Make a Difference
Make a Difference this Season
BOX OF HOPE
Build a Box of Hope for a Family in Need PCPC will be collecting Boxes of Hope for Metropolitan Ministries and FED Ministry. Each Box of Hope will feed a family of four. The boxes may be picked up in one of three locations: Fellowship Hall, in the Narthex of the Sanctuary or in the Gym at the Connection service. The lists of items needed will be attached to the boxes. Alternatively, you can click here to see what is needed for each box. If you are interested in volunteering at Metropolitan Ministries please call (813) 209-1200.
THE GIVING TREE
The Giving Tree will bloom at PCPC on the first Sunday of Advent, November 28. You have an opportunity to make Christmas a joyous and happier holiday for someone in need by picking a star from the tree and purchasing the needed item(s). Please look for the trees in the Narthex of the Sanctuary, in the Gym at Connection service or the Fellowship Hall. Stars from the tree will benefit individuals in need through the following organizations: • Beth-El Mission • FED Families • Guardian Ad Litem • Foster Families • Presbyterian Village
CHRISTMAS IN AFRICA
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? Our Christmas in Africa program offers you a wide selection of meaningful gifts for your friends and family while you help the people of Papoli gain greater self-sufficiency.
When you give a goat, sheep, hen, cow or crop to a family they will give their first born or first harvest to another family so your gift will keep on giving. You can help feed children who come to the clinic or give school supplies to the children attending Papoli’s preschool and primary school. The members of PCPC have helped four students graduate from college. By donating to the scholarship program, you can help support 14 more students attend boarding schools and college. Many teachers and community leaders use bicycles as a means of transportation. If you purchase a bicycle it will help them serve the people of the village. Finally, many of the elderly widows care for several orphans due to deaths of their parents to HIV/AIDS. By purchasing a widow’s home, you help the village leadership build homes for these wonderful caring widows.
Brochures with further information and gift cards are available in the courtyard after services on Sunday. Please contact B.J. Johns, Church Social Worker, at 253-6047, ext. 234 with any questions.
Click here to access the Christmas in Africa store online at Village Partners International.
JOY OFFERING for the BETH-EL FARMWORKERS
PCPC will collect the Joy Offering on Sunday, December 19. The Joy Offering, one of the Presbyterian Church’s four special offerings collected each year, has traditionally been split between pension funds for mission workers and assistance to ethnic ministries of the Presbyterian Church USA. This year, in keeping with the tradition of supporting ethnic ministries, PCPC will donate 100 percent of its Joy Offering proceeds to Beth-El Farmworker Ministry. Gifts to the Joy Offering will assist Beth-El in its mission to help “farm workers achieve self-sufficiency through its open opportunities to worship, its extensive educational programs, and the many services it provides to meet basic needs”. This year, in keeping with the tradition of supporting ethnic ministries, PCPC will donate 100 percent of its Joy Offering proceeds to Beth-El Farmworker Ministry.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
PCPC provides financial and volunteer support, along with in-kind donations to the following local organizations:
Abe Brown Prison Ministries
Alpha House of Tampa
Beth-El Farmworker’s Ministry
Cedarkirk Camp and Conference Center
Created
Faith Cafe
FED Ministry (Faithful Example of Discipleship)
Judeo Christian Health Clinic
LifePath Hospice
Mary Lee’s House
Meals on Wheels of Tampa
Metropolitan Ministries
Presbytery of Tampa Bay
St. John’s Presbyterian Learning Center
The Refuge
The Spring
