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Mission Spotlights!

A special offering for the Caring Circle program at Peabody Retirement Home will be received on May 25, 2008. Each gift will be used to provide services and make a personal difference in the lives of the elderly at our Presbyterian related retirement community at North Manchester. Please be generous with your response to the needs of our friends at Peabody.

2008 Pentecost Offering

Join us on May 11, 2008, as we celebrate the Day of Pentecost and receive the Pentecost Offering. On this day we join with Christians around the world to celebrate God’s gift of the Holy spirit to the church. The Pentecost Offering benefits children at risk, youth, and young adults.  40% of the offering stays with our congregation for ministry with children at risk. The other 60% will support General Assembly advocates for children and provide leadership development for our youth and young adults.

One Great Hour of Sharing
Since 1949, Presbyterians have joined with millions of other Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to share God’s love with people experiencing need. Our gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives, and work together to strengthen their families and communities. Recognizing that the hope we have in Christ is lived out in our hope for one another, we respond with gifts that help our sisters and brothers around the world find the hope for a brighter future.

The Presbyterian Hunger Program receives 36 percent of undesignated One Great Hour of Sharing gifts, while the Self-Development of People and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance each receives 32 percent.

The One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be collected on Easter Sunday, March 23, or you may mail your contribution to the church.

 

Jubilee Christmas 2007- Thank You

Thank you again, Carole, for all your hard work in coordinating this important event for our church and community.

Text Box: Thank you again, Carole, for all your hard work in coordinating this important event for our church and community.
 THANK YOU!  Once again Dayton Memorial Presbyterian Church was able to successfully participate in the largest Christmas assistance effort in the Greater Lafayette area.

Approximately seventy volunteers assisted in making it a wonderful day for our guests.  We were able to provide a more joyful Christmas for 20 area families with 45 children.  The families were and are still greatly appreciative of your generosity.  Your generosity truly expresses the spirit of caring and sharing and is what keeps our community going strong.  We appreciate your support and look forward to setting up the Jubilee Tree and hosting Jubilee Christmas next year.

 


 

 

 


Presbyterian Habitat House 2007 COMPLETE

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  The Presbyterian House 07 located at the corner of Attica and Prairie streets in Stockwell is complete.  Construction was finally finished on December 14, and the House Blessing was scheduled for Sunday, December 16.  Of course weather delayed the House Blessing, and it was rescheduled for Tuesday night, December 18.  During the House Blessing representatives of our group of Presbyterian churches commented on the project and construction of the house.  The Rossville Presbyterian Church joined our coalition on the 07 House and was instrumental in funding and in its construction.  Keys to the Presbyterian House 07 were presented our Habitat partner, Crystal Wilson.

Crystal, her 14 year old daughter, Marissa; and her eighteen month old son, Kolten, have been anxiously waiting this day for months.  Though the “landscaping” is more of a mud bog now, the house is quite livable.  Crystal and family plan to move into the house over the holidays. You can see a picture of the Wilson family on the website, www.lafayettehabitat.org.  Click on “Current Builds” and “Presbyterian House”.

The Lord has built another house with much help from Dayton Memorial and seven other Presbyterian Churches.  Several member of our congregation participated in the building and many more contributed supporting gifts.  A great big thank you goes to all of you. This house was not built in vain.
Steve Hancook


Dayton Food Pantry  

Donations are always needed for the local food pantry.  Particularly, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned soups, tuna, pork and beans, saltine crackers, and cereal.  Non-perishable food items, paper products and toiletries are welcome. 

We need one volunteer to work the pantry each week, especially the last week of the month.   The pantry is open each Friday from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.  If you can help, please contact Carol Bull or Carol Frantz.

Thank you to Betsy, Abby, Molly & David Wagner,Carol Frantz, Carol Bull, and Margaret Grimes
for volunteering in April.  

This congregation has offered food to the hungry through the Dayton Food Pantry for many years. How many individuals and families do you think have been helped? Has it been 5,000? Has it been more? Our Mission Committee wants to give everyone the opportunity to help feed the next 5,000.  We’re going to ask you to give the symbolic “loaves and fish” that will help make it possible.

