Local Pastors and missionaries around the world invest their lives to serve their communities.

WHO INVESTS IN THEM?

This is where we step in.

What’s the need?

Healthy people + a strong team do effective ministry. After 17+ years of ministry in 4 countries, we saw two major issues in the global Church:

  1. Dedicated leaders who worked so hard at ministry without slowing down that their own soul and their family begin to suffer. This results in burn out, failed marriages, and people left hurting in the wake.

  2. Passionate leaders unsure of the next practical steps to take to reach people or fulfill the vision of their ministry.

These people are positioned to change their communities. Empowering them unlocks the potential to change the world.

WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINISTRY LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD TO BE HEALTHY and BE EFFECTIVE.

BE HEALTHY.

BE EFFECTIVE.

What’s with the name?

Our name, Juniper Table, is inspired by Elijah's restorative encounter with the Lord under a juniper tree in 1 Kings 19. In the story, an angel of the Lord came to a discouraged Elijah, feeding him and telling him to rest. This gave him the strength needed for the journey to Mount Sinai, where he encountered that ‘still, small voice’ of God. Our desire is to set the table for these “juniper moments” for those we serve.

We are a couple of passionate, belief-driven people raising two tiny human boys. Our family of 4 lives in the tiny mountain kingdom of Eswatini in Southern Africa. This is our base from which we serve leaders throughout this region of the world. One idealist and one pragmatist, one introvert and one extrovert. We are wired differently to balance each other in all the right ways.

Patrick first moved to Eswatini in 2005 to work with Children’s Cup International . After 4 years helping with HIV relief by building community centers to care for children, starting youth programs, and helping plant a church- Patrick moved back to the US. We got married and a year later moved to South Africa as the interim Country Directors for Children's Cup. After working with that team through a transition, we sensed a nudge.

This time to move north to Moshi, Tanzania- a small town at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was there we came alongside a small group of missionaries to support their various community projects. Little did we know God was using that place to build something else new and unexpected. 

It was there we realized the best way to serve God is to truly operate in the gifting he has uniquely given each of us. For us that looks like creating space for people to refresh, think strategically, and walking alongside ministries to grow. It is lifting up the arms of the men and women working to spread the Good News around the world. So that is what we are doing here.

We have committed our lives to embracing the adventure of serving God, wherever He leads as long as we are here.