New Life Home for Women and
Children (supported since 1980)
Residential program in Manchester, NH for drug and alcohol addicted women and their children which provides a place of safety, healing and restoration. Unlike most every similar shelter, women can stay with their children, and pregnant women can stay once their babies are born. New Life’s blend of services, training for self-sufficiency and peer support have proven effective. Over 80% of the hundreds of women who have completed the program are drug free and living a productive and self-supporting life. Looking to their promising futures, the women of New Life Home focus on taking positive steps toward their new lives, moving past an addictive mindset toward one of love and self-worth. They move on to achieve their carefully laid out goals, such as pursuing HiSET, college and vocational training, as well as new careers.
Birthright of Southern NH
(supported since 1988)
A local chapter of Birthright, Inc., that is totally operated by volunteers who support women who are distressed by an unplanned pregnancy and provides a positive alternative to abortion. Birthright offers love, hope and support to each woman, to help her make a realistic plan for her future and the future of her unborn child.
All Birthright’s services are free, confidential, and available to any woman regardless of age, race, creed, economic, or marital background. Their services include the following:
free pregnancy tests, medical and counseling referrals, maternity & baby clothes, legal, financial, & educational referrals, friendship & emotional support, information on prenatal development, childcare, pregnancy and adoption referrals.
Sonshine Soup Kitchen
(supported since 2004)
For more than 20 years, the soup kitchen operated out of the basement at First Baptist Church at the corner of Crystal Avenue and Broadway in Derry, NH
Needing more space, they moved to their current location on Crystal Avenue in 2017.
Right now, the soup kitchen has teams of volunteers representing schools, churches, businesses and organizations from all over the region who come to prepare and serve free hot meals to go, offer clothes and encouragement and friendship to the many that use their services
As food insecurity has continued to grow with a rise in the cost of living, the number of meals being served to the community has also increased. Sonshine Soup Kitchen has been blessed to have more volunteers serving to support this great need.
Teen Challenge New England
(supported since 2008)
Residential program in Manchester for men who are addicted to drugs. Since 1960, they have been working with people struggling with addiction. Adult & Teen Challenge New England and New Jersey has learned that the best framework for successful recovery is their long-term (10 to 12 months) faith-based addiction treatment program. They aim to help their residents to find and use their personal faith in God to empower them to understand that they can take control of their addiction and have a productive life.
Residents receive clinical counselling, recovery and life coaching, classroom studies, and vocational training in several career opportunities. They offer comfortable amenities, quiet facilities, regular exercise, nutritional meals, recreation, transportation, and so much more. Upon completing the program, residents are invited to apply for a 3 to 6-month apprenticeship to advance their skills and to be better prepared for further education, the workforce, and to give back to their families and society.
Jesse Remington High School
– (supported since 2007)
Originally founded by Pastor Renée Rouse to recruit Haitian students for them to become educated, develop a love for Jesus, and return to their native country to share their new found love of Christ.
This program is now run by Jesse Remington High School. The school has sponsored children from countries like China, South Korea, Viet Nam, Ghana, Haiti, and Hungary. The multi-faceted program includes hands on projects such as maple sugaring, stained glass, biblical studies, drama and yearbook to encourage creativity, collaboration and practical skill developing. Challenging coursework is part of this curriculum.
CEF of New Hampshire
(supported since 1990)
Evangelizes and ministers to children through various camps, including:
- 5-Day clubs (that meet over the summer in individual back yards, community centers, parks or churches)
- Good News Clubs (that meet after school for elementary-aged children)
- Christian Youth in Action (for teens ages 13 and up to be trained and equipped to go out with a team and lead 5-day clubs).
- Starting a new ministry in 2026 called Junior Youth Challenge for children 11-14 (middle school), an after-school Bible study for that age group.
Mission Quest – Kelly & Andy Halbach
(supported since 2024)
Mission Quest is an evangelical missionary agency established by missionaries, for missionaries. Their vision is to see God glorified by the obedience of His people and their commitment to fulfilling His commission by making His name known among the nations (1 Chronicles 16:24; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 28:18-20). Their mission is to provide their missionaries with a dependable home office that prays for them, encourages them, and handles all the logistics involved in managing donations and communicating with donors.
Their mission is to send and support missionaries dedicated to making disciples of Christ. We believe that discipleship is at the heart of the Great Commission, and our missionaries are devoted to nurturing and encouraging believers to grow in their faith and to disciple others.
Kelly and Andy Halbach own a farm in Charlestown, New Hampshire. Their farm (Still Blessing) is where they run summer camps with horseback riding and other children’s outreach programs. They both teach at Clairmont Christian Academy. Andy is also the principal of the Junior and Senior Highs. They volunteer at CEF’s Good news Clubs and VBS (Vacation Bible School).
Campus Crusade – Marin, Lorena
Gunbardhi (Supported since 1992)
Serving with Cru in Albania for college and high school students.
Their Mission – Win, Build and Send Christ-centred disciples.
