Missions
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:17
American Baptist Church Ministries
AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH MINISTRIES
AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF VERMONT & NEW HAMPSHIRE (www.abc-vermontnewhampshire.com)
ABC Vermont & New Hampshire is a Christ-centered ministry in association with churches throughout the Vermont and New Hampshire region. ABC Vermont & New Hampshire provides resources and support to equip churches and pastors in the region to carry out their work. Pastoral resources include opportunities for professional development, financial assistance, and organizational involvement. Church resources include pastoral search guidance, financial services, and youth camps.
One Great Hour of Sharing
The One Great Hour of Sharing offering is the American Baptist response to worldwide disaster relief and development. One Great Hour of Sharing, in cooperation with other denominations, is a channel for national and international aid in times of crisis. Disbursing funds is the responsibility of the World Relief Committee (WRC) whose responsibility it is to support, enable, and encourage emergency relief, refugee work, disaster rehabilitation, and development assistance.
Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering
The Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering is the American Baptist thank you – and response to emergency needs of – retired ministers and missionaries and surviving spouses.
Education Ministries
Camp Sentinel
Camp Sentinel, located in Center Tuftonboro, offers fun, quality Christian overnight and day camp for youth, adults, and families. Sentinel also hosts group retreats year-round as well as offering a year-round cabin for personal retreats for pastors, missionaries, and lay people. The mission of Camp Sentinel is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for Christian relationship building and spiritual renewal. Sentinel strives to create life-changing experiences for each camper or guest. Camp Sentinel is about mission and if there is a child or family in need of financial assistance, scholarships are provided. MVCC Outreach funds support the Sentinel Capital, Operating, and Scholarship Funds. (Note: Funds for Camp Sentinel are sent to ABC of Vermont and New Hampshire to be distributed to Sentinel).
Website: www.campsentinel.org
Contact: Kevin Van Brunt (Executive Director)
Phone: (603) 539-4839
Email: info@campsentinel.org
KINDCoop –KINDCoop was formed in 2015 and matches local student needs with local donors. A social worker, school counselor, or care provider in the Governor Wentworth School District identifies a student’s need and contacts KINDCoop. Periodically throughout the year, KINDCoop emails its’ volunteer donor database with the requested needs. If an individual wishes to support a specific need the donor sends in a check listing the need being matched. All student and volunteer donor names are anonymous. A donor can sign up on the email list to fund a specific request or make a general financial donation which can be used to help with any of the requests. 100% of the funds raised are used towards families and students in the School District. This ministry is an outreach of the First Congregational Church, UCC of Wolfeboro and its Board has representatives from the school district and community.
Website: www.wolfeboroucc.org
Contact: First Congregational Church, UCC (Office Administrator)
Phone: (603) 569-1555
Email: gwavcoop@gmail.com
The Kingswood Youth Center– The mission of the Kingswood Youth Center (KYC) is to provide a safe and positive environment in which youth may grow, learn, and develop important life skills critical to their success in the adult world. The Kingswood Youth Center provides structured programs that encourage teens to further their education, make artistic contributions and become community, civic and business leaders. KYC programs are free for all middle and high school students in the Governor Wentworth School District. The after-school program runs Monday through Thursday, with additional programs offered in the evening and over the summer. Summer programs and mentoring services are also offered. The KYC Kupboard is the Center’s free food pantry which provides fresh, frozen, and pantry foods to local teens and their families. The KYC Kloset provides free lightly used clothing to local teens. A hot meal is served during all programs. Participants can explore interests with adult role models dedicated to helping them navigate through their school years with positive healthy choices.
Website: thekyc.org
Contact: Zachary Porter (Executive Director) or Mara Michno
Phone: (603) 569-5949
Email: info@thekyc.org
Food Ministries
End 68 Hours of Hunger
The mission of End 68 Hours of Hunger is to put nourishing food in the hands of children in Pre-K through Grade 6 in the communities of Wolfeboro, Brookfield, Tuftonboro, Ossipee, Effingham, Middleton, and New Durham, who experience hunger for the approximately 68 hours that occur between the free lunch they receive at school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive at school Monday morning. The Wolfeboro chapter serves over 180 students. Each student is sent home with 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners, and snacks for the weekend.
