Christmas Joy gifts help Puerto Rican pastors and church workers recover from Hurricane Maria.
The church’s identity reflects the call of Isaiah to become repairers of the breach. It is through One Great Hour of Sharing that Presbyterians come together to open our doors to become the church with all the people we see.
Thanks to One Great Hour of Sharing gifts, a community in Puerto Rico that was facing the threat of displacement formed a trust which acquired title to a 200-acre area that is home to 1,500 families.
When the local school district decided to transition from a five day school week to four, a Colorado congregation created a Youth Asset Club to serve young people with no where to go.
Feeling demoralized and helpless after days of demanding work for insufficient pay, day laborers in Arizona did not have to suffer in silence thanks to the Southside Worker Center in Tucson, a ministry supported by One Great Hour of Sharing gifts.
Presbyterians support efforts to end the forced conscription of child soldiers as well as forced labor and sex-trafficking.
During Pentecost, we celebrate that the Holy Spirit has opened the doors to faith in Jesus Christ. While serving as a Presbyterian Young Adult Volunteer, Cherokee Adams was changed in ways she wasn’t expecting.
For over a decade, this New York congregation has supported the education of immigrant and refugee children with their 40% of the Pentecost Offering.
Through our gifts to the Pentecost Offering we are sharing the greatest love of all—God’s love. And what better gift could we possibly give our children than the gift of faith, and love, to last a lifetime?
After tragedy rocks a Wisconsin community, a local congregation steps up to ensure no more youth slip through the cracks.