Serving our Purpose

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Serving our Purpose
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• But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers
  who deceive themselves.
• James 122

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The Changing Face of Mission

• Together in Service means shaping our mission
  involvement to meet a changing environment

• The face of mission has matured
• Growing mutual partnership
• A need for good stewardship

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The Changing Face of Mission

• The materials we send can actually impose a
  burden on our overseas partners who receive them.
  

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Respond to Changing Needs

• Mosquito nets and AIDS Home-Based Care Kits have
  demonstrated their value at the local level
• African government agencies and international
  organizations now make these materials widely
  available.
• PW can be innovators and mobilizers in new ways.
  

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Together in Service Locally
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Together in Service Locally

• Continue support of existing mission projects
• Explore new opportunities
• Churchwide
• Synod
• Presbytery
• Local Communities

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Questions to Evaluate Local Requests for Funding

• How is the program experienced by those it
  serves?
• Is the program run in an open and transparent
  manner?
• Does the program deal with underlying causes or
  just symptoms?

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Questions to Evaluate Local Requests for Funding

• Does the program provide interpretive materials?
• Does the program coordinate its activities with
  others working in the same area?
• Will our relationship with the program help us
  understand the problems being addressed and make
  us better citizen advocates?

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Suggestions for Local Projects

• Rock premature babies at a hospital
• Make table centerpieces for a nursing home
• Gather hygiene products for a homeless shelter
• Knit or crochet prayer shawls for cancer patients
• Teach incarcerated women to knit or sew

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More Local Suggestions

• Repair and launder clothing donated to service
  agencies
• Sew lap robes for a nursing facility
• Make finger puppets for childrens hospitals

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Together in Service Globally

• Overseas Hospitals and Financial Support
  Opportunities

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Overseas Hospital Needs

• Baby Blankets
• Baby Gowns
• Baby Caps
• Sheets
• Thermal Blankets

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Overseas Financial Support Opportunities

• Bicycles
• (Congo and Malawi)
• Mattresses
• (Congo and Malawi)
• Nurses Uniforms
• (Haiti)

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Malawi
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Haiti
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Together in Service in the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)

• International Health Ministries Office
• National Health Ministries
• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
• Presbyterian Health, Education, and Welfare
  Association
• Presbyterian Hunger Program
• Enough for Everyone

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Questions to Evaluate Requests for Funding
Globally

• What do you know about the organization who has
  asked for your help?
• Is the project an appropriate response to the
  needs of the community?
• Who owns the project?

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Together in Service Ecumenically

• Bread for the World
• Christmas International House
• Church Women United
• Church World Service
• SERRV
• Heifer Project International

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Together in ServiceSharing Our Stories

• Together in Service does not require reporting.
• You are encouraged to share your story.
• We can inspire and support one another by sharing
  our experiencesboth what works and what doesnt
  work.

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Sharing Our Stories

• Go to www.pcusa.org/pw and follow the links to
  the PW Together in Service page.
• A PW volunteer will pick up the stories and
  disseminate selections to the PW Web site,
  Horizons, PW speakers and across the
  denomination.

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Together in Service Guide
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Additional Resources

• Embracing Gods World
• Faith in Action

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• Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of
  the least of these who are members of my family,
  you did it to me.
• Matthew 2540

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