Fishin' for a Mission

2026 Fishin’ for a Mission Events and Links

Donating to Fishin’ for a Mission

If you are interested in sponsoring Fishin’ for a Mission through a cash donation and need to learn more, please contact the Rev’d Dr. Canon Anthony Kowbeidu, Associate Rector for Mission and Evangelism (AKowbeidu@StAndrews.Church or 843.284.4327). You can also donate and register as a sponsor online.

We are seeking donations of great auction items like vacation homes, local excursions, fine art, and services. To donate items for our auction, please submit your item description and photos online. If you have questions about donating items for the auction, please contact Selah Grafe (SGrafe@StAndrews.Church or 843.284.4310).

 

2026 Fishin’ for a Mission Sponsors

Gold Sponsors ($2500 Contribution)

Silver Sponsors ($1500 Contribution)

 

The History of Fishin’ for a Mission

In 2005, several people at St. Andrew’s Church who had traveled to developing countries came together to discuss their recent trips. They all sensed the same longing to share their stories with their neighbors. Out of their desire to tell about what God was doing around the world, the Fishin’ for a Mission Banquet & Auction was born.

Every year, St. Andrew’s hosts a Banquet and Auction which benefit our International Missions Partners. All of the money raised goes overseas; the administrative costs of the event are borne by the church.

The Work of Fishin’ for a Mission

Over $1.5 million dollars has been raised by Fishin’ for a Mission (F4M) since its inception. The money raised by F4M has been used to:

  • Build and support a school serving over 300 students in Brewerville, Liberia. The children at the school were born in a refugee camp established by the United Nations in the town of Brewerville as a result of the Liberian civil war. We currently have two long-term missionaries, Sonny and Shawn DuPre, in Liberia working at our school.
  • Build homes and schools in Honduras for orphans and provided various types of training to children coming from the streets.
  • Partner with Samaritan’s Purse, Water Mission and other NGO (non governmental organizations) in West Africa to combat the Ebola virus.
  • Partner with Water Mission to bring safe drinking water to people in developing countries, countries hit with natural disasters, and countries affected by war and civil unrest.
  • Help fund in Rwanda a primary school, a medical clinic, a water treatment plant, and a small-scale hydroelectric dam.
  • Help build a guest house and conference center in Burundi which will help fund additional work in that country as well as provide jobs for the local population.
  • Partner with OneWorld Health in Uganda, to begin a ministry there that included building 4 medical clinics in Uganda, in the middle of a region inundated with both IDPs and refugees from South Sudan. Also established 7 medical clinics and 1 mobile clinic in Nicaragua.
  • Partner with OneWorld Health to continue to expand their mission of providing quality, affordable, sustainable health care to people in developing countries.
  • Kenya – We support an agriculture ministry to the local church called Just Earth. We also support the Christ’s Gift academy in Mbita, Kenya.
  • Brazil – We help build and still support the House of Hope Children home in Brazil.