global outreach

Global Outreach would like to invite you to “GO Experience” what God is doing in the world by sponsoring several trips throughout the year, ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Encounter the world of the unreached. Engage in the ministries of our Global Partners. Explore how God might be calling you to serve!

Pray for our team of High School Students as they travel to Montreal from June 14-18! If you are interested in giving to support an individual on the team, click below.

All movements to Christ have at least one thing in common: extraordinary prayer! Our prayer team meets every third Sunday of the month in the Prayer Room following 2nd service.

Upcoming 3rd Sunday Prayer Gatherings:
June 15 - Prayer for the Montreal Team
July 20 - Prayer for the ESL Ministry
August 17 - Prayer for International Students

English Conversation Corner 
Saturdays | 10:30-11:45 AM, B201
May 24 | June 7, 21 | July 5, 19 | August 2, 16

We meet every other Saturday throughout the summer. Come for language games, conversation practice, friends, and coffee or tea. Enjoy the relaxed environment and grow deeper in friendships!

ESL Teacher Training
Friday, August 8 | 6:00-9:30 PM, B201
Saturday, August 9 | 8:45 AM-6:00 PM, B201

You do not need to speak a foreign language or be a professional teacher to serve in the ESL ministry. All you need is to speak English and love Jesus and we can teach you the rest! This training is highly interactive. You'll practice the skills you need and come away excited to serve! This training is free for COS volunteers with the discount code COSESL. 

Aside from demonstrating Christ’s love and compassion, we assist displaced families from Afghanistan through securing temporary and long-term housing, job placement, school enrollment, transportation to appointments, and other aspects of becoming independent in a new country.

We are currently recruiting a team to help resettle another family, as well as volunteers to serve at quarterly events. Let Global Outreach know if you want to get involved!

Furniture Drop-Off August 25-29 | Gym
International Student Day
Saturday, August 30, 10:30 AM | F101/Gym

God is drawing thousands of students from the nations right to our backyard to attend area universities. We welcome International Students with our annual furniture giveaway, games, and brunch during Labor Day weekend. Many volunteers are needed to donate household items and furniture, to transport students and help with deliveries, and to be a welcoming presence throughout the event.

Do you want to go deeper? Many international students are curious about our culture, food, and faith, and are hungry for relationships. We host quarterly gatherings where we enjoy a meal, cultural activities, and a chance to connect in a deeper way, such as a Friendsgiving event in the fall, or a Hot Pot Night for Lunar New Year in the winter.

Sundays, September 7-December 14 | 1-4 PM, F101
Perspectives is a fifteen-lesson discipleship course exploring different aspects of God’s global purpose in a multi-faceted learning experience. Join us for a highly interactive, comprehensive learning journey that has profoundly impacted hundreds of thousands of students during the past 50+ years. Lunch from various cultures is included each week beginning at noon.

The Witmers serve at Shalom University in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ted in Old Testament and Dana in Medicine. They also lead the university’s office of development to help meet the needs of a university that is raising up Christian leaders. 

Christi serves as a Special Education teacher in the Balkans sharing the love and hope of Jesus Christ through training families, teachers, and professionals who care for and work with children with disabilities.

Timur serves as a pastor in Istanbul, Turkey, and is the chair of the Istanbul Protestant Church Foundation. His strategic role allows him to cast vision during a time of changing dynamics in this Muslim majority nation.

Tricia works in Albania as an audiologist and patient advocate. She helps those in need receive low-cost hearing aids and state-sponsored cochlear implants. She also helps parents develop their deaf child's speech and language post-implantation.

Mades serves as the pastor of a Cambodian church in Santa Ana, California, which has the largest population of Cambodians in the United States. They also provide support and mentoring for student ministry leaders in Cambodia.

Jillian grew up at COS and felt called to serve in Montreal on a student ministry trip. She and Geoff have been church planters and leadership developers in the highly diverse Montreal metro area of French-speaking Quebec since 2017.

