Overseas, Grace Community Church supports

•  Kitwe, Zambia - Sergio & Nancy Bersaglio

Sergio & Nancy are the directors of Village of Hope - Zambia where there are over 800 orphans and vulnerable children being cared for each day. The on-site clinic provides free medical care and the school provides free education from pre-school to grade 12. The gospel is shared with the children at Village of Hope and most have made personal commitments to the Lord. Sergio is also the director of the newly formed Villages of Hope - Africa Society which presently has villages in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia (Kitwe & Chongwe) and Zimbabwe.

•  Mali, Africa - Berry & Terry

•  Altia, Siberia -  Alexey and Tonia Pankov

Alexey and Tonia (Hallden) Pankov are currently serving in Altai, a region in southern Siberia as well as a new mission field for the PAOC. They are helping a local church in the city of Gorno-Altaisk, running English classes in the community, and mainly working to train and develop strong leaders through Bible teaching and discipleship.

They have been doing this since March 2008 and are primarily focused on developing nationals throughout the Republic of Altai; helping them become the next generation of leaders in their communities. They work closely with the Russian Assemblies of God, as Emmanuel Church in Moscow is considered one of their 'homes' and has played a vital role in their journey to the mission field.

Their passions include helping people grow and mature in their spiritual walk, pouring into the lives of youth and students, and using English teaching as a tool for evangelism. They were married in June 2003 in Moscow, where they they had met one year earlier. Tonia is originally from Saskatchewan and together they worked in Moscow for about five years before relocating to beautiful Altai.

•  Ukraine -  Pastor Yuriy & Olya Syemichkov

•  Estonia -  Rod & Kaja Corcoran

Rodney and Kaja have been ministering in Estonia for over eight years in many different capacities. Their main focus has been in youth ministry: discipling youth, youth leadership development and pouring into the future of Estonia. Since 2007, Rodney expanded his training of national youth leaders outside of Estonia. The Corcorans have partnered with Next Level International (NLI) with a focus on the Balkan region. Rodney is currently working on projects in Bulgaria and Estonia with NLI, as well developing projects for other countries in the Balkan region such as Serbia, Albania and potentially other regions.

In addition to Rodney's work across Europe, he is heading up a new church plant in Tallinn, Estonia. Rodney and Kaja focus on developing leaders and disciples to represent the values and life of Jesus in Tallinn and across Estonia. 

Kaja's heart and passion is for the Estonian people to come and know the freedom that only Jesus offers. Along with working beside Rodney, Kaja is active in translating and hosting foreign mission teams and raising the their two children. 

The Corcorans have one daughter, Emily Kaisa, who celebrated her fourth birthday on February 3rd 2010. Emily has brought such joy into her parent's lives. January 15th, 2009 the Corcoran's were excited with the arrival of Mattias Joseph. Mattias has brought a new level of joy to the Corcoran family!

 

 

 

Locally, we support

• Ian Croatto, the Dean of Men at Teen Challenge. It offers the opportunity for life-changing rehabilitation for people in need.
• Kyle Mason, the founder of The North End Family Center to assist the less fortunate right here in our own city.