Engaged in impactful mission work
GLOBAL MISSIONS
For over a decade, Yorkminster Presbyterian Church has engaged in impactful mission work in Cental America, including medical clinics, housing projects, and clean water initiatives.
Through partnerships with organizations like Living Waters for the World, we have installed sustainable water systems in several communities in Honduras, improving health and quality of life for many.
As we celebrate these past efforts, we are also looking forward to new and exciting global missions opportunities with CEDEPCA, an international educational non-profit based in Guatemala that works to transform lives. Mission trirps in 2025 and 2026 explored ways we can continue to spread the love of God and serve communities in need around the world in fresh, meaningful ways. In addition to learning about the lives and culture of the people of Guatemala, we provided water filters that will enable 160 families to have clean water for up to two years.
Guatemala Mission Trip 2026
Yorkminster’s Mission Team spent a week in Guatemala in June 2026 hosted by CEDEPCA, learning about Guatemala land CEDEPCA’s various ministries. The week included visits to an after-school program, a women’s weaving cooperative, a water filtration factory and travels to Coban and Antiqua where they worshipped and distributed some of the 160 water filters purchased by the YPC congregation.
Missionaries We Support
Cambodia
Alan and Judy Norman
Alan and Judy Norman are doctors working with "Healing Hearts in Cambodia." Through the Mercy Medical Center, they are training doctors and nurses to serve in their communities, and of course, they were on the front lines working to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Normans have been missionary doctors in Cambodia since 2012. Their initial ministry was to start a small family practice residency teaching hospital where they are both attending physicians, training Christian Cambodian doctors. Now the role has grown as the hospital has increased and they have Khmer (Cambodian) attending physicians.
Alan has, for the last several years, worked on a regional referral network grant that assists graduate physicians in starting outreach clinics in their homeprovinces. These dedicated Khmer doctors are missionaries in their own country which is 96 percent Buddhist/animist.
Judy has been working with the women's health program and outreach through government education and rural health care.
The Normans do not take a salary from the hospital in Cambodia but contribute through fundraising to the efforts for the poor there. The sending agency, which has ministry and financial oversight, is Team Expansion.
Protestant Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America
CEDEPCA
CEDEPCA is an ecumenical educational organization based in Guatemala City that works to empower communities and promote social transformation through four core programs:
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Biblical and Theological Formation
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Women's Empowerment
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Disaster Prevention and Aid
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Intercultural Encounters
Compassion International
Yorkminster supports a child through Compassion International. This sponsorship introduces a child to Jesus, showing them the truth of the good news in action through critical care. Child sponsorship equips a child with education, medical care, safe community, protection from abuse, nutrition support, disaster relief and a voice of their own. YPC sponsors Nicol in Honduras, a 15-year-old ninth grader in 2026.