Transcript DON’T BE THE MISSING PIECE

Each year during the annual Stewardship
campaign, you have the option of showing
Christ’s love to others by making a
“General Missions” contribution.
General Missions contributions are forwarded
to the Presbytery of Southern Kansas for the
collective work of the church. The following
PowerPoint shares how these
contributions are used.
DON’T BE
THE MISSING PIECE
THE MISSION AND MINISTRY
OF THE PRESBYTERY OF
SOUTHERN KANSAS
Pieces to the Presbytery
Mission Picture
Laughter
Winter retreats – Men, Women, &
College Students
Summer camps – Families, Young
Adults, & Youth
3000 attended camps/retreats
Leadership Staff
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Music
Spiritual Growth
Fellowship
Westminster Woods Camp
Dodge City
Friendship Feast
80 meals per day
5 days a week
Homeless Shelter, Food Pantry,
& Soup Kitchen
2009 Presbytery
Contribution
$2,375
Emmaus House
Garden City, KS
Challenges Met in 2007:
4,584 Guests Served
13,100 Food Boxes Distributed
43,040 Total Number of People Fed
2009 Presbytery
contribution
$2,375
163 Overnight Guests
C.U.F.F.
Christians United
Feeding Friends
F.A.S.T.
Financial Assistance
Short Term
Independence, KS
Providing financial
assistance for rent,
utilities & gas for
job interviews.
80-100 meals served
each Thurs.
2009
Presbytery Contribution
CUFF $300 & FAST $500
Feeding large
families, the elderly,
and
those
in need.
Supported by
thirteen area
churches
Kids
For
Christ
First Presbyterian Church
Cherryvale, KS
• Providing youth in the community with a place to gather and use
computers to access Bible based programs
• Initiating a weekly online Bible Study Class for teenagers
• Provide adults with availability to do Bible research
through online programs and Bible software
2009 Presbytery contribution is $1,300
Food Basket Ministry
First Presbyterian Church
Lakin, KS
• Congregation has
provided a food
ministry for 30 years
• Members provide food to local food
pantry
• “Adopted” families are recipients of
food baskets at Thanksgiving,
Christmas, Easter and one additional
time during the year
• Basket Ministry provides community
members with funds for utility bills,
gas for job interviews and children’s
school supplies
2009 Presbytery contribution - $300
Providing a free evening meal to those
in need within the community of Arkansas City
1,436 guests served since
inception in
January 2008
Church members
offer food & fellowship
FIVE LOAVES
First Presbyterian Church
Arkansas City
2009 Presbytery contribution $2,000
Food 4 Kids
Hutchinson, KS
Volunteers assemble
and deliver the food
packs to the schools
so the kids have food
for the weekend
Providing 240 students in Reno
County with a weekly food pack
A food pack might contain:
• one 12 oz jar of peanut butter
• one sleeve of crackers
• one can of beans & franks
• cereal
• fruit cups
• raisins
• pudding cups
• juice boxes
• aseptic milk boxes
• granola bars
2009 Presbytery contribution - $200
It costs $115.00 a year to
support one student
with a food pack each
Friday afternoon
Marriage
Enrichment
“MET Life”
Mentoring couples
and Pastor provide
guidance and share
personal experiences
First Presbyterian Church
Liberal, KS
2009 Presbytery contribution $1,500
Brotherhood
Church
Day Camp
• 70-80 kids participated in Day
Camp 2008
• A Counselor assigned to each group
• Started each day with Devotions
• Students enjoyed cooking, movies,
arts/crafts, Field Trips, bowling,
swimming and skating
• Lessons in reading, writing, math
and English are provided
Presbytery 2009 contributions $18,100
Brotherhood Church
Pre-School
• Offering two classes of
eighteen children per
class on M-Th for 2 ½ hrs
each day
• Learning colors, counting
(in English, Spanish &
Swahili) and to help others
• The children take Field
Trips, enjoy music time,
have play time outdoors &
learn about science
Presbytery 2009 contribution $11,000
70 people attended the workshop
“What Every Church Should Know
About Children in Poverty” held in
Wichita and sponsored by KEM
KEM is working, as part of
a coalition, to reform health
care in Kansas
Presbytery contribution
for 2009 is $500
In 2007, KEM issued twenty
grants to rural families
through their partnership
with Kansas State University.
WSU Campus Ministries
Presbytery contribution 2009
$4,750
WSU
Campus Ministries:
Nurtures spiritual
growth at Wichita
State University
Believes that world
peace is possible
through dialogue
Welcomes people of
all faith traditions
Values the diversity
of WSU students
Presbytery contribution
for 2009 - $1,000
Approximately 7-10 trips
are available to students
each year.
As an example: This group of college students
started in Manaus & headed down the Amazon on a
medical mission boat. They spent a week on the
boat visiting and helping with missions in Iguacu &
Brasilia.
Copan Ruins Housing
Project – construction
of a four family home
Ovidio Flores
Honduras
Santa Cruz de Yojoa –
community wide women’s
food cooperative
2009 Presbytery contribution $3,420
Nuevo Calvario
El Salvador
Neuvo Clavario is located
next to San Esteban
Catarina which is 60
kilometers east of the
capital city, San Salvador.
Laying of the cornerstone
for the new school, Centro
Escolar.
The church, Neuvo Clavario,
is next to the new school.
Presbytery 2009 contribution $1,900
• The four classroom
building will have 80
children attending
half day classes
• When completed, the
school will employ two
teachers
Faith in Action
Providing assistance for frail elderly
chronically ill or disabled persons
so they can maintain independence
Interfaith Ministries Programs
Wichita
Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
4.8% of Kansas
families are hungry
3,100 households
were helped in 2007
by all of the CTECH
programs
GoZones!
Serving 1,225 youth through
one of the ten GoZones! sites
available
625 tutors and
mentors provide
after school
mentoring, tutoring,
music, art, drama,
computer lab and recreational programs
Twelve youth planted container
gardens filled with tomatoes,
lettuce, peppers & potatoes to
help families fight hunger
2009 Presbytery contribution - $1,077 per program
The Presbytery of Southern Kansas
In Partnership With
The Presbyteries of Northern Mexico
• Creating new relationships
• The exchange of ideas & people
• New understanding of how God is
working among us
• Opportunities to be in mission and
the recipient of mission
SYNOD MINISTRIES
In Missouri alone, each day:
• 3,000 children quit school
• 6 commit suicide
• Over 1,000 are removed from
their homes to keep them safe
Through the treatment-oriented programs of
Presbyterian Children’s Services, our goal is to
help young people develop self-esteem
This year, historic flooding
and other storms have
impacted communities
across the Midwest and
other portions of the United States
PDA has supported responses
in 20 presbyteries in the last
five months
General Assembly Missions
• For the first time in 50 years, the assembly voted
to increase the number of mission personnel
serving as the hands and feet of Christ around the
world
• Mission personnel will be "saving lives" not just by
providing urgent medical care or implementing
holistic ministries, but by preaching the gospel,
often in places where it has never been heard
With the support of Presbyterians, this
commitment will extend our collective
outreach in mission around the world
John and Gwenyth
Haspels
Where do you fit in?
• Would you consider increasing your
General Mission giving for 2009?
• Would you consider a special gift over and
above your General Mission to one of
these projects?
• Would you hold a special fund raising
event for one of these projects?