Category: Missions - Edmonds Presbyterian Church

Women’s Association

2/1/2019

UPDATE: There is no meeting this month due to the snow. Kathy will join us for our may meeting

All ladies are invited to meet on February 13th at 11:30AM at the church for a business meeting, followed by lunch and fellowship around noon. Kathy Giske from Middle East Partners will tell us about her ministry with Christians living in areas where it is difficult for them to worship openly. She spent a week with refugees in Greece last summer, and will tell us about her experience there as well. We recently added Kathy’s ministry to our yearly giving list, so this will be a great opportunity to learn more about her mission and to help us pray for her work and for the Christians who need her help.

Sunday, February 3rd - is Souper Bowl Sunday!

2/1/2019

It is Super Bowl time, so we are collecting Soup! We will be collecting cash and food after the worship service to support the Concern for Neighbors food bank in Mountlake Terrace. Come join us on Super Bowl Sunday and give a can of soup or a $1 as a small reminder of all who do not have soup to eat.

Vision House Update

2/1/2019

Vision House provides transitional housing for homeless families with children. They are doubling the size of their current facility in Shoreline by adding “Building B”, which will open in September. Sunday, Pastor Amy and others attended a barbecue (brrr!) to celebrate that “Building B” is underway! They are still raising money in order to finish it without incurring debt, and are on track to do so. Here is a photo (this is where Gay Hawkins works as their maintenance technician for “building A”).

Missions

2/1/2019

The Christmas Joy Offering was the main mission focus for December. Our congregation gave $733 for this offering to support retired and present workers with urgent financial needs and to provide scholarships for students of color to attend Presbyterian-related schools.

The congregation and Women’s Association worked together to sponsor a needy family for Christmas. Our family was a mother and two young girls. We gave them a $100 gift card for groceries, all the toys and clothes on the girls’ wish lists and an electric blanket, towels and bubble bath plus a $35 gift card for the mother.

Missions

12/6/2018

The Christmas Joy Offering will be collected in December. Fifty percent of the offering will help retired church workers with critical housing needs and provide assistance to church workers with urgent financial and medical needs. Half of the offering provides scholarships for people of color at Presbyterian related schools and colleges and helps equip people of color to be pastors and leaders in the church.
The Theology Department at the University of Livingstonia was given $150 from mission funds to purchase e-books to help students with their studies. Tyler Holm, our new mission partner, said books were very scarce at the school. The regular mission distributions will be included in the annual report.

Christmas Family

12/6/2018

Our family this year is a mother and two girls, ages 6 and 3. There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex. Gifts should be brought to the church by December 2nd as Pathways wants them delivered either December 6th or 7th. You can give money, if you prefer, on or before December 2nd. We will need $100 in monetary donations to purchase a grocery gift card for the family.

Missions

11/12/2018

The congregation and Women’s Association will sponsor a needy family from the YWCA-Pathways for Christmas. Our family will have a mother and 2 children. We should have more information about our family soon.

The Christmas Joy Offering will be collected in December. Fifty percent of the offering will help retired pastors who are having financial difficulty, often caused by high medical bills. The other half of the offering will help racial ethnic students receive an education at Presbyterian related schools and colleges.

Food Bank

11/12/2018

Don’t forget that we support the Concern for Neighbors food bank in Mountlake Terrace, located at Terrace View Presbyterian Church. Bring your non-perishable items, brown paper bags, or empty egg cartons and Jim N. will take them to the food bank. In case you are wondering what to purchase, here is a list of the “top 25” healthy non-perishable items most needed by food banks: canned beans; dry beans; peanut butter, or other nut butters; rolled oats; canned fruit in juice, not in light or heavy syrup; canned vegetables, with no or low-sodium; low-sodium soups; canned tuna in water; canned chicken; brown rice; quinoa; nuts, unsalted; seeds, unsalted; shelf stable milk and milk substitutes; whole grain pasta; low-sodium pasta sauce; popcorn kernels (not microwave popcorn); canned stews; unsweetened apple sauce; whole grain, low-sugar cold cereals; olive or canola oil; canned tomatoes; dried fruits, no sugar added; honey; chicken, beef and vegetable broths and stock.

Good News

11/12/2018

The Northwest Coast Presbytery Executive Board approved our request (along with Maplewood) to include the Rev. Jean Kim’s Foundation for Homeless Education as a mission partner of the presbytery. Her foundation works with the homeless to provide a path toward job training through education, supporting them as they navigate the services available and providing housing as needed.

Missions

10/3/2018

The Jean Kim Foundation fund raiser dinner in September emphasized how important Jean’s ministry has been to homeless and very low income people who want to get a college education. Due to health reasons, Jean is no longer able run the foundation so other people have stepped up to carry on her work. The foundation gives help with housing, medical needs, counseling, finding work, and assistance in applying for any tuition assistance available. A model of the tiny houses that are replacing the tents at Good Shepherd Baptist Church was on display at the dinner. It had heat and electricity, making it a comfortable place to sleep and study. Margaret Smith and Ruth Roberts attended the dinner and were very impressed with the work being done to help the students under the foundation’s supervision succeed in getting an education. A $150 check for their work was given to the Jean Kim Foundation from church mission funds.