They conduct on-campus training that engages a wide demographic of students (many with Muslim backgrounds), which transitions from the classroom to coffee shops. They meet students personally to share the gospel in a relational, high-trust environment. Their objectives:
Win – to move from a broad exposure to specific life-changing Gospel presentations. In 2026, they hope to reach 300 students through Christmas and Easter events, as well as 3-day trips by 7/31/2026. Reach 10,000 students through Instagram and TikTok, providing a landing page for seekers. Personal ministry through a ‘12 per month’ initiative to share a clear Gospel presentation.
Build – See new believers grow deep roots through small groups (student and staff-led). Ensure new believers complete a 3-month discipleship series.
Send – Once the students have committed to being disciples, they are sent out. The initial goal is to send 10 student disciples on 1 week trip missions trip to share testimonies in 3 Muslim areas, such as Kosovo, Turkey, and Albanian Macedonian (100% Muslim).
Wycliffe Bible Translators/ JAARS – Tony and Martha Hinton (supported since 2002)
Tony and Martha were members of Central Congregational Church before being called as missionaries to Papua, New Guinea. Tony was a mechanic, and Martha was a speech therapist there. In addition to these jobs, they also aided the Bible translators in many ways, like shopping for supplies and shipping them to the remote areas where the translators live.
Currently, they are in the US serving with JAARS (Sea Ops) where Tony works on boats, ATVs, and motor bikes. He also trains and supports missionaries who need to learn water safety and related survival skills prior to going into the mission field. These missionaries can then travel to the field and become instructors to indigenous missionaries travelling on rivers (such as in the Amazon basin)
Martha leads training for families going through Wycliffe Orientation and Field Preparation, as well as others who are returning to the US from the mission field. She also has a small speech therapy caseload for missionary kids at JAARS. This involves some travel overseas each year to help with Educational Testing. In 2025, she was able to attend the dedication of the Urim language New Testament.
Wycliffe Bible translators – Bill and Norma Jean Jancewitz (supported since 1995)
They began with translation work in Naskapi, in Canada. The Naskapi dictionary was published in 1994, the Naskapi New Testament was dedicated in 2007, the book of Genesis was published in 2013 and the entire book of Psalms in 2024. More recently, they have dedicated the 2nd edition of the Naskapi dictionary and are on track to publish the book of judges in 2026. It is only a matter of time till the whole Bible will be translated
They’re not only translating the Bible, but other literature to aid literacy in the native languages.
Bill and Norma then transitioned into training and mentoring other translators, so more First Nation peoples (Cree, Oji-Cree) could have the Bible in their language
o While they are currently ‘retired’ they have refocused their ministry roles to better suit their age, gifts and opportunities to work on Naskapi translation. The Cree and Oji-Cree translation projects now have capable, younger missionaries facilitating those projects.
Wycliffe Bible translators – Andy and Mary Ellen Faust (supported since 2002)
Worked on translation projects for a Central Asian nation. The Uzbek Bible audio project completed 66 books of the bible in 2016. The team has proofread, corrected errors and cleaned audio tracks.
Mary Ellen organized mission trips to communities where people lacked access to the Bible in their own language. She recently served on Wycliffe Canada’s mobilization team, mentoring individuals pursuing full-time Christian service, organizing recruitment events, and representing Wycliffe at mission conferences. Following organizational restructuring, she is now exploring new opportunities within Wycliffe.
Andy has been teaching at the Canada Institute of Linguistics since 2024, a not-for-profit educational organization affiliated with Trinity Western University and Tyndale University that trains people to serve language communities worldwide, including Bible translation work
The sending organization is Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada, whose vision is: A world where translated Scriptures lead to transformed lives among people of all languages.
Inter Varsity – Brain Muh (originally supported since 1984 – Brian Muh since 2024)
He is married with 4 kids and has been an IV camp minister since 2017, and was a church planter/pastor prior to that. Currently, he trains and equips student leaders at UNH through Bible studies, service/outreach projects, fellowship meals and discipleship.
Brian created an IV chapter at Dartmouth in 2021 and works with fraternity and sororities there, where students evangelize and disciple other college students
o IV also takes college students on short-term mission trips. FOCUS (Fellowship of College and University Students) is a program that takes students to Uganda and Hispaniola. KRUP (Katrina Urban Relief Plunge) is a ministry that allows students to work in an area that’s relevant to them: sports, helping hurricane victims, the homeless, and to see the Gospel in action. Many come to Christ through these service projects.
Bread of Life Christian Mission – Julio Santana (supported since1993)
Julio, formally a deacon at Central Congregational Church, began this mission in 1993 to minister to the thousands of migrant workers in the Plant City, Florida area. They offered multiple services for many years to meet their physical and spiritual needs (ESL classes, school supplies, running a thrift store, etc.).
The ministry now focuses on ministering to Cuban house churches and their pastors (around 20 as of 2024) through the Adopt a Cuban pastor program (Jesucristo es Rey ministry – Jesus is King ministry). There is a great hunger for God’s Word there. They have served as interpreters there
o In addition to financial support, they send things like OTC medications, eyeglass kits, medicine, and clothing. Elba leads women’s Bible studies for testimonies, prayer and fellowship.
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