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Local Missions
Chester County Connect Care
203 South Walnut Street
Kennett Square, PA 19348
1028 East Lincoln Highway
Coatesville, PA 19382
139 West Market St.,
West Chester, PA 19382
Ministry:
Chester County Connect Care is a pregnancy care medical center which exists to educate and empower individuals and their families to make life affirming choices. They do this through the Biblical guidance of love and mercy, and offer free and confidential pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, education, and counseling. They have been serving in the Chester County area since 1985 and are 90% volunteer-based.
Chester County Migrant Ministry
645 E. Baltimore Pike
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone: 610-444-0387
Ministry:
The Chester County Migrant Ministry is a non-profit Christian ministry serving the immigrant community in Chester County and the surrounding area. They share the love of Jesus by offering assistance with immigration procedures, citizenship classes, a Christmas for Migrants program, blankets, coats, health kits, donated furniture and appliances, distribution of food baskets, and other services.
More information: https://pachurches.org/ministries/farmworkermigrant-ministry
Good Neighbors Home Repair
Executive Director: Harold Naylor
224 E. Street Road, Suite 2
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Ministry:
Good Neighbors’ mission is to restore hope and dignity to qualified low-income homeowners in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware by repairing their homes as an expression of their love for Jesus Christ. Home repairs are performed year-round and completed by local volunteers and area contractors and suppliers. For many years, Good Neighbors also has sponsored youth work camps, allowing high school volunteers to serve the community. In 2019 there were 107 completed repair projects in Southern Chester County and 155 completed repair projects in New Castle County.
Spanish Health Ministry
Executive Director: Dona Sensenig
205 E. State Street
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Ministry:
The mission of the Spanish Health Ministry is to respond to the physical, social, and spiritual needs of the Hispanic community with a focus on Spanish-speaking, high-risk, pregnant women and families of disabled or medically fragile babies and children who live in the southern Chester County area. Their goal is to help find appropriate health care to meet the physical needs of the families and to help them coordinate services among medical specialists who care for their complex medical conditions. The ministry also offers support groups, Bible studies, and summer vacation Bible School for children.
Family Promise of Southern Chester County
Executive Director: Carol W. Lowe
1156 W. Baltimore Pike
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Ministry:
Family Promise of Southern Chester County helps create a self-sustainable livelihood for children and families experiencing homelessness in Southern Chester County by providing emergency shelter and intensive case management. They started a new program in 2022 entitled Every Child Deserves a Home:
- A Promise House: Emergency apartment style living for families with no other option for housing for ninety to one hundred twenty days.
- Post Diversion: Families living in doubled up situations with family and friends.
- Stabilization Program: Continuing to assist families who have graduated from their program.
The Garage Community and Youth Center
Kennett Center
115 S. Union St.
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Avondale Center
121 Pennsylvania Ave.
Avondale, PA 19311
https://www.garageyouthcenter.org/
Ministry:
The Garage Community and Youth Center is an after school and youth development program serving middle and high school students in Kennett Square and Avondale. The Kennett Garage was a vacant car garage until 2001, when a local business leader and youth pastor envisioned its roof sheltering something far more valuable than vehicles. The renovated building now is home to various programs and services for middle and high school students. Its mission is to empower youth to pursue their potential academically, relationally, and spiritually. After 10 successful years serving students in the Kennett community, The Garage opened a second center in West Grove in 2011. In 2021, The Garage purchased it’s Avondale location, moving from West Grove in 2022.