Welcome to our web site.
The seed of Smethurst Ministries was planted in 1972 when God called David Smethurst and his wife Margurita into ministry. This calling has taken them into churches, schools, youth groups, colleges, convents, military bases, prisons etc across the world including Africa, Australia, USA, Britain, Ireland, Latvia and other ex Soviet countries, Yugoslavia, Singapore, Malaysia, Iceland…
1988 saw the establishment of the Smethurst Ministries……. Read More >
Thank you for visiting our website and God bless you!
Dave and Margurita
Recent News
This is Almants
He is part of a family of eleven children. They live in a rundown, ugly, former movie theatre in one of the remote areas of Riga. The building is so rotten and old that when they went in as a [...]
School needs
Psalm 9:18 “For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.” This is also a busy time in preparing for the start of the new school year in September where we need [...]
Amazing Ministry coming up in Ukraine October 2017
I want to thank you for your great friendship and your wonderful partnership in the gospel. You have been such a blessing and encouragement to us and more especially all the orphans we support in Eastern Europe. We couldn’t manage [...]
Latvia ~ Summer Camp No. 2 – August 2017
The second summer camp was a huge blessing in that many teenagers made deep commitments to Jesus. They really bonded with others of their age from various youth groups. These camp friendships build wonderful connections for the newcomers to join [...]
Latvia ~ Summer Camp No. 1 – July 2017
The first of the Summer Camps in Latvia began with a wonderful burst of joy and enthusiasm. A real breakthrough was having 7 young people from Israel come to the camp. They were from a Messianic Synagogue in Tel Aviv, [...]
God’s plan will always be greater and more beautiful than all your disappointments.
If you are looking at what is your destiny, then look within yourself: what moves you? What excites and stimulates you? What talents and gifting’s have you got and what excites you to use them? Think about over the weekend. [...]