Tanzanian Mission | Habitat for Humanity | Befrienders
Missions & Outreach
We at Prince of Peace live out our mission and ministry together both locally and globally.
Three of our major programs for mission and outreach are our Tanzanian Mission, our work with Habitat for Humanity, and our Befrienders Ministry. In addition, we participate in many other local and global missions.
Local mission partners include:
- Congregations Caring for Creation
- Equal Exchange/Fair Trade Coffee, Cocoa, and Chocolate. Please support the Lutheran World Relief Coffee project. Coffee is available at the church office, sold at our cost.
- Food for Friends is Prince of Peace's program which serves a meal to those in need in our community. A group of volunteers serves a supper at our church on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month for the non-profit organization, WAND (Women Achieving New Directions).
- Growing Through Loss
- Keystone Community Services Food Shelf in Roseville
- Meals on Wheels: we deliver on the 3rd Monday of every month
- Plymouth Christian Youth Center
- St. Paul Area Synod's Ending Poverty Initiative
Global mission partners include:
- Chinese Hospitality House at the University of Minnesota
- China Service Ventures
Kenya – Julia Harrington
Julia is based out of Nairobi, Kenya. She specializes in ministering to street children and AIDS/HIV patients in the slums of Kenya. She has spent time in Northern Kenya ministering to the Samburu people. She has also worked with widows in Kenya, helping them market their handcrafts to earn income. In addition to her work with the "Heart-to-Heart" ministries to street children, she provides orientation and training to incoming missionaries to Kenya.
Central and Eastern Europe – Arden and Janna Haug
Arden and Janna, along with their sons Vitali and Alexei, are based in Slovakia. Arden is the ELCA representative to the Lutheran church in Central and Eastern Europe, including countries such as Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. This ministry involves working with partner Lutheran congregations, supervising new missionaries to these areas, supporting churches and schools and representing the ELCA among emerging congregations. In addition to these duties, Arden has recently taken on the interim pastor duties for Bratislava International Congregation.