I know many of you saw the article in the paper this week about Global Links' important role in providing relief to the people of Cuba, who have been hit hard by late-summer hurricanes this year.
Sixth Presbyterian provides committed volunteers to Global Links. If you have not yet had a chance to offer some time to them and would like to do so, please contact Doris Bell, Jan Maxwell, or Sheila Kier for more information!
If you didn't have a chance to see Anya Sostek's story in the Post-Gazette, here's a bit of it (with a link to the full article!)....
A little Pittsburgh nonprofit is about to play a big role in Cuban disaster relief.
Global Links, a Garfield-based medical relief organization, holds one of only a handful of federal licenses allowing legal humanitarian aid to Cuba.
To deal with the aftermath of two major hurricanes walloping the island nation in just more than a week, the World Health Organization asked Global Links to serve as a conduit in delivering medical supplies to the country.
The article is online at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08253/910557-53.stm .
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Talking About Torture
See www.PittsburghAgainstTorture.org. Pittsburgh Against Torture is sponsoring an event at the Friends Meeting House (Oakland) on Saturday, September 20th, on "Talking About Torture: How Can We Learn to Speak About the Unspeakable."
We will learn more about this at our next committee meeting.
We will learn more about this at our next committee meeting.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Back to....'School'?
Or at least back to non-summer routines. The end of August still seems like a time of transition for many of us, even if we aren't sharpening pencils and shopping for new back-to-school shoes.
The next meeting of the Church and Community Committee is tentatively planned for September 14th. You'll receive an email notice (and a bulletin reminder) once that date and location are confirmed.
Are you on Facebook? If so, become a fan/member of the 'Friends of Sixth Presbyterian Church' group! From there, you'll also see a link to Smallworks.org: check it out!
The next meeting of the Church and Community Committee is tentatively planned for September 14th. You'll receive an email notice (and a bulletin reminder) once that date and location are confirmed.
Are you on Facebook? If so, become a fan/member of the 'Friends of Sixth Presbyterian Church' group! From there, you'll also see a link to Smallworks.org: check it out!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Pittsburgh CROP Walk
Buff up those walking shoes..... The 2008 CROP Walk in the East End of Pittsburgh will be held Sunday, October 12th.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Mark Those Calendars!
Our next meeting will be held after worship on Sunday, June 15th. The agenda will include updates on initiatives such as support of the Neighborhood Academy!
Our committee is responsible for hosting the post-worship fellowship time in September. Fred has signed up for September 28th, but we need volunteers for September 7, 14, and 21.
Our committee is responsible for hosting the post-worship fellowship time in September. Fred has signed up for September 28th, but we need volunteers for September 7, 14, and 21.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
March for Darfur
The Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition’s Destroyed Villages Project will hold a march and rally in downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday, May 18th. Each person marching will represent one of the 2,751 villages damaged or destroyed villages of Darfur and will carry a sign representing the people of that village. Fred O’Leary will be our point person, and all friends and members of Sixth Church are invited to participate.
We will gather at Freedom Corner (Centre & Crawford, just above the Mellon Arena) a little before 2 PM. Donations of $10 per participant are requested by the march organizers, and the Church and Community Committee will cover that cost for Sixth members/friends who are going to participate. Please let Fred know if you will be marching and let him know if you need a ride; he will submit your name and the payment to the march organizers so that your sign will be ready.
We will gather at Freedom Corner (Centre & Crawford, just above the Mellon Arena) a little before 2 PM. Donations of $10 per participant are requested by the march organizers, and the Church and Community Committee will cover that cost for Sixth members/friends who are going to participate. Please let Fred know if you will be marching and let him know if you need a ride; he will submit your name and the payment to the march organizers so that your sign will be ready.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Initial Round of Commitments
We had a productive meeting last Sunday (yay, us!) and agreed to support the following organizations with funding and/or volunteers this year:
Wilkinsburg Community Ministry (funding)
EECM (funding, volunteers for men's shelter meals)
Pgh Community Food Bank (funding)
Neighborhood Academy (funding, volunteers for tutoring and meal prep)
Mars Home for Youth (funding, possible 'muscles and mops' volunteers as needed)
Camp Crestfield (funding toward operating budget, volunteer support for capital campaign and of 'muscles and mops' nature as needed)
Malawi Partnership (funding)
Just Harvest (funding)
Church World Services (funding)
CROP (volunteers for walk, funding for related expenses)
Global Links (volunteers, funding for mailings to Covenant Hospital)
Action for Darfur (pending announcements re march this year -- volunteers to march, funding to sponsor march)
Hosanna Industries and Open Hand Ministries are likely to be targeted volunteer opportunities for the Muscles and Mops subcommittee.
The committee voted unanimously to recommend that Session support the single-payer healthcare overture to Presbytery.
Items for the next meeting (date to be determined):
(1) Determine funding available from Peacemaking offering for our distribution (Maggie); identify local need for funding (committee)
(2) Brief updates on status/requests (some of this may fall under Reports from Subcommittee Leaders): Goats for Rwanda, Pgh Pastoral Institute, Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (possible move out of this committee's budget line), Habitat for Humanity info (Tom), Sojourner House info (Tom), Breachmenders (Joe/Cliff), Hazelwood Presby Church.
(3) Reports from each of the subcommittee leaders
(4) Treasurer report on amount collected from regular 'special offerings': Peacemaking, Joy, One Great Hour of Sharing, Lazarus
Wilkinsburg Community Ministry (funding)
EECM (funding, volunteers for men's shelter meals)
Pgh Community Food Bank (funding)
Neighborhood Academy (funding, volunteers for tutoring and meal prep)
Mars Home for Youth (funding, possible 'muscles and mops' volunteers as needed)
Camp Crestfield (funding toward operating budget, volunteer support for capital campaign and of 'muscles and mops' nature as needed)
Malawi Partnership (funding)
Just Harvest (funding)
Church World Services (funding)
CROP (volunteers for walk, funding for related expenses)
Global Links (volunteers, funding for mailings to Covenant Hospital)
Action for Darfur (pending announcements re march this year -- volunteers to march, funding to sponsor march)
Hosanna Industries and Open Hand Ministries are likely to be targeted volunteer opportunities for the Muscles and Mops subcommittee.
The committee voted unanimously to recommend that Session support the single-payer healthcare overture to Presbytery.
Items for the next meeting (date to be determined):
(1) Determine funding available from Peacemaking offering for our distribution (Maggie); identify local need for funding (committee)
(2) Brief updates on status/requests (some of this may fall under Reports from Subcommittee Leaders): Goats for Rwanda, Pgh Pastoral Institute, Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (possible move out of this committee's budget line), Habitat for Humanity info (Tom), Sojourner House info (Tom), Breachmenders (Joe/Cliff), Hazelwood Presby Church.
(3) Reports from each of the subcommittee leaders
(4) Treasurer report on amount collected from regular 'special offerings': Peacemaking, Joy, One Great Hour of Sharing, Lazarus
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