Our Guiding Mission
As a church community seeking to love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ together in Western New York and beyond, we at Pathways are committed to leading lives that increasingly:
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Reflect our love for God, Scripture, and all peoples.
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Transform our local community, our nation, and beyond into loving, caring, and peaceful communities.
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Invite others into our community of relationships that reflect our love and nurture all who wish to learn to live in God’s grace.
Therefore, our mission is to worship God, faithfully study God’s word, prayerfully care for God’s people, and lead lives that witness to God’s love and mercy.
We worship to honor God and celebrate what God does in our Fellowship.
Upper Caldwell, Liberia
Operation Christmas Child
Since 2016 Pastor Frank Cerny and Pastor Gariston Saydee have communicated and developed a warm and brotherly relationship. As Pathways has learned of specific need in the Upper Caldwell community the congregation has supported their efforts in many ways. Computers for the school, support for teacher’s salaries, charcoal making support, logging support, and recently a feeding program for the students at the school. The children at the school are now provided a meal at school, sometimes being the only meal they get that day. This financial support has allowed the school to increase their enrollment and further the business plan which includes construction of a permanent building for the school.
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We just concluded collections for the construction of the school in Liberia. Each week of the NFL football season people have put extra change in a jar that is collected by Shawn Merkle and Darla Weaton. To date they have collected about $1500. This collection is separate from the lunch program we support to the tune of about $15,000 each year.
This ministry helps spread the word of Christianity internationally. Shoeboxes are filled with small toys, school supplies and clothing as well as a Christian message in the local language. The boxes are delivered all around the world. Barb Lowe has led this ministry for over a decade and Pathways has regularly packed and delivered over 150 boxes each year.
For more about the program
National Missions
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Annual February Trip
The Pathways community makes an annual week long commitment to those in need in another area of the United States. From 2006-2012 a team traveled to the Gulf Coast to help rebuild after several hurricane disasters and since 2013 to assist with an orphanage in Georgia. This trip is scheduled during the February school break so local high school students are able to participate. These students and adults work and grow together in God's purposes.
Local Missions
Clothing Shed
Chuck Kopf is responsible for maintaining our church’s clothing shed located at the South Wales Community Center. The sheds is a collection site for gently used clothing which is then processed by St. Pauley's. Pathways Christian Fellowship provides a local drop off site for the community .​
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Community Dinners
Pathways provides a free community dinner at the Rural Outreach Center on the last Wednesday of the month. The goal is to build relationships with our fellow brethren.