For a Church that began as a mission itself, McLeod holds true to those roots today.
With congregational support, McLeod supports a number of missions ranging from local organization assistance to helping some of the poorest on Earth with wells, livestock, and more. Central to the efforts of our members is the emphasis of doing for those in need.
McLeod is proud to support the ongoing efforts of many different organizations.
Anchor House Ministries is a faith-based organization serving youth in crisis in Central Florida.
Founded in 1974, Anchor House provides care for young people referred by the state, many of whom have
experienced abuse, neglect, or abandonment. It is difficult for many of these youth to find a placement and receive the care they need. Anchor House is one of the few facilities in the Polk County area that provides youth in crisis with hope.
Anchor House works alongside them to provide life skills training, education support, counseling, and hands-on experiences to prepare them for the future.
Beth-El Farmworker Ministry began in 1976 when a small group of Cumberland Presbyterians rented a tiny house in Ruskin, Florida and began holding Spanish-language church services for migrant farmworkers.
When the families came to worship, their many other needs were obvious: they were usually hungry, often cold in winter, some slept in cars or trucks,
many could neither read nor write, and most lived in fear of deportation. In its effort to meet some of those needs, Beth-El grew.
Bartow Community Service Center is a faith-based community service organization demonstrating Christ’s love through “E-P-I-C”: Empowering People and Inspiring Change. Their purpose is to connect those in need with those in our community who have a heart for service.
The HEARTH Project through Polk County Public Schools is dedicated to assisting homeless and in-tradition families and children by eliminating barriers to school enrollment, attendance, stability, and overall academic success.
The organization works to ensure that children experiencing homelessness have the same opportunities for educational success as housed students in Polk County.
Heifer International helps smallholder farmers sustainably address hunger and poverty in their communities while caring for the Earth, by applying a locally-led development approach to help
farmers earn more income and generate economic opportunity for rural women, youth and Indigenous populations.
Marion Medical Mission seeks to share the love of Christ with the extreme poor in Africa by providing all in need with a sustainable source of clean, safe drinking water.
Many of the health problems throughout the underdeveloped world are water-related. This is especially true in the rural areas of Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, Africa where the people suffer from dysentery and other water-borne diseases. Most of the villages
depend on surface water collected from open ponds and water holes.
The Synod of Livingstonia, Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP), has a goal of making safe water available to everyone – even those in the most remote areas of Malawi. In 1990,
missionary Jim McGill approached Marion Medical Mission with a way to provide safe water to villages using shallow wells that are sealed against surface pollution.
In their first year, they installed 13 wells. Since then the number has increased to the point that they have installed almost 22,000 wells by 2013. These wells continue to provide more than 2 million people with safe water.
Thornwell is a Christian ministry whose mission is to provide safe and nurturing environments where they can educate, equip, and support children and families to thrive.
Volunteers In Service To the Elderly (VISTE) is a community-based, non-profit organization serving Lakeland, Bartow, Mulberry and Fort Meade.
Established in 1983, the primary goal of VISTE is to enable elderly persons 70 and above to remain safely and independently in their own homes.
