The Elderbloom Club
The Elderbloom Club, organized many years ago as an outreach ministry
to senior citizens in our community, meets twice monthly for lunch and fun.
It is a small group of service-oriented ladies who actively support
our KEYS program and other community projects.
Bellewood Children's Services
Our Buddenbaum House provides space for a ministry supporting young people
in the
community in need of assistance in housing, employment, and lifestyle mentoring.
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is an international, community-based association of
recovering drug addicts with more than 33,500 weekly meetings in over 116
countries worldwide. For several years, in the spirit of Chrisian Outreach,
we have provided meeting space for a local group. They meet daily
at noon, Monday through Friday.
Paducah Cooperative Ministry (PCM)
We support PCM through budgeted funds and active participation in providing
a
vital
interdenominational ministry to the hungry, the homeless, and transients.
Each
month
we encourage members to bring specific items needed by clients
such as food,
cooking
utensils, towels, umbrellas, school supplies, etc.
PCM---Did You Know
DID YOU KNOW--how may programs PCM provides to the needy in Paducah and McCracken County;
There are 6 programs serving the needy families with the help of
46 deniminations plus the "walk-in" requests for help.
As an interfaith ministry all programs seek:
To do God's work with Human's Hands by drawing together persons and congregations
to respond to the basic human needs and conditions.
To be eligible for membership in PCM a congregration must:
- Agree with the purpose of the ministry
- Support the work of PCM with annual financial and in-kind giving
- Commit to remembering the ministry in prayer to lift up and guide our efforts
- Provide two representatives annually to serve on the PCM council
Currently, Nancy Flowers and Hutch Smith are the First Presbyterian
Church's Council members.
Project Aids Orphan
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Monica and Paul Bilak lived in Kenya from 1999 to 2002. Project Aids Orphan, a non-profit organization started by the Bilaks, is a direct outgrowth of their experience there. Project AIDS Orphan was begun with their Kenyan friend David Okong’o. David and Paul are nurse-practitioners who worked together in the mission hospital while the Bilaks lived in Kenya.
Project AIDS Orphan is dedicated to providing for Kenyan children who have lost both parents to AIDS. Their project provides family foster care, which involves keeping the child within his or her family, community, or tribe. In this way they can provide stability and a nurturing environment through extended family members and the community.
The need is great, and the contrast between their plight and our plenty is huge. The cost of living in Africa is so low that a child in need can be provided with housing, food, clothing, school fees, school supplies, and regular health care for a $25 a month! The international headquarters for Project AIDS Orphan is The Global Nomad, the Bilak’s Lowertown coffee shop.
Part of Paul’s commitment to this mission is periodic return trips to Kenya to monitor what is being done and to extend the vision of what can be done in the future. He and his long-time friend Todd Yocum (who now lives in Wisconsin, but has ties to our church) plan to travel to Kenya the last week of August.
You can learn a great deal more about Project AIDS Orphan by going to its web site www.projectaidsorphan.org. |
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Fall Christian Education
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