Local Missions

The Deacons Fund and local missions are very much interwoven. The Fund is supported when you give once a month at the door as you leave.

The congregation's gifts impactfully support folks in need in our Bethel Family and the Clover/York County community. Thousands of dollars annually flow into the fund and the Deacons meet to decide how best to spread the love of Christ through its dispersion.

In addition to supporting the ministries listed elsewhere on this page, the Deacons Fund provides direct assistance to individuals and families facing financial hardship, including help with medical costs for unaffordable surgeries, meals and groceries for those recovering from illness, utility bills for households struggling to make ends meet, travel expenses for visiting hospitalized loved ones, and temporary lodging or rent support for those in crisis.

The Deacons also organize seasonal outreach efforts, such as collecting and distributing Thanksgiving groceries to community members in need each fall, ensuring that more families can enjoy a festive holiday meal.

If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, please reach out to the Deacons through the church office.

Biblical Studies Released Time (BSRT) is part of the national Biblical Released Time Education program that provides a legal avenue to deliver biblical instruction to Clover elementary school students.

In the Clover area, students whose parents have signed release forms are picked up at school by BSRT buses and driven to churches where a combination of BSRT paid teachers and church volunteers teach short Bible lessons September through April each year.

The students are away from campus for less than one hour each week and are taught foundational Bible stories, songs, and concepts.

Bethel Presbyterian is proud to sponsor the program via volunteers and donations.

Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC) is a local organization that provides an assortment of services to folks in need.

CAAC compassionately assists disadvantaged individuals who live within the boundaries of the Clover School District in varying degrees of need with food, financial assistance, health services, and education.

Through local partnerships and collaborations, they strive to help people bridge the gap between dependence and self-sufficiency.

Bethel has been a faithful co-worker and supporter of CAAC for many years.

The Clover School District Backpack Program needs our help in stocking their shelves with food for children and families in need.

The Backpack Program provides students at risk of food insecurity with backpacks filled with kid-friendly, healthy food to eat over the weekends and during school holidays.

Palmetto Women's Center (PWC) is a local Christian nonprofit agency that provides counseling, pregnancy tests, referrals for medical and legal assistance, and parenting classes.

Bethel has supported PWC for many years through monetary and baby/mother supply donations.

Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) is a campus ministry that reaches college students from all backgrounds with the hope of Jesus Christ.

Through the ministry of RUF, students discover the love of Christ, find their significance in God’s redemptive story, and engage in the life of His church.

Bethel helps support the Winthrop University campus RUF under Mark Ashbaugh.

Mark serves as RUF campus minister and is pleased to call Rock Hill, SC home.