Mission & Outreach
The people of Meridian Street go out to our community and around the world to serve God and serve others. Opportunities are available throughout the year to serve at one of our local outreach ministries or go on a mission trip to the next state or another country. Meridian Street understands God’s call to love and serve our neighbor.
Missions Team at
Meridian Street
Meridian Street offers many opportunities
throughout the year to serve on a short-term mission trip in another state or another country. Teams help
provide disaster relief, education and medical supplies
to those in need both locally, nationally and internationally at the Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Chatham, Illinois. A variety of tasks are available for those of all ages (11+) and physical capabilities.
Globally, our Mission Guatemala’s mission is to help meet the basic needs and improve the quality of life of
under-served and impoverished Guatemalan
peoples through health, education and
nutrition initiatives and missionary service.
Midwest Mission Distribution Center-Chatham, IL
Meridian Street has sent mission teams to Midwest Mission Distribution Center (MMDC) close to Chatham, IL, yearly since 2005. The next two trip dates are October 19-22, 2024 and March 1-4, 2025. Contact the church office if you are interested in going. Projects such as assembling health or school kits, making school desks for shipment to Central America or Africa, or repairing bicycles are ways to touch the whole world while staying right here in the United States. In 2023, a loom, used to weave sleeping mats out of plastic bags that will be distributed to the homeless, was purchased that enables our members to do mission work right here at church.  Collecting plastic bags and folding them, weaving them into the "plarn" used to make the mats, and actually using the loom to add to the mat are some of the ways to help. The loom can be found in the Welcome Center on most Sunday mornings. Talk to the folks working on the current mat to see how you can get involved.
The first mat made by Meridian Street volunteers was blessed during worship on August 11, 2024.
Instructions on properly folding the bags for donation to the project can be found here.