Each year during the annual Stewardship campaign, you have the option of showing

Christ’s love to others by making a“General Missions” contribution.

General Missions contributions are forwarded to the Presbytery of Southern Kansas for the collective work of the church. The following

PowerPoint shares how thesecontributions are used.

DON’T BETHE MISSING PIECE

THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE PRESBYTERY OF

SOUTHERN KANSAS

Pieces to the Presbytery Mission Picture

Westminster Woods Camp

Music

Summer camps – Families, Young Adults, & Youth

Winter retreats – Men, Women, & College Students

3000 attended camps/retreats

Fellowship

Laughter

Faith

Leadership Staff

Spiritual Growth

Dodge City Friendship Feast

80 meals per day5 days a week

Homeless Shelter, Food Pantry, & Soup Kitchen

2009 Presbytery Contribution

$2,375

Emmaus HouseGarden City, KS

Challenges Met in 2007:

4,584 Guests Served

13,100 Food Boxes Distributed

43,040 Total Number of People Fed

163 Overnight Guests

2009 Presbytery contribution $2,375

C.U.F.F.Christians UnitedFeeding Friends

Feeding large families, the elderly,

Supported by thirteen area churches

80-100 meals served each Thurs.

andthose

in need.

2009Presbytery Contribution CUFF $300 & FAST $500

F.A.S.T.Financial AssistanceShort Term

Providing financialassistance for rent,utilities & gas for job interviews.

Independence, KS

First Presbyterian ChurchCherryvale, KS

• Providing youth in the community with a place to gather and use computers to access Bible based programs

• Initiating a weekly online Bible Study Class for teenagers

• Provide adults with availability to do Bible research through online programs and Bible software

2009 Presbytery contribution is $1,300

KidsFor

Christ

Amazing

Bible

Race

Food Basket MinistryFirst Presbyterian ChurchLakin, KS • Congregation has

provided a food ministry for 30 years

• Members provide food to local food pantry

• “Adopted” families are recipients of food baskets at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and one additional time during the year

• Basket Ministry provides community members with funds for utility bills, gas for job interviews and children’s school supplies

2009 Presbytery contribution - $300

Serving meals to an average of 46

guests every Tuesday evening

Providing a free evening meal to those in need within the community of Arkansas City

2009 Presbytery contribution $2,000

FIVE LOAVES First Presbyterian ChurchArkansas City

Church members offer food & fellowship

1,436 guests served since inception in January 2008

Food 4 KidsHutchinson, KS

Providing 240 students in Reno County with a weekly food pack

2009 Presbytery contribution - $200

It costs $115.00 a year tosupport one student

with a food pack each Friday afternoon

A food pack might contain:• one 12 oz jar of peanut butter• one sleeve of crackers• one can of beans & franks• cereal• fruit cups• raisins• pudding cups• juice boxes• aseptic milk boxes• granola bars

Volunteers assembleand deliver the foodpacks to the schoolsso the kids have food for the weekend

Marriage Enrichment“MET Life”

Issues:

13 couples in small

group settingMentoring couplesand Pastor provideguidance and sharepersonal experiences

Food,Childcare &Materials provided

DisciplineBlended families

Teenagers

First Presbyterian ChurchLiberal, KS

etc.

2009 Presbytery contribution $1,500

Brotherhood Church Day Camp

• 70-80 kids participated in Day Camp 2008

• A Counselor assigned to each group

• Started each day with Devotions

• Students enjoyed cooking, movies, arts/crafts, Field Trips, bowling, swimming and skating

• Lessons in reading, writing, math and English are provided

Presbytery 2009 contributions $18,100

• Offering two classes of eighteen children per class on M-Th for 2 ½ hrs each day

• Learning colors, counting (in English, Spanish & Swahili) and to help others

• The children take Field Trips, enjoy music time, have play time outdoors & learn about science

Brotherhood Church Pre-School

Presbytery 2009 contribution $11,000

Kansas

In 2007, KEM issued twentygrants to rural familiesthrough their partnershipwith Kansas State University.

70 people attended the workshop“What Every Church Should Know About Children in Poverty” held inWichita and sponsored by KEM

KEM is working, as part ofa coalition, to reform healthcare in Kansas

Presbytery contributionfor 2009 is $500

EcumenicalMinistries

WSU Campus Ministries

WSU

Nurtures spiritual growth at Wichita State University

Welcomes people of all faith traditions

Believes that world peace is possible through dialogue

Values the diversity of WSU students

Presbytery contribution 2009$4,750

Campus Ministries:

Mission and Outreach

Presbytery contributionfor 2009 - $1,000

College students

participate in mission

trips throughout the

school year, Christmas

and summer break.

Approximately 7-10 tripsare available to studentseach year.

In 2007, between7-20 students participated in eachmission trip. Sitesfor trips have included:AfricaEastern EuropeSouth AmericaCentral AmericaChina

Sterling College

As an example: This group of college students started in Manaus & headed down the Amazon on a medical mission boat. They spent a week on the boat visiting and helping with missions in Iguacu & Brasilia.

Ovidio Flores Honduras

Copan Ruins Housing Project – construction of a four family home

Santa Cruz de Yojoa – community wide women’s food cooperative

2009 Presbytery contribution $3,420

Laying of the cornerstonefor the new school, CentroEscolar.

The church, Neuvo Clavario, is next to the new school.

Nuevo CalvarioEl Salvador

• The four classroom building will have 80 children attending half day classes

• When completed, the school will employ two teachers

Presbytery 2009 contribution $1,900

Neuvo Clavario is located next to San Esteban Catarina which is 60kilometers east of the capital city, San Salvador.

Faith in Action

GoZones!

Campaign to End Childhood Hunger

Interfaith Ministries Programs Wichita

625 tutors andmentors provide after school mentoring, tutoring,music, art, drama, computer lab and recreational programs

Serving 1,225 youth throughone of the ten GoZones! sitesavailable

Providing assistance for frail elderlychronically ill or disabled persons so they can maintain independence

4.8% of Kansasfamilies are hungry

3,100 households were helped in 2007 by all of the CTECHprograms

2009 Presbytery contribution - $1,077 per program

Twelve youth planted containergardens filled with tomatoes,lettuce, peppers & potatoes tohelp families fight hunger

The Presbytery of Southern KansasIn Partnership With

The Presbyteries of Northern Mexico

• Creating new relationships

• The exchange of ideas & people

• New understanding of how God is working among us

• Opportunities to be in mission and the recipient of mission

In Missouri alone, each day: • 3,000 children quit school • 6 commit suicide • Over 1,000 are removed from their homes to keep them safe

SYNOD MINISTRIES

Through the treatment-oriented programs of Presbyterian Children’s Services, our goal is to help young people develop self-esteem

PDA has supported responses in 20 presbyteries in the last five months

This year, historic flooding and other storms have impacted communities across the Midwest and other portions of the United States

General Assembly Missions• For the first time in 50 years, the assembly voted

to increase the number of mission personnel serving as the hands and feet of Christ around the world 

• Mission personnel will be "saving lives" not just by

providing urgent medical care or implementing holistic ministries, but by preaching the gospel, often in places where it has never been heard

John and Gwenyth Haspels

With the support of Presbyterians, this commitment will extend our collectiveoutreach in mission around the world

Where do you fit in?

• Would you consider increasing your General Mission giving for 2009?

• Would you consider a special gift over and above your General Mission to one of these projects?

• Would you hold a special fund raising event for one of these projects?