It’s time to begin planning for our 2008 DELEGATION TO EL SALVADOR. We
will determine as a group the best travel week.
Get your name in early before it fills up!
Maximum delegation size: 12.
Need: current passport, tetanus updated, Hepatitis A shots.
Some walking, able to ride in back of pickup.
Some Spanish is helpful, but not required.
HS age or older. Contact
Marcia Justice if you are interested or with questions (964-5244).
We continue to raise funds to support the mission work.
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APC Cookbooks are available for $10/each
with all of the proceeds going into the El Salvador fund.
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You may also make a direct donation to APC
by noting “El Salvador fund” on the memo line on your check.
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The purchase of Don Justo coffee ($8/lb –
regular or $9/lb – flavored) provides a decent wage for the Salvadoran
coffee farmers with a bonus of $3.00 from each bag sold going to the
Pastoral Team for mission projects in the cantons and schools.
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“A Just
Cup of Coffee” mugs ($8/each)
support the promotional efforts of Compañeros (sub-committee of
Presbytery’s Social Ministries), which oversees the El Salvador
mission.
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Check out the great web site for more
information: www.oursisterparish.com
Ankeny Presbyterian Church actively participates in mission and provides financial support for mission activities. In 2008, APC is committed to giving 12% of its pledged income to support mission activities.
To learn more about the Presbyterian mission tradition see
http://www.pcusa.org/today/archive/believe/wpb9704.htm
To learn more about APC supported mission activities see the links below.
PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL
MISSION http://www.pcusa.org/navigation/mission.htm
Presbyterians are in mission in partnership locally, nationally and globally. Through the General Assembly, all Presbyterians have a voice in setting directions for mission and through their General Mission Giving, have a vital responsibility in carrying out what the General Assembly has mandated. The denomination has set four mission priorities for the next phase of our life as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Evangelism and Witness, Justice and Compassion, Spirituality and Discipleship, Leadership and Vocation - We are called to lead by Jesus Christ's example, to identify spiritual gifts and to equip and support Christians of all ages for faithful and effective servant leadership in all parts of the body of Christ. (Presbyterian Church USA web site).
APC
SUPPORTED LOCAL MISSIONS
Central Iowa Shelter and Services http://www.centraliowashelter.org/
Central Iowa Shelter's mission is to provide free shelter to homeless adults regardless of physical or emotional conditions, and to facilitate their move toward self-sufficiency. Primary organization goals are to: 1) provide safe emergency and transitional shelter and meals to homeless men and women; and 2) provide resource assistance to guests to move them beyond homelessness toward independent living.
CROSS Ministries http://cgpresbyterian.org/cross/cross.html
For over 30 years CROSS Ministries has provided an avenue to meet the emergency survival needs of more than 1,000 homeless and near homeless families annually in the Des Moines area by providing financial assistance with rent, red deposits, utility bills, personal hygiene items, bus tokens, car gas to get to work and a Back-to-School Giveaway serving approximately 650 children so they can start the school year out with the right supplies.
Des Moines Area Religious Council http://www.dmreligious.org/
The Des Moines Area Religious Council is an interfaith organization that exists to provide a common means of responding to basic human needs in ways single congregations can not do; also providing a context for interfaith dialogue, support, education, and fellowship and serving as a liaison between DMARC member congregations and the greater Des Moines Community. Programs include: subsidizing the cost of child care for qualified working families; financial assistance for non-food related emergencies;free food provided for needy persons through eight pantry sites; nurturing the growth and development, academic achievement, and the hope of urban youth though a collaborative effort of core leaders in education, business, human services, religion and youth charities.
Ankeny Circle of Faith http://www.ankenycircleoffaith.org/
and http://www.habitat.org/
Ankeny Habitat For Humanity is part of Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. Habitat seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
Hope Ministries - Harbor of Hope Mission http://www.hopeiowa.org/
Hope Ministries is a Christ-centered faith-based ministry that provides programs and services for homeless, hungry and hurting people in Des Moines and central Iowa. We are one of the largest non-denominational collaborative efforts in Iowa focused on homelessness and hunger issues.
Red Rock AREA Community Action Program Inc. http://www.ankeny.k12.ia.us/Neveln/RRACAP_UnitedWay/RRACAP.ht
Red Rock AREA Community Action Program helps Low-income families help themselves, by providing support services to meet basic needs of Ankeny families, including: utility and housing services, homeless prevention activities, emergency food pantry; information and referral; community resource mobilization to meet needs for direct emergency payments.
New Horizons Adult Day Care Center at the Nevlin Center http://www.ankeny.k12.ia.us/Neveln/Home.html
New Horizons Adult Day Care Center is a not for profit community based organization supported by Ankeny area churches, businesses, organizations and individuals. The center provides a planned program that includes a variety of health, social, and support services in a protective setting during the daytime hours. The program is designed to meet the individual needs of functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults.
Ruth Harbor http://www.rutharbor.org/
Ruth Harbor is a Christ-centered home for young women who are alone and facing unplanned pregnancies. "Ruth" means compassion; "Harbor" means a place of refuge, safety, retreat, shelter. Ruth Harbor is a 6-8 resident home located in Des Moines. It provides young women who are alone and facing unplanned pregnancies a truly viable option -- a safe harbor -- by providing housing, education, counseling, health care, parenting training or adoption assistance, spiritual support and more for the duration of their pregnancies .
Presbytery of Des Moines, El Salvador Mission Project- See Compañeros
http://www.oursisterparish.org/
Compañeros, Companions in Christ, is the coordinating body for the Des Moines Presbytery's El Salvador mission. Their responsibilities include educating people in the Des Moines Presbytery and others about the work of the mission, assisting churches who wish to organize delegations, promoting specific projects which support the mission and fundraising.