 
For 12 consecutive Sundays beginning on January 6, we’re asking you to bring a different staple food item in support of the Dayton Food Pantry. There will be shopping carts in the vestibule and parlor where you can leave your donations each week as you come into the building for Sunday school and worship.

Sunday, January 6 - Cereal
Sunday, January 13 - Peaches or Pineapple

Sunday, January 20 - Peanut Butter
Sunday, January 27 - Apple Sauce
Sunday, February 3 - Tuna
Sunday, February 10 - Detergent
Sunday, February 17 - Toilet Tissue
Sunday, February 24 - Pork & Beans
Sunday, March 2 - Soup
Sunday, March 9 - Crackers
Sunday, March 16 - Canned Vegetables
Sunday, March 23 - Any Canned Fruit

 

"Souper Bowl" February 3, 2008

Every dollar donated at Memorial Presbyterian Church will go to our food pantry to help people in our community.

2008 Souper Bowl Sunday, $311.00 was collected to help support our Church Food Pantry. Thank you to the Youth Group, and all who contributed!

 

Family Services, Inc. February Penny Harvest

Save your pennies!  Memorial Presbyterian Church will be collecting pennies (and any other loose change or bills) all  during the month of February to benefit Family Services, Inc.’s Programs to “help families help themselves”.

In February, Family Services, Inc. is conducting a fund raising campaign called the Penny Harvest.

Family Services, Inc. is a private non profit organization founded in 1964 to strengthen families and individual family members of all ages and incomes in Tippecanoe and the surrounding counties. They believe that families that are strong will rear strong children and care for their elders. At the heart of Family Services, Inc.’s programs is the belief that self sufficiency is important to everyone. These building blocks will construct a strong foundation and enable family members to face life’s challenges with  independence and dignity, resulting in a better community for all of us.

Containers to collect your spare change will be placed in the church for your convenience in February. Please look for them before or after church.

                                  Dayton Kids Closet              

Thank you to everyone who volunteered sorting, laundering and staffing the Kid’s Closet during the month of April!

We continue to accept new or gently used SPRING & SUMMER clothing, sizes newborn through girl’s juniors and young men’s and maternity wear.

A very large number of families were helped at last month’s distribution and we expect this to continue for a while.  We have a very steady flow of clothing coming in. However, it is very important that we keep the clothing racks full to accommodate the number of families.  So, if you have any time to give in helping with this process it would be much appreciated!  Please contact me with any questions or volunteer opportunities.

God Bless,
Julie Boles

 

Check out the Mission Yearbook

When ears won’t hear
I went downtown shopping for designer sheets when someone whispered, “I have no bed.”
I stood at an appliance store comparing prices of microwave ovens when an Ethiopian woman wept, “I have no food.”
I hired a decorator to remodel my kitchen and to add more cupboards when a Cambodian child sobbed, “I have no cup.”
I dreamed of building a getaway place, a cabin in the woods, a country place. Across the water came the cry, “I have no country.”
I bought a new widescreen TV for a loved one’s pleasure when a war orphan murmured, “I have no loved ones.”
May God forgive us when our ears won’t hear and our eyes won’t see the sounds and sights of suffering around us. Amen.

Here are some of the Mission causes we support:

Church Women United Food Pantry
Church World Service
Court Appointed Special Advocate Program
Dayton Food Pantry
Dayton Kids Closet
Deacons' Directed Funds to Persons in Need
Disaster/Emergency Aid
Geneva Camp and Conference Center
Habitat for Humanity
Hanna Community Center
Jubilee Christmas
Lafayette Habitat for Humanity
Lafayette Urban Ministry
Presbyterian Mission Programs
Mitten Tree
One Great Hour of Sharing
Peabody Retirement Home
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
Red Cross Disaster Center
Siloam Eye Hospital in Korea

Souper Bowl
Christmas Joy Offering
Pentecost Offering

What motivates people to give to the church? 
Follow this link: http://www.pcusa.org/today/cover/2004/aug04/cover.htm

Presbytery of South Louisiana
Recovery  www.pslrecovery.org  Newsletter

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