Church World Service Aid to Japan for Tsunami Relief
Please start collecting spare change at home (on your
dresser, on your kitchen table, etc.) for our 2011 Change
for Change Collection. (We’ll remind you to bring it in to
church one Sunday in September.)
This year we have decided to support Church World
Service (same great world-wide organization that our
CROP Walk supports,) who are right now, among the
many services they are providing around the world, working
hard in Japan to aid the people who lost everything in
the March 11th earthquake and Tsunami. Even our own
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has given the money they
have collected to Church World Service since they already
had mission workers on the ground in Japan working, and
were ready to roll up their sleeves and go to work right
after the disaster occurred.
CHANGE 4 CHANGE: $505.55
 Our annual “Change 4 Change” offering
was collected on September 12
for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
to help pay for the many disasters that
befall our country and the world.
Together, we collected $505.55 in change!
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is on the ground helping
alongside other governmental and non-profit agencies as soon as disasters
occur (earthquakes, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.) .
Go to http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/pda/who-we-are to read about
what they have been doing to help people at their time of great need.
Change 4 Change has been a dynamic, continuing Mission opportunity
for our FPC family. It is interesting to note how it evolved some
18 years ago from another ministry, Habitat for Humanity. HfH
leader, Millard Fuller, and thousands of volunteers walked 1,000 miles
as a community awareness and fundraising event. Along the way they
found coins on the ground and collected them, gathering thousands of
dollars in the process.
At that time, John Lococo was walking 3-4 miles daily through the
downtown streets and began collecting the change (and sometimes
folding money) that he found along the way, giving it to the local HfH
coffers. In order to enhance his giving he began a process of giving
only paper money when making purchases and putting the change in a
jar each evening. Not only did the change accumulate quickly but this
provided a daily reminder of those nearby and far away in great need and for whom the money was intended.
The Mission Team adopted Change 4 Change as a fundraiser five
years ago and, since that time, thousands of dollars have been raised
for FPC’s local and global ministries. It is a 365 days a year opportunity
for us to share in ways that “don’t hurt but do help”. So keep up
the caring and sharing! |
