Outreach to our World

Douglas Dicks, Regional Liaison of PCUSA in the Middle East - This gift is designated within our gifts to the mission work of PCUSA. It supports the work of Doug Dicks who represents our denomination with other denominational groups, heads of other churches and governments to work with organizations in the region on issues related to peace. Doug also maintains communication with individuals and churches in the U.S. to keep them informed of what is happening on the ground in that region.

• WEB LINK:  www.pcusa.org
• LOCATION:  Middle East
• APC CONNECTION:  Elise Dormond knows Doug through her work with the Presbytery's Peacemaking Committee and Middle East Focus Group.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2007
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $2,500

Kikuyu Hospital, Kenya – This hospital in Kenya provides care for diabetics and others.

• WEB LINK:  www.pcusa.org
• LOCATION:  Kenya
• APC CONNECTION:  Dot Lampe visited the hospital as part of a tour with the Medical Benevolence Foundation.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  pre-1998
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $3,200

Kuwadzana Presbyterian Church, Zimbabwe – Our gift helps provide food for children orphaned by AIDS. It also helps fund self-help projects (chicken hatching, garden and welding programs) to support people living in an economically and politically unstable country.

• LOCATION:  Zimbabwe
• APC CONNECTION:  Sturge and Joanne Poorman lived and worked in Zimbabwe.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2002
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $2,500

Medical Benevolence Foundation - MBF partners with PCUSA to support international health programs; recruits healthcare professionals and other volunteers; and provides donated surplus medical supplies and equipment to its international programs.

• WEB LINK:  www.mbfoundation.org
• LOCATION:  Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Central America
• APC CONNECTION:  Dot Lampe
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  pre-1998
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $1,200

Rahab's Trust, India – This ministry of a Christian Indian couple, Arun and Shobha Massey, offers education, a safe place to live and the good news of the Gospel to young girls whose mothers are prostitutes connected to a Hindu temple in Southwest India. The girls learn a trade that will enable them to be self-sufficient so that they will not become part of the cycle of temple prostitution in which their mothers are engaged.

• WEB LINK:  www.caringhandsindia.com
• LOCATION:  India
• APC CONNECTION:  Several members of the Mission Committee met with the Masseys who lead this program, through a connection with Media Presbyterian Church.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2007
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $1,200

Promised Land Ministries, Guatemala – This faith community and mission in the mountains of Guatemala provides worship services, food, medical and dental care, and education for children and their families in this poverty stricken area.

• WEB LINK:  www.plmmissions.org
• LOCATION:  Central America
• APC CONNECTION:  Two mission trips from APC have gone: Scott Funston, Mary Ann MacCain, Tim Patterson, Carol Pawlowski, Lisa Wolverton.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2007
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $1,200

Promised Land Ministries Scholarship Fund - This allocation supports travel costs for one person if a mission team is sent this year.

• WEB LINK:  www.plmmissions.org
• LOCATION:  Central America
• APC CONNECTION:  See above
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2007
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $1,900

Proyecto Amistad - A joint ministry of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the National Presbyterian Church of México. Amistad seeks to encourage, equip, and support the Presbyterian Churches of Mexico and the United States (PCUSA) facilitating their joint ministry as witnesses and instruments of the Kingdom of God.

• WEB LINK:  www.binationalministry.org
• LOCATION:  USA, Mexico
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2008
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $600

Siloam Eye Hospital, Korea – This Christian hospital in Seoul provides free treatment and surgery to more than 5,000 needy patients a year. It also operates a mobile eye hospital that provides treatment to almost 15,000 people annually in outlying areas.

• WEB LINK:  www.siloam.co.kr
• LOCATION:  Korea
• APC CONNECTION:  Alice Mack is in regular contact with the doctors at Siloam.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2004
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $1,300

SNEHA, India – Society for Nurture, Education, and Health Advancement is a Christian ministry in the slums of this city. Children are educated and women are taught reading, computer basics, and income producing skills such as sewing and candle making.

• WEB LINK:  www.pcusa.org
• LOCATION:  India
• APC CONNECTION:  Joanne Poorman and Alice Mack are in regular contact with Dr. Rita Rao, the director of this program.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2002
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $3,100

St. Luke’s Hospital, Nablus, the West Bank, Palestine – This Christian hospital, in an almost totally Muslim city, is the major nucleus of Christianity in the region. It serves a largely Muslim population, many unable to afford health care. In the current chaotic political and economic situation in Palestine, the hospital continues to provide services often reducing staff salaries in order to keep its doors open.

• WEB LINK:  www.biblelands.org
• LOCATION:  Middle East
• APC CONNECTION:  Elise Dormond has visited the hospital three times and maintains e-mail contact with the office of the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East which operates the hospital.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2001
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $5,300

General Assembly of PCUSA - This disbursement supports mission causes of our denomination on six continents from Philadelphia to Cairo to Karachi to Seoul telling in words and deeds the love of God as revealed by Jesus Christ. In partnership with indigenous congregations we help feed the hungry, heal the sick, train pastors and lay leaders; build churches, hospitals, clinics and schools; provide clean water; and train people for self-sufficient employment.

• WEB LINK:  www.pcusa.org
• LOCATION:  World Wide
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  1907
• 2008 SUPPORT:  $9,750