Cents-Ability

Cents-Ability is a partnership of Christian faith and the simple action of setting aside money at each meal to be used to provide food for hungry people. The offering is undergirded with prayer and reminds the giver of the importance of sharing our lives and gifts with others.

The receiving of the Cents-Ability Offering should be approved by the Session. It should be received on a regular basis (monthly or quarterly). The congregation is encouraged to use 25% of the offering in some local hunger action effort and the balance is to be sent to the Treasurer of the Presbytery. Fifty-five percent of the offering will be used for hunger needs within our Presbytery, and twenty-five percent is sent to the Presbyterian Hunger Program, broadly designated to be used in Africa.Grants of money are made to food pantries and other hunger projects throughout the year as approved by the Hunger Action Focus

Group of the Social Ministries Committee. Congregations may request a grant by completing an application available from the Presbytery office.

A Christian citizens' movement that helps reduce hunger by keeping national legislators informed on pending hunger legislation.  Rooted in the biblical call for justice, Bread for the World organizes churches each year to hold Offerings of Letters.  Many give to hunger relief, Bread for the World allows one to go a step further and celebrate the gift of citizenship.  For more information e-mail:  bread@igc.ape org.

A worldwide, ecumenical, Christian organization, financed by voluntary contributions.  HPI provides livestock, poultry or fish, along with training and related services, to groups of people who have organized to improve their own lives.  HPI produces some curriculum and VBS resources.  For more information call: 1-800-422-0474, or write:  Atlantic South Region, P.O. Box 188, New Windsor,  MD    21776 or go to the web site at www.heifer.org

Parishioners give one dollar and/or a can of soup as they leave worship the morning of the Super Bowl game. The money collected by the congregation is given directly to the food ministry that your church chooses. For additional information: www.souperbowl.com

For more than fifty years, Presbyterians have joined with Christians throughout the nation in supporting One Great Hour of Sharing, responding to Christ's love for all people by joyfully sharing that love with people in need. The refugee and the stranger have found food and safe shelter; those stunned by the aftermath of disasters  Assistance, and the Presbyterian Hunger Program. The hundreds of millions of dollars Presbyterians have given over the last half century have enabled a powerful witness to the love of  the One who came that all might have life more abundantly.

Harvest of Hope is the ecumenical study/worship/action retreat program of the Society of St. Andrew. It is designed to educate youth and adults about the problem of hunger. Week-long retreats are held for senior high youth (completed grades 9-12) and their adult sponsors during the summer. Weekend retreats are held for intergenerational groups.