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Reaching Around the Globe
- Disaster Assistance - Aid victims of disasters worldwide through PCUSA and Church World Services. Make checks payable to Providence Church and note "Disaster Relief" in memo and drop in the offering plate, or visit www.pcusa.org/pda
- A favorite of Providence children, the Heifer International Project works at a grass-roots level with the world's poor and hungry people by supporting programs that provide 20 different kinds of food- and income- producing animals in 40 countries on five continents. Heifer Project passes on gifts of livestock and plants and learning so more and more families benefit.
- Africa: Karai Orphanage Kikiyu, Kenya - Providence provides financial support and volunteer opportunities during mission trips that occur every few years. (The trip planned for 2008 was cancelled due to civil unrest in Kenya.)
Mission Trip Slide Show
- Mexico: Presbyterian Border Ministry
Providence has a long-term relationship with a church and its community located in Juarez, Chihuahua. From home and during annual mission trips, Providence carries these ongoing projects:
- construction in the church and community
- Vacation Bible School for a children
- financial support to the ministry
- college scholarship
Juarez Mission Trip (slide show)
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Miscellaneous Slide Show
- Pennies for Peace: Providence is initiating a one-year campaign to collect one million pennies ($10,000) to donate to Pennies for Peace, which promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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. . . for I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you
welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took
care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.
Matthew 25:35-36
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