The 12 mission partners that we support are:
Locally:
Amber, Caraway, Friends International, Fusion, Street Pastors and Southampton City Mission

Internationally:
A Rocha, CMS - Diocese of Goma, IFES, IJM, Kreativity and Open Doors

To find out more information on all of our partners click on their names above or click here to read the first Mission Partnership letter that was sent out in June 2024.

Most recent updates and prayer points from our Mission Partners are below - simply click on the links to read more.

It is important to note that these updates are addressed to us as Highfield Church only, so please do not share beyond our community. Thank you for your understanding.

Mission Partner Focus for Summer 1 2025 - International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) and Amber

We are looking forward to welcoming Jill Bain from the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) to preach at our services on Sunday 27 April. In addition, there will be an opportunity to come and hear more from Jill about what IFES does and how we can get involved in evangelism amongst students in Europe, so please do join us at 4.30pm in the church centre lounge.

Amber is a part-time chaplaincy and outreach service offering non-judgemental care, hope, and practical support for women involved in selling sex on the streets of Southampton. We will be learning more about Amber later in the term.

BASICS BANK

Warehouse stocks at Basics Bank are very low.  Please bring your donations to church when you can and place in the box by the West doors.

Please use this link to keep up to date with items that are needed.

https://southamptoncitymission.co.uk/get-involved/how-to-donate

RECENT NEWS FROM OUR MISSION PARTNERS - May 2025

Colin and Roni Jackson – A ROCHA KENYA

Click here to read the latest update from Colin.

Click here to read the early May update from Colin.

AMBER - Monthly Prayer Update

To read Amber's prayer update for May please click here.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION - Schools Prayer Calendar

To read SCM's Schools Prayer Calendar for May please click here.

International Justice Mission (IJM) - message from Lizzy Lotery after running the London Marathon

"Thank you so much for all the support and sponsorship for International Justice Mission! I finished the Marathon with a moving time of 4.5 hours (not including a 2 hour stint with St John’s Ambulance at mile 19 looking after me for heatstroke!). The donations page will stay open for another week, so if you missed a chance to support IJM you still can! Thank you so much for all of your support."

https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/lizzy-lotery?utm_source=enthuse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=f-growth&utm_content=page&utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=enthuse

RECENT NEWS FROM OUR MISSION PARTNERS - April 2025

Colin and Roni Jackson – A ROCHA KENYA

Click here to read the most recent update from Colin.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION - Schools Prayer Calendar

To read SCM's Schools Prayer Calendar for April please click here.

RECENT NEWS FROM OUR MISSION PARTNERS - March 2025

Colin and Roni Jackson – A ROCHA KENYA

Click here to read the most recent update from Colin. Click here to read the earlier March update from Colin.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION - Schools Prayer Calendar

To read SCM's Schools Prayer Calendar for March please click here.

RECENT NEWS FROM OUR MISSION PARTNERS - February 2025

BISHOP MARTIN - Goma, DRC, Church Mission Society

Please pray for Goma and consider signing and sharing the #GomaCallForPeace petition here. For Bishop Martin's latest update (29 January) - please click here.

Colin and Roni Jackson – A ROCHA KENYA

Please click here to read Colin's update from the start of February, click here for his second update and his update from the very end of February by clicking here.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION - Schools Prayer Calendar

To read SCM's Schools Prayer Calendar for February please click here. 

RECENT NEWS FROM OUR MISSION PARTNERS - January 2025

Colin and Roni Jackson – A ROCHA KENYA

Click here to read Colin's January update.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION - Schools Prayer Calendar

Click here to read SCM's Schools Prayer Calendar for January. The team were particularly encouraged that in the run up to Christmas some children were unusually keen to ask questions and to hear the answers. Thank you for praying!

Mission Partner Focus for Spring 2 2025 - International Justice Mission (IJM) and Friends International

On Sunday 2 March Jonny Goodchild from IJM, one of our new Mission Partners, visited Highfield and preached at all of our services. In addition, he invited us in the afternoon to explore God's heart for justice and our response. Jonny spoke about the work of IJM and its response, the outworking of which is seen in two of their field offices that we as Highfield will connect with; one in Romania (working to prevent and tackle the trafficking of women) and the second in the Philippines (working to prevent and tackle the exploitation of young children). 

We're really excited that our own Lizzy Lotery will be running the London Marathon to raise money for IJM. Here's a quick message from Lizzy:

Hi church! For those of you I haven’t met yet, I’m Lizzy Lotery and I’ve been at Highfield Church since I was born. I’m now away at uni and I’m running the London Marathon this year for IJM (International Justice Mission), who are a new Highfield mission partner. Any donation will go straight to them and is hugely appreciated! More info about IJM’s work is on my fundraising page https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/lizzy-lotery?utm_source=enthuse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=f-growth&utm_content=page&utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=enthuse . Thanks so much :)

Our other Mission Partner in focus this half term is Friends International. Friends International seeks to grow friendship and faith with international students in the UK & Ireland. There are over 600,000 international students studying at UK universities and Friends International aims to give as many of them as possible chances to experience real local culture and opportunities to hear the Christian message. It also equips churches and volunteers to serve, minister, and engage with international students. 

Mission Partner Focus for Spring 1 2025 - Southampton Street Pastors and Open Doors

Southampton Street Pastors are Christian men and women who engage with people on the streets offering reassurance, safety and support through caring, listening and helping. They work together with other partners in the night-time economy, schools and communities to make our city safer. Click here to read 5 short but exciting stories that share just some of what happened during the last few months of 2024.

Over 380 million Christians face persecution and discrimination – that’s one in seven believers worldwide. In more than 70 countries, Open Doors supports them by supplying Bibles, providing emergency relief and helping persecuted believers stand strong for the long-term. In the UK and Ireland, Open Doors helps the church to pray, give and speak out for those who share our faith but not our freedom. Find out more about what Open Doors does by clicking here.

Mission Partner Focus for Autumn 2 2024 - A Rocha Kenya and Southampton City Mission

A Rocha Kenya (ARK) is one of 21 national organisations of A Rocha, an international Christian conservation organisation that is committed to practical biodiversity conservation through scientific research, environmental education and sustainable community-based conservation programmes. A Rocha bases its work on the recognition that the Bible clearly teaches about the importance of the environment as God's creation. The Bible speaks about God's love for his world and of our responsibility to look after it.

Southampton City Mission exists to equip the church, and to love and serve the city. It provides opportunities, training, resources and support, to help the whole church reach out to those around them with the love of Jesus. In addition to Basics Bank and its work in schools (going into around 50 primary schools with its Question of Faith day programs), SCM works closely with other charities, agencies and the Council in Southampton, chairing several networks and making sure that Christian love and service is at the heart of Southampton's Civic life.

Mission Partner Focus for Autumn 1 2024 - Fusion and Bishop Martin (Goma, DRC, Church Mission Society)

We are excited to share that the netball tournament in support of Fusion's Sow the Word project was a success! It was wonderful to see different generations come together, encourage one another and unite over the same cause. We had four teams compete, thirty people take part, and we raised over £500 - that's fifty Bibles gifted to spiritually hungry students! Thank you to all to took part and donated! For those that would like to hear more about the work of Fusion, their National Team Leader, Luke Smith, is visiting to speak at all three services on Sunday 13 October. 

Did you know that Bishop Martin in Goma is keeping a blog? Started when he and his family first moved, it records all that has been happening, the challenges and the joys, things to praise God for and current prayer requests. You can find the blog at gordonsingoma.org, so do have a read and get to know our new Mission Partner.