GO Weekend | April 17-19
Registration opens Sunday, March 29


The Church was never meant to stay inside four walls. GO Weekend is our church-wide missions weekend — a time set apart to go beyond our building and serve our local community in tangible, meaningful ways. 

Throughout the weekend, we will partner with local ministries, schools, neighborhoods and community organizations to share the love of Christ through action. Whether you can paint, pray, build, organize, visit, encourage or simply show up with a willing heart — there is a place for you! 


Ways to Participate:

Family to Family: Neighborhood Block Party
A night of food, fun and fellowship with our neighbors in the Park North Community


Car Care Ministry
Oil and filter changes to bless single moms in our community


Handyman Ministry

Small home repair projects for our neighbors in need

Care Closet Collection
Donate Care Closet items to benefit children at our local elementary schools


Care Closet Creation

Create Care Closets for our local schools by working with the school social worker to create and organize the care closet 


Family to Family: Walk in Their Shoes
Activities designed to help children and adults better understand the daily challenges faced by kids living in poverty - this event is connected to the Care Closet


Mission Lexington

Receiving and organizing donations for the thrift store and food pantry

Housewarming Shower for Missionary Family
Helping our missionary family from Russia create a home


Concessions of Hope

Prepare and/or serve meals to the homeless


North Carolina Mission Trip
April 15-18: Hurricane Helene recovery mission trip to Spruce Pine, NC



Second Monday | Coffee with the Missions Pastor

April 13 at 8:00 AM


If you’d like to learn more about the Missions Ministry, explore ways to serve, meet the Missions Pastor or ask questions, we’d love for you to join Janis Albergotti, our Missions Pastor, for coffee at Second Monday. Second Monday is the second Monday of every month, from 8-9 AM in the Missions Office. The next Second Monday is April 13.

To join, please sign up here. Email meghan.sanders@mthorebchurch.org with any questions.

Liberia Mission Trip Testimony
by Melissa Luckett
Liberia Mission Trip | January 2026 


In 2023, I was given my first opportunity to join a mission team traveling to Liberia. I was incredibly excited to join a group that would provide healthcare, help build homes and assist teachers in educating students in a small village called Boway. 

As a nurse practitioner in a women’s health clinic, I knew my professional skills were limited to women’s health and obstetrics. Still, I went with a willing heart, trusting that the Lord would use me however He saw fit. When we arrived in Boway, I was immediately overwhelmed by the hospitality, the kindness and the genuine love shown to us by people who had never met us before.

I quickly realized something unexpected: what I had to offer was not nearly as great as what I was receiving. In every encounter, I saw the goodness of God. I fell in love with the children who simply longed for relationships and connections with people who cared about them. Their joy, faith and love changed my heart. When I returned home, I found myself counting down the days until I could go back.

Then, in February of 2026, the opportunity came. This trip felt very different. This time, I would be leaving behind three children who were old enough to notice my absence and ask why I wasn’t home. Friends and colleagues often questioned my decision. “Why go now when your kids are so young?”

Each time I answered the same way: I want my children to choose to love Jesus first, and I want them to see that faith requires obedience and sacrifice.

This trip was also different because our team planned to attend the Global Methodist Conference in Liberia. Almost immediately after arriving, I began to feel out of place. I wasn’t a pastor, teacher, or biblical scholar. At that point, I started to question everything: Why had I left my family? What was my role here? Did I even belong on this team?

In a very emotional moment, I confided in Janis Albergotti and shared how inadequate I felt. She listened and then gently said something that shifted my entire perspective: “Do not underestimate the power of your presence.” By leaving my family, traveling across the world and simply showing up, I was doing my part to show the love of Christ. In that moment, I was reminded: God does not call us to be the most qualified person in the room. He simply calls us to be willing.

So I decided that whether I had everything to offer or nothing at all, I would choose to be present. I could pray for the people I met. I could pray for the Global Methodist Church of Liberia. I could listen, encourage and love the people God placed in front of me. My mission would be to show up with an open heart and willingness to love the people around me.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” - Isaiah 6:8

I am so incredibly thankful that He has sent me twice. 

Celebration for God’s Work in Boway, Liberia

In January, a Mt. Horeb team visited our mission partner, Rev. Dr. Jerry Kulah. Dr. Kulah serves as the Conference Superintendent for the Grain Coast Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church in Liberia. The conference includes nearly 30,000 members and continues to grow through Dr. Kulah’s passion for evangelism and church planting.

When we first met Dr. Kulah, he invited Mt. Horeb to partner with him in developing his home village, Boway. Boway is a small, rural village of approximately 1,200 people. For many years, the community had no piped water, no electricity and very limited social and economic development resources. Most families rely on subsistence farming, and inconsistent crop yields have often resulted in food insecurity.

As a native of Boway, Dr. Kulah felt a deep calling to serve and strengthen his home village through sustainable community development initiatives. Through a faithful partnership with Mt. Horeb over the past five years, Boway is moving from an impoverished village toward becoming a sustainable and thriving town.

