dedicated to the well-being of individuals and families throughout Northeastern Connecticut. They offer hope, support and a path to recovery from co-occurring substance use and mental health problems.
Strong Foundations offers center and community based ABA therapy, as well as Counseling Services (CBT), and Occupational Therapy. Services and programs are available to children ages 3 to 11 who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders, social communication disorder, and related disabilities. Also, children with mild to moderate language and cognitive delays as well as behavioral and social-emotional needs.
https://www.strongfoundationsct.com/
www.windhamnofreeze.com
The Windham No Freeze Hospitality Center is a Community Coalition founded in 2003 by individuals dedicated to making sure no one is left out in the cold. Their goal is to provide basic overnight shelter from cold weather for homeless persons over the age of 18 from November 15th through April of each year.
www.willimanticawakening.com
Matthew 633 Food Pantry exists to help those who are in need with non-perishable food and basic need items.
National Missions
Gil & Lindsay Banton currently serve as missionaries to the 17,000 undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut. They serve on campus to reach the students with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through campus outreaches, small groups, and weekly Chi Alpha meetings.
www.lightsup.org
Brent is the founder of Lights Up Ministries and its mission is to produce original, relevant and professional musical theater that honors God and spreads the light of Christ. Our stories will stir souls, inspire hearts, challenge minds and impact destinies.
John & Theresa Flood serve as missionaries to the Native American population in Arizona. As a professor at American Indian College, John serves to equip the Native students, who come from tribes across the western half of the United States to reach and disciple their own people in a way that is culturally relevant.
Brad currently serve as a part-time missionary to the 17,000 undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut. Brad serves on campus to reach the students with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through campus outreaches, small groups, weekly Chi Alpha meetings and online ministry.
The Olejarz family serves as national field staff for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. Mike serves to provide training and education resources to campus missionaries, helping them to succeed in reaching the students they serve.
www.youthalivesne.com
Kevin’s heart and mission is the students. By empowering students, building relationships between schools and the local church, developing Bible clubs, and dynamic school assemblies, Kevin's ambition, commitment, and passion for students drives the ministry of Youth Alive® to complete the challenge of reaching every student in every school.
International Missions
The Kitchen of Love (KOL) is a Christian nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life of children, men and women suffering malnutrition, ignorance due to lack of education, drug addictions and depravation. KOL has a special emphasis on street children, homeless, and communities that are extremely impoverished.
Selwyn & Lori Bodley have accepted a new assignment as Network Missionaries for SNEMN. The assignment the Bodleys have agreed to take on is leading our Network's world missions engagement. This will include:
-Caring for our current missionaries
-Processing and working with candidate missionaries
-Leading mission trips with churches
-Leading mission trips with pastors
-Directing a focus on a region of the world for our network
The Butera family currently serves as missionaries to Indonesia. Through their ministry, they work with various villages in Indonesia. Their mission is made up of these primary goals: to reach out to children and youth, train and mentor pastors, to plant churches, and to open up medical mission outreaches through Indonesia.
The Charest family serves as children’s ministers in Mozambique. Their ministry strategies are to reach children through Sports Camps, the development of children’s curriculum in Portuguese, and the creation of water wells to provide clean drinking water in the villages across the nation.
Elizabeth currently serves as a missionary to India. Her ministry work includes building friendships, proclaiming the gospel and discipling new believers. She has established a gym for the locals to gather and exercise. A jamming sound room for the locals to come and record music and to learn photography. Her desire is the local people to hear the good news of Jesus through their heart language.
Dennis and Jenny serve key cities in Eurasia by facilitating church planting. Eurasia is a movement of Jesus-followers linking arms to take the gospel to every people group in Eurasia. They will spend their time working alongside experienced leaders in building friendships, proclaiming the gospel and discipling new believers. They will also work with a study abroad program.
Joshua and Vanessa have a ministry called Project 99. This ministry has a team to reach every one of the 99 villages in the southern two regions of the Middle East with the Gospel. This region of the world thirst/long for God and we are there to help them return to worship the One True God. We serve and host visiting teams/church groups to give hospitality to the those that come to this region.
www.thattheyremainfree.com
In working with AGWM Mobilization, the Flowers help missionaries reach the fields for their calling. The Flowers also have a passion for bringing freedom to the global epidemic of human trafficking and are the founders of the organization Freedom Works, which exists to offer vocational and life skills training to victims of human trafficking.
CLA is partnering with the Assemblies of God Universities in Ghana to help provide a full ride scholarship for eligible future pastors and leaders. It cost $500.00 dollars to fund one pastor for one year of Bible school. Currently, CLA is helping to sponsor four pastors in training.
CLA Church in Ghana
Adam & Victoria serve as missionaries to the Czech Republic. Adam is a second-year student in the University studying theology. We minister to our youth in the church that we attend. We are working on national youth/worship projects. Victoria is building a worship team for their church. They purchased an old cinema to renovate for the congregation to start to meet there for worship services. Work is needed in the cinema and fundraising efforts for the 2.5 million projects.
Jay and Jackie plan to return to a provincial capital of 10 million in the southeast area of Northern Asia. Though not teaching English anymore, years of residence positioned them for continuous relational ministry. The Lord has also opened a door for them to evangelize, disciple and train leaders through the young adults' fellowship in the registered church.
Having served two terms in Guatemala and one in Costa Rica, the Musacchio’s currently serve as Strategic Coordinators for the region, helping to develop the next generation of missionaries. They are working to revitalize the mission of the LAC region to reach the least, the last, and the lost with the Gospel.
This is a new assignment for them as they moved from Italy to the Middle East. They welcomed their second son August 2023. They are asking for your prayers to be covered by God’s rich blessings to them for this new assignment.
The Woods family are appointed missionaries to Africa. A highly Muslim region as they minister to these people groups to hear the Gospel. They want to plan healthy, reproducing, indigeneous Churches among the local people.