Who is the Global Mission Committee?
Every Central member, certainly; potentially, everyone who comes to Central! Current committee members include Cat Goodrich (pastoral resident), Bettye Russell (chair), Mary Caroline Lindsey, Harold Harbert, Elizabeth Neil, Ellen Logan, Kemie Nix, Karol Osborne, Jennell Charles and Ella Ruth Hunnicutt
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International mission trips
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To the US/Mexico border in summer 2012
Support for youth trips and through Presbytery partnerships
In the past: Central trips to Scotland (Iona), Cuba, Israel/Palestine, Mexico |
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Presbyterian Coffee Project
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Coffee, tea, cocoa, and chocolate candy for sale the third Sunday of the month |
| Refugee Resettlement |
Volunteer help, home furnishings and financial support through the locally based RRISA and Refugee Family Services |
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International students
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Host students during holidays through the locally based AMIS
Sign up for the Amigo program, spending time with students from other countries during their stay in Atlanta while attending a local university
Host the annual December holiday luncheon for Atlanta’s AMIS program |
| Financial support of organizations working globally with children |
Children’s Literature for Children, Kenya, Central America
A water purification system for a school in Uganda
Orphanage in the Ukraine, This Child Here
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Support of Presbyterian mission co-workers
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Mark Adams on the US/Mexico border
Jo Ella Holman, PC(USA) liaison with Cuba and the Caribbean
Shelvis and Nancy Smith Mather in South Sudan, Africa
The Outreach Foundation who support Presbyterian missionaries around the world |
| Oversight of Central’s contributions to five PC(USA) offerings |
One Great Hour of Sharing (Easter)
Peacemaking Offering (World Communion Sunday)Christmas Joy Offering
Pentecost Offering – part PC/USA General Assembly/part Central for children at risk
PATH Offering (5th Sundays) – for Presbytery of Greater Atlanta to support hunger programs |
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Interfaith initiatives
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Participation in Habitat for Humanity interfaith builds
Financial support of FAMA (Faith Alliance of Metropolitan Atlanta) and the Regional Council of Churches, as well as the Presbyterian Peace Foundation |
Peace Initiatives
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Sunday peace vigils
Execution vigils and letter-writing campaigns
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There are ways and ways and ways to live locally and act globally. New initiatives and new participants are always welcome. Contact Cat Goodrich for more information and more involvement.
