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Outreach
Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. 1 John 3:18
 Mission
To live out our faith in Jesus Christ by sharing his love in our community and around the world.
Recognizing its call to serve as the hands of Christ in the world, St. John's Presbyterian Church has dedicated itself to committing twenty-five percent of its annual budget to fund its outreach activities.
The Outreach Committee seeks to integrate global and local mission efforts, to guide our congregation's investment of financial resources in service toward others, and even more, to cultivate Christ-like relationships with our neighbors near and far.
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St. John's Outreach Funds at Work
To kick off its 2007 benevolence work, the St. John's Outreach Committee provided the $5000 entry fee for a St. John's team in the recently completed builder's competition held at the Devon Horse Fair grounds. In a perfect blending of local and national concerns, the entry fee goes to help Habitat for Humanity efforts in the Philadelphia area. The framed houses are being sent to Louisiana to help support the continuing post-Katrina rebuilding effort.
Click for listing of organizations supported by with weblinks for additional information
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Opportunities to Serve and Volunteer
We will regularly post notices of local volunteer opportunities and St. John's sponsored mission trips.
Walk Against Hunger
On Saturday, April 14, a team from St. John's will be participating in the Walk Against Hunger in downtown Philadelphia . For more information about the Walk Against Hunger, visit www.hungerwalk.org. To come and walk or for more information about other ways to support the effort, contact the church office.
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Opportunities for Education and Discussion
As part of its effort raise consciousness and not just raise funds, the Outreach Committee will host monthly discussions on a topic connected to St. John's outreach work.
St. John's Committee for Peace and Social Justice
This small group meets once a month for a book discussion and explores ways with which we seek to exert a transformative presence within St. John's. For more information, contact Paul Steege.
- Fairly traded coffee available for purchase during coffee hour on the first and third Sundays of the month.
- St. John's Going Green: For 2007, the Peace and Social Justice group has embarked on a campaign to educate and encourage good environmental practices, beginning with our own church and homes. Learn more about those efforts and the steps we are taking as a church and congregation to help protect and preserve our precious environmental resources.
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Spotlight Concern
Crisis in Darfur
Each year, the St. John's Outreach Committee reserves ten percent of its annual benevolence outlays to address a major humanitarian crisis at the local, national, or international level. At the end 2006, the committee decided that the ongoing genocide in Darfur called out for us to act. While we recognize the inadequacy of our efforts, we felt that we could not stand by silently.
For more information on the Presbyterian Church USA efforts to respond to the ongoing crisis in Darfur visit http://www.pcusa.org/pda/response/africa/sudan-index.htm ]
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