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The Reach Out Vision: to reach out to the people in our community and beyond, expressing the love of God for them.

As the Reach Out commission and the church continue to support local, regional and global missions, we desire to 1) Listen-hear what God is doing,  2) Learn-how we can be a part of it and, 3) Lay the Foundation for it. Part of the way that we do this is through supporting seven missionaries who are living out the great commission to “go and make disciples in all the world”

Small groups and individuals are welcome to “adopt” a missionary. Adopting a missionary includes committing to pray for the missionary and their ministry and corresponding regularly. If you or your group feel led, you are welcome to help provide material or financial resources.



Jose and Audrey Banales

Areas Serving: MEXICO and SOUTHERN US

Jose and Audrey ministered in Mexico City for eight years through The Mission Society and OMS International. They returned to the States in January 2004 in order to serve the needs of their aging parents, and to serve as South Regional Directors covering TX, OK, NM, KS, AR, and LA.  They are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but travel to Mexico and other areas of the world frequently to continue working with evangelism and church planting teams.

To learn more about the ministry or to support Jose and Audrey please click HERE.


Julie Campbell

Area Serving: KENYA

Julie’s hometown is Lancaster, PA, and she is a member of Hempfield UMC. She served as a social worker for 23 years before becoming a missionary to Kenya, where she spent three years with another organization. Julie joined The Mission Society team in Kenya to work with AIDS orphans through Life for Children Ministry in Wachara, near Lake Victoria in 2005.  She is active in local evangelism, discipleship for orphans and their families, and church planting. She is also serving as the pastor of Hope United Methodist Church in Wachara, Kenya.

To learn more about the ministry or to support Julie Campbell, click HERE.


Brent and Jen Hautle

Area Serving: EUROPE

Since 2003, Brent’s role at Kilchzimmer, the European headquarters of Child Evangelism Fellowship in Switzerland, has been a support ministry in graphic design. Using the gifts God gave him, Brent creates materials for direct evangelism, development, promotion and training such as:  lesson books, visual aids, brochures, newsletters, multimedia presentations, video presentations, and evangelism tools in multiple languages. Jen’s focus has been on raising their two children, Amy and Christopher, but she is very active in ministering to neighbors and children of their rural area. Both are natives of Pennsylvania.

To learn more about the ministry or to support the Hautle’s go to their website: www.hautle.org


Dee Dee Heffner

Area Serving: NEW MEXICO

Dee Dee Heffner has served as a teacher since 1975 at the McCurdy School, which is located in northern New Mexico.  The student body is very diverse -80 percent Hispanic, 8 percent Tewa-speaking Native American, 12 percent Anglo. Many of the students deal with huge issues of family addiction, grief and loss. Rio Arriba County has the highest death rate per capita in the U.S. for drug overdoses, mostly heroin. In addition, casino gambling and gang activity are major factors there. In light of these circumstances, Dee Dee says, “What a joy to offer a challenging curriculum and God’s peace – as well as peace-making skills – to our students!”

To learn more about the ministry or to support Dee Dee Heffner click HERE.


David and Lorene Persons

Area Serving: CONGO

Dr. David Persons and his wife Lorene serve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. David is the dean and professor of Biblical studies and missions at the Faculte Methodiste de Theologie in Mulungwishi, Katanga. His ministry includes training Congolese pastors & serving as the district missionary for the Mulungwishi District of the Southern Congo Conference. His responsibilities include working with Congolese district superintendents in evangelism, church planting, pastoral supervision and development projects. He and Lorene have served as missionaries at Mulungwishi since 1979.

To learn more about the ministry, or support the Persons’ please click HERE.

Visit the Persons’ blog HERE


Keith and Debbi Wright

Area Serving: THE WORLD

Keith and Debbi Wright are missionaries with Wycliffe Bible translators. They are currently serving with JAARS, a related nonprofit of Wycliffe International, committed to speeding Bible translation for all people. JAARS provides support services such as aviation, construction, information technology, transportation, purchasing and media to speed the task of Bible translation for every people group that still needs God’s Word in their own language. Keith is the center services director in Waxhaw, NC, and Debbi serves as a graphic designer in the creative services department. Keith Wright is son of Gloria Wright, a long-time member of  Hempfield UMC. The Wrights have two children, Brad and Kayelei and live in North Carolina as their home-base.

To learn more about the ministry of Keith and Debbi Wright, please click HERE


Mark and Deidre Zimmerman

Area Serving: NEPAL

Mark serves in Nepal as director of the Nick Simons Institute, an organization working in Nepal with a mission to train and support skilled, compassionate rural health care workers.  “NSI is working to improve health care for rural Nepali people. We believe that God’s hand brought many situations together to support and create NSI, and we value your prayers for this exciting work.” – Mark Zimmerman

To learn more about the ministry or to support the Zimmermans’ please click HERE