Fall/Winter Mission Opportunities

PROJECT SHARE - PRESBYTERY CARE CLOSETS

Volunteers needed, to help load Turkey Dinners into the cars of the coordinators of the Care Closets of the Presbytery, with which they will go forth for distribution to families in need. Dates: Monday, November 20 (Thanksgiving Turkeys); Monday, December 18 (Christmas Turkeys); 10 a.m.-1 p.m. @ SHARE (2901 W Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia). These are fun events, with helpers forming lines, passing along turkeys and fixings to waiting vehicles. Please sign up, at Social Witness Committee Bulletin Board

ACHIEVEABILITY

This holiday season we have a wonderful opportunity to bring joy into the lives of the families at Achievability by providing two wrapped gifts per child within the price range of $15-$30 each for 30 deserving children. Achievability will help guide the selection of gifts by giving us a list of children's names, ages and areas of interest/hobbies. As soon as we get our list, we will be asking you to select a child/children to sponsor with two gifts by signing up on the sheet posted on the church office door for this purpose. We will collect the gifts here and deliver them to Achievability by December 1st.

Another option if you don't have time to shop for a gift is to donate dollars that we will use to purchase movie passes, gift cards and tickets to museums that Achievability may use at their discretion to reward a child or family during the year for an accomplishment like making honor roll, or, in the case of the parent, achieving a promotion at work.

PCCH has been extraordinarily generous in the past and we hope to make this the best yet holiday season for the families at Achievability. They have invited any of us who wish to share the excitement of their holiday party to join them on December 16th. Details will follow. For more information about Christmas gifts, please contact Judy and Stuart Hain.

GERMANTOWN AVENUE CRISIS MINISTRY

GACM 2006 Thanksgiving Basket Distribution, 100+ Families will receive Baskets this holiday. Distribution will begin Thursday, Nov. 16th. You can help: Purchase basket contents (stuffing, mashed potatoes, macaroni or rice, yams, green veggies ((beans or peas)), cranberry sauce, gravy, corn, bread and dessert); Donate that free turkey, turkey breast or roasting chicken (seniors like smaller portions); Collect free turkeys or vouchers at work places; Lead a food collection drive for your work place or organization; Provide other staples needed for the winter such as hearty soups, proteins such as tuna, sardines, peanut butter etc.; Volunteer to help pick up donations, deliver baskets to shut- ins or sort and stock donations. Call Crisis Ministry ( 215-843-2340) to arrange a drop off of these donations.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN AT THE JOHN GLOUCESTER HOUSE

We will be gathering gifts for the annual Happy Birthday Jesus party at the John Gloucester House. This community center has been a ministry of the Presbytery for many years. The services offered to residents of the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia include daycare, after school tutoring, computer classes, a lunch program, literacy for adults and many other valuable programs.

You can help by bringing a new, wrapped gift, marked for a boy or girl and the appropriate age, to our "Giving Tree" in Widener Hall. Take a tag or two from the tree and bring it back with your gift. The gifts should be in the $15 range and delivered to church by December 3rd. See Emily Camp-Landis for any questions.

CENTRAL PRESYBTERIAN -NORRISTOWN

We are collecting new or gently used (clean) blankets, flat sheets, fitted sheets, bedspreads, all sizes, and new socks and underwear, for children teens, men, and women served by the Hispanic Ministry at Norristown.  Please place these in the large green storage bin in Widener Hall.  We are also collecting checks, payable to Central Presbyterian Church (write “Holiday $10 gift cards” on memo line), which will be used to purchase turkeys or other special food items.  Please drop checks into the collection plate.  Thank you for all needed items – these will be put to good use for those who are cold and hungry.