Presbyterians take a special collection called One Great Hour of Sharing at Easter. Funds collected go to support three programs.
One-third of the monies goes to support the Presbyterian Hunger Program, which helps feed people around the world, including displaced persons living in refugee camps.
Another third goes to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Program, which is still at work helping those affected by the Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. More recently funds from PDA have gone to help Haiti.
The final third of monies collected goes to the Presbyterian Self-Development of People Program, which helps people do for themselves, be it creating jobs or digging water wells. Digging wells will be the focus for a long time in that an estimated 1.1 billion of the world's people lack access to safe drinking water.
The One Great Hour of Sharing offering is in addition to our regular giving. Special envelopes are available in the pew racks, If you didn't bring your offering today, you can turn it in anytime soon. Just mark it OGHS Offering.
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