Roles and Goals

The committee seeks to serve the missions teams of all the churches within the Presbytery, and develop long-term relationships. We endeavor to:

● Serve as the primary World Outreach network of Presbytery of the West churches.
● Promote mission awareness at Presbytery meetings by featuring missionary households that are “sons and daughters” of  Presbytery of the West churches.
● Promote and foster missions awareness and to exchange information of common interest, policy and strategy issues, specifically:

○ Promote short-term/long-term missions opportunities, especially for small churches to assemble joint mission teams, or to join larger congregations in mission teams.
○ Publish a periodic newsletter via e-mail to congregational missions committees
○ Maintain personal contact with Presbytery mission teams
○ Use the WOC website to assist congregational missions committees

● Promote missions conferences, training, seminars, courses and workshops.
● Serve as a missions advisory group to church missions committees.
● Provide a liaison with the EPC World Outreach Committee.
● Promote and maintain the Presbytery of the West website for the World Outreach Committee.