Missions
OVCN Missions
We want everyone who calls OVCN home to look outside the four walls of our church. We desire to be the hands and feet of Jesus to people in need in our own neighborhoods, and across the globe. We are a missions minded church! Opportunities are available to serve in our missions effort year round. Everyone is challenged to be a part of OVCN Missions. Now is the time to serve!
Feed My Starving Children
February 6-11, 2023
Everyday over 6,000 children die due to hunger. Hope starts with food and YOU! OVCN with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) are packing 1.1 million meals Feb 6-11 and need your help.
2023 Missions Trips
Costa Rica
April 13-22
Work projects and help with a sports camp at a local Nazarene church. This trip is especially suited for people going on a mission trip for the very first time!
Alaska
May 11-21
A trip for people with concrete, electrical, sheeting and/or framing experience, and unskilled people who don’t mind days of hard labor as demo work is done.Â
Navajo Nation
June 26-July 1
Help encourage the staff at the Native American Christian Academy (NACA) while we help with many work projects and renovations.
Honduras
July 18-26
A work trip in the northern part of the country alongside our ministry partners Cocal Gracias, a faith-based technical school leading young adults to Christ.Â
Kyrgyzstan
July 2-12
Partner with a local Christian organization that specializes in providing leadership & human trafficking prevention skills, supports families with special needs children, and develops young leaders in the Church. Â
Alaska
May 11-21
A trip for people with concrete, electrical, sheeting and/or framing experience, and unskilled people who don’t mind days of hard labor as demo work is done.Â
Partnership with Paraguay
The work of the Church of the Nazarene in Paraguay is fairly new, with only a couple dozen churches in the country. The exciting thing is, they are now beginning to plant LOTS of churches there AND, they are using sports ministry to do it! OVCN is excited to partner with the Church in Paraguay!Â
Yoan's testimony
Superintendent of Central District
Yoan came to a crossroads; play baseball with the Atlanta Braves or go to seminary with the Church of the Nazarene.
pablo's testimony
Superintendent of Southern District
Pablo is a global missionary from Argentina. He never thought he would be the Superintendent of a country that isn’t his home.
gabriel's testimony
Athlete at Cristo Rey
See how the sports ministry at Cristo Rey has changed Gabriel’s life on and off the field.
ongoing mission activities
Gospel Rescue Mission Serving
Groups serve at Gospel Rescue Mission each week. You can join one of these groups regularly or just one time.
Caring Ministries Serving
Come serve at Caring Ministries any 4th Saturday. It’s open for any age, which makes it a great way for kids to serve in missions.
Mission Trips
Let us know what trips you are interested in, and we will notify you when trip registrations and further information is available!
Yearly Mission Events
UNDERGROUND CHURCH
A unique opportunity to experience worship like millions of Christians do in areas where they are persecuted. Service is held once a year in October.
MILLION MEALS CAMPAIGN
Since 2013 we have purchased and packed nearly 6 million meals for children around the world – with the help of the Tucson community.  Our next mobile pack is February 2024.
DRESS A GIRL | SEW-A-THON
Dresses are sewn at OVCN and given to girls in need all over the world. The Sew-AÂ-Thon is a one day event in November with the goal of making 1,000 dresses. The next Sew-A-Thon is scheduled for November 4, 2023.
Mission Partners
Blessed Grounds @OVCN
All proceeds from the Blessed Grounds @ OVCN Cafe support our mission endeavors locally and around the world. Our affiliation with Blessed Grounds Mission Company in downtown Tucson allows them to use their profits in Tucson for outreach projects also. Blessed Grounds is open Sundays from 8-11:30 am and Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45 pm.
Snack Pack
We are concerned with the plight of hunger locally as well as globally, so OVCN partners with a dozen schools in the Tucson area to provide meals to children from low-income families every weekend. We are currently helping to feed over 400 kids weekly.
Dress a Girl
We dream of a world in which every girl has at least one new dress. Â We want girls to know that they are worthy of respect and that they are loved by God. This outreach sews dresses which are then presented to girls in the Name of Jesus.
They meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month in Bldg D.
