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We are grateful that the
Lord has provided a summer intern (Crissia Villacres), a website
coordinator (Pastor Omar Villacres) and possible
future co-assistant directors at Gateway - Crissia and Omar!
We’d like to show our
gratefulness with this
‘Special Matching Gift
Offering’ to the Hope Centre in the UK
Gateway has been working
with believers in the UK since 2019 to establish the first gospel
focused, directive pregnancy center ministries. The mission of the
Hope Centre can be followed by going to their website.
We are thrilled and
encouraged to welcome Crissia as our summer intern. We are looking
ahead to the Fall (and beyond) for greater involvement from Omar
and Crissia.
Since the late 2000s, Omar
and his family have been deeply involved in full-time ministry,
serving as missionaries overseas, planting churches in both North
and South Jersey, and worship Pastor.
Crissia Villacres leads
a missional Montessori school (~30 students, 5 staff), evangelizing
non-Christian families through Christ-centered early childhood
education (ages 3–third grade).
In just the past five years
Crissia has also been actively involved at Garwood Presbyterian
Church in Children’s Ministry, recruitment, training and
supervising volunteers.
She has equipped parents for
at-home discipleship using AWANA curriculum. From August to
December 2020, she was the Preschool Head Teacher at the Second
Street Youth Center Foundation, in Plainfield, where she developed
High Scope Curriculum lesson plans to prepare preschoolers for
kindergarten, targeting language, motor, and social skills. She
supported non-English-speaking parents with at-home learning
strategies, building trust in diverse communities. All this,
while parenting four children!
Omar Villacres has spent the majority
of his life in North Jersey, where he resides with his wife, Crissia,
and their children. He is teaching elder / pastor at Garwood
Church. Since the late 2000s, Omar and his family have been deeply
involved in full-time ministry, serving as missionaries overseas,
planting churches in both North and South Jersey, and worship
Pastor. Ordained in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church,
Omar also maintains a
connection with Confluence, a network of
non-denominational churches committed to disciple-making across all
areas of life. He has a passion to live as a disciple-making pastor
and to see others thrive in their discipleship relationship with
Jesus. In his spare time, Omar runs, reads, and cheers on his
family in everyday life. He currently serves as board member of
Gateway Pregnancy Center and volunteers in Garwood as part of the
Municipal Alliance.
Omar holds a Business
degree, Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary
and is finishing Doctorate work at Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School (TEDS). He has been on the Board of Gateway for two years
and has recently overhauled and updated our website, managing the
details, the systems, engagement and the transfer of information.
$10,000 by June 1st. - that’s the goal, and
you can be part of this exciting venture.
Click here to give (select matching
gift)
..or send your gift to
Gateway Pregnancy Center
P.O. Box 1793,
Union, New Jersey 07083
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