Missions
Our Mission is to Reach Out to Those Who Most Need Us
The mission programs at Lake Murray Presbyterian share the love of Jesus Christ in tangible ways. We are actively engaged in mission partnerships locally, regionally and internationally. Associate Pastor Blaine Hill leads LMPC’s mission work. For more information than you find here, write to contact@lmpchurch.com.
Local Partners
GOoD WORKS in Chapin supports local people by helping with housing, utility bills, and counseling. Each year, our church has a GOoDWorks Blitz in which we repair, renovate, build handicap ramps, and make other light to medium repairs. Visit Website…
WE CARE is our local food pantry and so much more. Lake Murray Presbyterian supports this outreach ministry by donating food and giving financially. Visit Website…
JUSTIN PEPPER HOUSE is a not-for-profit organization that provides Christian-based housing for displaced families. Created in memory of Justin, it has served many families and individuals for more than a decade. It recently added a second house, Joyce’s Home. Visit Website…
SNACKPACKS provides food for students with little or nothing to eat on the weekend. LMPC currently supports students at Chapin High School and Lake Murray Elementary with weekly SnackPacks. A bag is filled with non-perishable and healthy food items for each child to take home. Contact the church office: 803-345-5140
SCOUTS. We have very active scouting programs for boys and girls of all ages: Troop 411 (https://www.troop411.net/), Troop 412 for Girls (https://chapintroop412.org/), Cub Scouts, Webelos, and Girl Scouts of America, Troop 29036.
THANKSGIVING AT THE HUB provides a holiday meal to hundreds in our community.
GIVING TREE. Each year, families help people in need have help to obtain Christmas gifts.
Regional Partners
THORNWELL HOME FOR CHILDREN supports abused or neglected children and teens. Many small groups at Lake Murray Presbyterian support the children with toiletries and school supplies. Visit Website…
PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITIES has five retirement centers in South Carolina. They provide encouraging, safe, clean, and spiritually uplifting retirement living. Visit Website…
MIGRANT MISSIONS is an opportunity to minister to the migrant workers in Lexington County with other Presbyterian churches in our region. Our church gives them Spanish-English Bibles.
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE in Clinton is a Christian liberal arts college with deep Presbyterian roots. Our church provides and endows a scholarship for local students who attend PC. Visit Website…
ALPHA AND OMEGA — A Christian fraternity at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
International Partners
NKHOMA HOSPITAL. We are supporting the building of a training hospital in Malawi. It will have more than 250 beds. Visit Website…
NUEVO SONORA. Our Mexican mission partners are having great success in the village of Nuevo Sonora, Chiapas. We have taken mission service groups in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.
SCOTA is a school for developmentally disabled children in Iquitos, Peru.