Thanksgiving Offering 2026

Claudiu (pictured, in the blue hoodie) likes his work at RCE’s recently opened Jobs Center. His favorite thing is making (and eating) the delicious jams and jellies that will be sold in the RCE Store. He is less fond of the noisy machines in the paper production that the other young men love!   

He is a young adult now, but Claudiu still struggles with early childhood trauma that leads to emotional outbursts.   

When he was just a little boy, Claudiu’s mother made him beg for food or find it in dumpsters, often forcing him to sleep alone on the street. When he was six, she set their house on fire with Claudiu inside. The police brought him to live at RCE’s Darius House where he experienced kindness for the first time in his young life. At first, he would gorge on food (to the point of vomiting) — until he learned that he was in a place of provision; loved by God and by his Sunshine School teachers, therapists and caregivers.

Our prayer is that through MPC’s Thanksgiving Offering, Claudiu will continue live a life with dignity in Christian community in the RCE Village. 

“Thank you for partnering in the gospel with RCE!

RCE grew out of an MPC mission trip in 1990, in response to poverty and the suffering of abandoned children in Romania following the overthrow of communism.

Together, we are still “making mercy happen” by responding to the needs of the vulnerable — your ongoing support helps transform the lives of abandoned children with disabilities, victims of violence and exploitation, and prevents suffering by strengthening poor families. You have helped RCE build group homes, Sunshine School, and most recently, The Alex & Teo Sports Hall in 2019.

Mercy is not for a time but for a lifetime! Providing young adults with disabilities the dignity of work, and a future in safe and affordable housing in a Christian environment for life at RCE Village, are the essential next steps in restoring broken lives.”

—Jim Perry, Executive Director, Romanian Christian Enterprises

MPC’s offering to complete construction of the Streetside Building would bring together a thrift store, transitional residences, and increased capacity to help transform the lives of young adults with disabilities through the love of Christ.

Jobs Center participants and group home residents experience the gospel through daily love and care from RCE’s dedicated staff, most of whom are Christians serving out of a deep and abiding faith. Daily prayer, singing hymns, and Bible lessons are all important and regular parts of the program.

Our TOTAL GOAL: $300,000

$235,000 | Interior & Program Spaces
$55,000 | Building Systems & Exterior
$10,000 | Site & Landscaping

• The Streetside Building development would provide critical transitional housing while RCE builds towards long-term residential plans.
• The new space will double the capacity for young adults participating in the Jobs Program — from 16 to 32 within two years of building completion — with capacity to grow.
• Each participant will have the opportunity to experience the dignity of work and to interact with customers who shop in the new RCE thrift store.
• The new building creates an opportunity for RCE to double Jobs Center revenue and make the Center financially self-sustaining.

• Pray that the Lord would provide families for abandoned children with special needs currently living at Darius House.
• Pray for Sunshine School: for the teachers and therapist as they teach and equip students with special needs, and that the students will grow and develop into all that God made them to be.
• Pray for mercy and provision for families living in extreme poverty. The brutal Romanian winter is an extremely challenging time for these poor families. RCE staff seek to deliver firewood, emergency groceries, along with counseling, mentoring, friendship, and hope.