Pastoring a church in the Balkans, these Global Partners are reaching out to their Muslim community and encouraging minority believers to do the same.

Bill & Kristie are originally from Philadelphia and have been based in Paris, France, as church planters since early 2011. They pray and labor to see a great move of God in Europe, where they also reach out to the immigrant community, especially North African Muslims.

Despite persecution, our Global Partners in East Asia are spreading the good news of Jesus and seeing much fruit.

Todd helps international students at Penn, Drexel, and Temple discover who Jesus is and how to follow Him. Sue provides conferences and discipleship training for women from impoverished and unreached nations to find their identity in Christ.

These Global Partners are committed to sharing the good news with and discipling locals in the Middle East.

Scott is the pastor of a very diverse church in Warsaw, Poland. The church has developed leaders to pastor churches back in India, and is launching a Hindi-speaking church plant in their city to reach Hindus within the next year.

After four decades working in a large country in East Asia, Mike and Lorina are now at their mobilization base in the US, helping new workers to the field with cross-cultural training.

Michael Oh is global executive director/CEO of the Lausanne Movement, which connects influencers and ideas for global mission. He also serves as chairman of the board of directors for CBI and chancellor of Christ Bible Seminary.

Keith leads Encountering Muslims, teaching Christians to lovingly engage Muslims and introduce them to the Jesus of the Bible. 

Serving in a strategic role across northern Thailand, our Global Partners provide training and support for churches as they reach minorities and refugees in the region.

Steve is the President of Pioneers, with 3,100 global members working among 500+ unreached people groups, and a bold vision to see 250 more unreached people groups engaged with the gospel by 2034.

The Horns serve with the Navigators in a shepherding role for staff living in eight Asia/Pacific countries. Through onsite visits and regular communication, they seek to help workers thrive in their personal life and ministry.

After many years serving in the Balkans themselves, these Global Partners provide leadership with Greater Europe Mission, supporting cross-cultural disciple makers across Europe.

Frank equips and mentors national leaders who are using Media to Movements for church planting in closed countries, and Linda offers pastoral counseling, transition coaching and debriefing at critical times of need in cross-cultural workers’ lives.

The Smalls are the founders of Spanish with a Vision, which seeks to share the gospel across the Dominican Republic through educational and evangelistic activities, specifically amongst domestic housemaids and Haitian immigrants.

The Coglianos work at Ethnos 360 Bible Institute, training cross-cultural diciple makers to work where there is no church, nor any work being done to establish a church.  

Elisabeth serves as the VP of Community Life at Crossworld, leading the training, orientation, and preparation for new cross-cultural workers who are bringing God’s love to life in the world’s least-reached marketplaces.

Sharon supports, cares for, and coaches global workers strategically laboring where the worship of Christ does not yet take place. She is a lifeline for people serving in isolation and deep spiritual darkness.

Deb trains cross-cultural workers in conflict resolution, peer counseling, and provides care to Crossworld's international staff.

Lynn served cross-culturally for many years in Africa and Asia. Today, she provides spiritual formation training to cross-cultural workers, helping them stay strong and grow in their own spiritual lives so that the love of God overflows into the lives of those they serve.

Leah serves with Cru, working with women who have suffered betrayal and/or abandonment, giving them hope and help in a safe space. She trains people how to write their life stories, inviting them to co-write the rest of their story with the Holy Spirit.

Dave works with Cru in The Coaching Center to help launch and build new ministries on high school and college campuses where no gospel centered witness for Christ yet exists.

Lisa serves with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes on the campuses of Eastern University and Conestoga High School, with the goal to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church.

Emily serves as a graphic designer for Cru's in-house creative team, Creative 1 Media. The mission of C1M is to use imagination, creativity, and beauty to proclaim the truth about Christ to the world.

Jeff serves as State Minister with Capitol Commission Pennsylvania, with the goal to intentionally develop disciples and disciplers of Jesus Christ in the political arena through group and personal bible study, prayer initiatives, and various forms of service.