Website: www.end68hoursofhunger.org (click on “Find Your Community” and then Wolfeboro)
Program Coordinators: Jan Brooks (603-856-1019), Eileen Leavitt (603-651-9115) and Carol Simpson (339-225-0964)
Email: OssTuftWolf@end68hoursofhunger.org
Lakes Region Food Pantry – The Lakes Region Food Pantry, located in Moultonborough, strives to help meet the needs of individuals and families facing food insecurity. The Pantry offers food, food vouchers, personal care products, cooking classes, and other programs. Clients pick up non-perishable foods on Thursdays and are given monthly vouchers for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, and fresh meats at local grocery stores. The Sneaker Progrm allows qualifying students in the Moultonborough and InterLakes School systems to choose a brand-new pair of sneakers for the upcoming school year. A voucher-based summer lunch program for qualifying students is also provided.
Website: www.lakesregionfoodpantry.org
Contact: Amy Norton (Executive Director)
Phone: (603) 986-0357
Email: aloguenorton@yahoo.com
L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry
The mission of L.I.F.E. Ministries is to operate a food pantry, which will provide food to qualified people in need, in quantities appropriate to family size and nutritional requirements. The pantry was established in 1985 in Wolfeboro to provide food to neighbors in need. Today the Pantry is an outreach program of seven local churches, including Melvin Village Community Church. The pantry is open on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month distributing food to families and individuals in Wolfeboro, Ossipee, Alton, Tuftonboro, and 20 other local towns. In addition, the Pantry helps feed school children on vacation who qualify to receive free lunch and breakfast. MVCC supplies funds, food, and volunteers to the Pantry. Two MVCC members sit on the L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry Board. In addition to the amount donated as part of the Outreach Annual budget, a discretionary offering is taken up for the L.I.F.E. Ministries annual Holiday Basket Fundraiser in December.
Website: www.lifeministriesfoodpantry.org
Contact: MVCC Board Members Debi Lynch and Susan Hugel
Meals on Wheels
The Wolfeboro Area Meals on Wheels is a daily program for housebound elderly and disabled clients who are unable to prepare their meals due to physical or cognitive impairments. Each day, Monday-Friday, volunteers deliver hot noon-time meals prepared at the Huggins Hospital kitchen under the direction of the Food and Nutrition Service department. The program serves clients in Wolfeboro, Wolfeboro Falls, Brookfield, and Tuftonboro. The cost of the meal is minimal. Approximately 45-60 meals are prepared and delivered each weekday. Wolfeboro Area Meals on Wheels is not federally funded and relies solely on private donations, grants and town appropriations. The organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and staffed with a Coordinator and a Program Assistant.
Website: www.wolfeboroareamow.webs.com
Contact: Haley Mathis Program Coordinator
Phone: (603) 515-2043
Email: info@wamow.org
Housing and Health Ministries
Granite State Adaptive Sports – The mission of Granite State Adaptive Sports is empowering individuals, especially those with disabilities, at-risk youth, and Veterans, to develop independence, confidence, life skills and fitness through adaptive sports, therapy, training, and recreation – sustained by community engagement The organization offers recurring experiences year-round and opportunities for shared peer and family experiences for participants and volunteers in adaptive cycling, snow sports, and equine assisted activities.
Website: www.gsadaptivesports.org
Contact: Jennifer Fraser (Executive Director)
Phone: (603) 387-1167
Email: granitestateadaptive@gmail.com
White Horse Recovery - White Horse Recovery, formed in 2015, is a behavioral health center with locations in Ossipee, North Conway, Littleton, and Berlin, NH. It offers comprehensive secular and faith-based mental health services and substance use disorder programs for individuals and families. Ongoing recovery support programs are also offered to help adults through their recovery process. White Horse Recovery clients are treated with a holistic approach addressing the physical, mental, spiritual, financial, legal, and educational aspects of their lives. White Horse Recovery provides a safe environment and support for individuals to begin, continue or restart their recovery journeys.
Website: www.whitehorserecovery.org
Contact: Matt Plache (Executive Director)
Phone: (603) 651-1441
Email: Matt@whitehorseac.com
Granite VNA - Granite VNA was formed in April 2021 when Concord Regional VNA and Central NH VNA & Hospice merged. Granite VNA serves the home and community-based healthcare needs of residents across 82 communities in the greater Concord area and Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Services provided include home care, hospice care, palliative care, pediatric and maternal child health and personal home services. In addition, Granite VNA offers community clinics and wellness programs to help people maintain their health, well-being, and independence. As a not-for-profit agency, community support is vital to fulfilling their mission, including donations that help support the care of individuals who are unable to pay for services and clinics and wellness programs offered to the communities they serve.
Website: granitevna.org
Contact: Melissa Howard (Director of Donor Relations)
Phone: (603) 731-7757
Email: melissa.howard@granitevna.org
(Revised 4/11/2025)
Revised 2/22