Reaching out to our local community and also to our friends
supporting all areas of Mission across the globe is a foundation of our church community.
Our goal is to be focussed outwardly with prayer, practical support, and giving to each of these causes.
Gran’s Van:
We enjoy volunteering with Gran’s Van distributing food and clothing in our local area, to those in
need.
Click on the Gran’s Van heading to a link for Facebook which details routes and times.
We make ‘old’ friends and learn a few life lessons about humility and contentment
along the way.
Gran’s Van was formed in 2006 to provide help to the homeless and hidden poor of Devonport
and joined with Action Against Homelessness and Loaves and Fishes Tasmania to launch a new Food
and Laundry van in April 2022
The new ‘Gran’s van’ is in action now,
also the “Shower & laundry trailer ( attached to Gran’s Van)
is in operation, find it at the Clement Street entrance to the Devonport Oval from 9: 15 am-2:30
pm. Have a cuppa whilst your washing does its cycle and tumbles dry!
The New Grans Van.
Laundry and Shower facilities.
Devonport Presbyterian Church has a strong link with
Devonport Chaplaincy.http://devonporthaplaincy.org.au/team/
Members of our church family find rewarding service working, in the clearly defined role, as mentors to several school
children, primary, secondary, and College.
Check out the Food for Thought, Easy P’s, and Mentor training programmes.
Mission Support
Our church has a longstanding mission background and we support a variety of missions
and missionaries, some of whom have been students in missionary training and some
were/are members of our church family.
The Target missions that we will support in 2024 are:
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AIM
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Thang Bwee,
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Noel and Catharine Carpenter,
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Devonport Chaplaincy,
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Kim Jaeger,
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R’jaye and Hayley Rojas,
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Naomi Warwick,
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P and F (Asia)
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Salvation Army: Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. “Hope where it is most needed.”
- Samaritan’s Purse:
- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/.