We invite you to join us in prayer as we celebrate what God has done through this partnership since 2021. These initiatives are transforming lives and community infrastructure, all in Jesus’ name. Together, our partnership has made the following possible:

• Construction of 24 new homes for widows and widowers, each equipped with indoor flushing toilets
• Installation of indoor bathrooms in 25 existing homes
• Solar lighting throughout the village, improving safety and allowing children and families to gather after dark
• Construction of two bridges connecting nearby villages and contributing to economic growth
• A twelve‑bedroom guest house for youth gatherings, pastoral retreats and mission teams
• Launch of entrepreneurial initiatives, including beekeeping and pineapple farming
• Scholarships for 250 elementary school children
• Training for teachers and pastors
• Medical services for residents of Boway and 11 surrounding villages
• Approximately $150,000 in new medical equipment for the Boway clinic through a partnership with Project C.U.R.E.
• Construction of a town hall in the neighboring village of Schenkpoi, named the “Jeff and Lynn Kersey Town Hall”
• Ongoing construction of the Mt. Horeb Church Town Hall & Skilled Training Center in Boway, along with several duplex housing units and an expansion of the medical clinic
  

We give thanks for God’s faithfulness and for the lives being impacted through this partnership. May we continue to prayerfully support and celebrate the work He is doing in Boway and throughout Liberia.

The Liberia trip was a two‑fold journey:


1. Visiting the town of Boway
2. Attending the first Global Methodist Church (GMC) Grain Coast Annual Conference in Ganta, Liberia
   

Mt. Horeb partners with the Grain Coast Conference by providing transitional financial support as hundreds of Liberian churches faithfully transition from the United Methodist Church to the GMC. 


More than 800 people attended the conference, and the celebration of this historic movement from UMC to GMC was a powerful and joy‑filled occasion. Hundreds of participants filled the streets, chanting “Go Global” during a parade that kicked off the opening ceremony of the first Grain Coast Annual Conference—an unforgettable testimony to God’s work in Liberia!



Connections Lexington Community (CLC) is a ministry of Mt. Horeb that serves families experiencing poverty within our community. Its mission is to support individuals who have felt forgotten or overwhelmed by poverty, by addressing the whole person’s needs. We believe lives can be transformed through Jesus Christ and are committed to walking alongside each person on their journey to financial, physical, mental and spiritual well-being. CLC meets 5:45-7:40 PM on Tuesdays at Mt. Horeb Church.

We are currently seeking CLC mentors. A CLC mentor walks alongside a program participant through their Connections journey. If you are interested in learning more about CLC, please contact Sherry Jones at (803) 490-9394 or sherry.jones@mthorebchurch.org.

Samoa Medical Mission Supply Collection

For 30 years, Mission of Hope has sent medical mission teams to Samoa. In American Samoa, Apai and Savai’i islands, these teams offer children’s ministry triage, eyeglasses, medical assessments and care, prayer and pharmaceutical supplies. This trip is for medical professionals and anyone who wants to offer encouragement and love to the local community. If you are interested in this trip, contact Bev Sease at (803) 960-8352. Scholarships are available.

The Samoa team is currently collecting medical supplies for the trip, and these items can be dropped off in the Main Church Office. Items include:


Chris Myers is a family campus that provides housing for families in need. Their primary goal is to provide a stable and loving environment for children and their mothers.


They currently need toilet paper, paper towels and washing machine pods. To help or connect with Chris Myers, contact Donna Jerman at (803) 600-3184.



Spruce Pine, North Carolina: April 15-18

On Mission Network

Cost: $120
North Carolina Mission Trip Overview

In late September 2024, Hurricane Helene caused widespread catastrophic damage in Western North Carolina. Through a partnership with On Mission Network, we will come alongside to help rebuild, restore and repair homes of those affected by Helene who are either uninsured or underinsured. The damage is so vast that they estimate they will be working in Western North Carolina until 2034.


On Mission is currently still in its first rebuild phase and needs skilled and unskilled volunteers to help get people back into their homes in a safe, sanitary and functional way. There will be light to heavy construction and something for everyone at all skill levels.

Chicago: July 14-19

New Life Centers

New Life Centers website

Cost: $1200
Chicago Mission Trip Overview


New Life Centers (NLC) connects inner-city Chicago youth and their families to Christ and community through life-on-life relationships. Through mentoring, community care, education, sports, peacekeeping and violence prevention, NLC comes alongside people in under-resourced communities to bring hope and foster long-term transformation.


Through a partnership with Mt. Horeb, New Life Centers expanded its food distribution (which feeds over 2,000 people per week), migrant crisis shelter (which shelters 240 people), mentoring and family support initiatives. While in Chicago, you will get to witness Mt. Horeb’s partnership with NLC and participate in some of their ministries, including the food bank, community outreach programs and community events.

Kentucky: October 11-16

Red Bird Mission

Red Bird Mission website

Cost: $500
Red Bird Mission Trip Overview


Red Bird Mission and Clinic have been providing ministries in the Appalachian Mountains since 1921. Red Bird serves an isolated rural, distressed area, handicapped by chronic poverty, lack of jobs, poor housing and obstacles due to the rugged mountain terrain. Red Bird Mission and Clinic strive to meet the needs of their community through education, health and wellness, community outreach, economic opportunity and community housing improvement.

Mt. Horeb will be coming alongside Red Bird Mission in a variety of ways, the most prominent by serving in their work camp, which will include light to heavy construction. We will also be helping in the community thrift store and serving in the Senior Center.


Kenya: September 15-25
Zoe Empowers
Zoe Empowers website
Cost: $3800

Zoe Empowers exists for orphaned children and vulnerable youth living in extreme poverty, with youth-led households as the primary recipients. Zoe provides these youth with an opportunity to become self-sufficient. Through a three-year, locally led program, participants become safe and healthy, skilled for long-term success and able to lead meaningful lives within a supportive community, thereby making a positive impact.


Since 2014, Mt. Horeb has partnered with Zoe Empowers. The participants are organized into groups of 60-100 and receive micro grants, life skills and vocational training to become secure, healthy and connected community members. On this trip, you will visit the communities Mt. Horeb has supported, witnessing firsthand how our partnership has helped businesses and group projects thrive amid adversity.

Click here to register or view more information about these Mission Trips

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