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SURVEY
FOR STEWARDSHIP OF SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Your Mission Committee is working to identify service opportunities that reflect the incredible wealth of skills and interests of Ardmore Presbyterian Church. Please take the time to fill out our online Survey of Skills and Interests Thank you!

If you prefer, you can print the PDF version of the survey and place the completed form in the offering plate or bring it to the church office.

Outreach to our Community

Camp Kirkwood – This Presbytery ministry provides a Christian camping experience to young people in grades 2 through 12 from the region. Youth learn about God and his love for them in the context of His creation and what it means to be responsible stewards of that creation.

• WEB LINK:  www.kirkwoodcamp.org
• LOCATION:  Stroudsburg, PA
• APC CONNECTION:  Jim and Elise Dormond have both worked for the camp and served on its Board of Directors.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  pre-1998
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $3,600

Community Food Cupboard – Provides free food for people in need.

CROP Walk – An ecumenical event raising funds for local hunger programs. www.churchworldservice.org

Elder Net of Lower Merion – Provides services enabling frail elderly and disabled people to remain independent as long as possible.

• WEB LINK:  www.eldernetonline.org
• LOCATION:  Lower Merion, PA
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2001
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $1000

John Gloucester House – This outreach program for children in SW Philadelphia is supported with gifts for its “Happy Birthday Jesus” party in December. www.jghouse.org

Momobile – APC supports this local program for at risk mothers and children through its mitten, hat and scarf tree at Christmas.

Presbytery of Philadelphia – This disbursement supports mission causes of our local Presbytery from planting new churches to redeveloping existing churches.

• WEB LINK:  www.presbyphl.org
• LOCATION:  Greater Philadelphia, PA
• APC CONNECTION:  Elise Dormond
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  1907
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $18,500

Retired Pastor’s Fund of Philadelphia Presbytery – This fund supports retired Presbyterian pastors with inadequate retirement incomes.

• WEB LINK:  www.presbyphl.org
• LOCATION:  Greater Philadelphia, PA
• APC CONNECTION:  Some of our previous associate pastors have benefited from this fund.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2002
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $1,200

PresbyHomes & Services Broomall Presbyterian Home – This gift helps to pay for the cost of nursing home care for residents unable to afford total health care. APC members have benefited directly from this fund.

• WEB LINK:  www.presbyhomes.org
• LOCATION:  Broomall, PA
• APC CONNECTION:  Some of APC's long time members live at Broomall Home.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2002
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $1,800

Presbyterian Children’s Village – This gift helps to fund two programs for vulnerable children: the chaplain at the Village in Rosemont which houses children unable to live in their own homes; and the Southwest Philadelphia Satellite Center for children in the Kingsessing area of Philadelphia who suffer an unusually high rate of loss within their families due to incarceration, violent crime, and drug dealing.

• WEB LINK:  www.pcv.org
• LOCATION:  Rosemont, PA
• APC CONNECTION:  Sarah Schreiner currently serves on the Church Relations Council.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  pre-1998
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $4,000

Synod of the Trinity – This disbursement supports mission causes of the Synod which is the regional administrative office of PCUSA and which includes our Presbytery.

• WEB LINK:  www.syntrinity.org
• LOCATION:  Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia and Ohio
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  1907
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $1,475

Welcoming the Stranger – This ministry provides educational opportunities for immigrants and refugees. Classes, taught mostly by volunteers from area churches, include English, computer skills and citizenship preparation.

• WEB LINK:  www.welcomingthestranger.org
• LOCATION:  Langhorne, PA
• APC CONNECTION:  Rev. Sturgis Poorman, who also serves APC as pastoral helper, started this organization and is the executive director.
• YEAR SUPPORT INITIATED:  2000
• 2009 SUPPORT:  $5,750

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CENTURY CAMPAIGN MISSION FUNDS - LOCAL

The church conducted a three year capital campaign to raise funds for specific physical plant needs of our beautiful building. One of the provisions of the Campaign was that 15% ($112,000) of all funds raised would be given to support benevolences as recommended by the Mission Awareness Committee. Disbursements for local projects are as follows:

Broad Street Ministries - will benefit from a grant of $5,000 to assist with its Breaking Bread program, which provides free meals to homeless people in Philadelphia.

PresbyHomes & Services – Broomall Home was granted $5,000 to help with their capital campaign to expand the area serving Alzheimer’s patients and an exterior enhancement plan.

The Other Carpenter - one of the hands-on ministries we currently support received a grant of $5,000 toward the cost of materials needed in its ministry of housing renewal.

Welcoming the Stranger - a ministry to immigrants in the lower Bucks County area, headed by Sturgis Poorman, Pastoral Helper at APC, is an annual recipient of mission funds from APC. The organization seeks to stand on its own financially as an independent non-profit organization. $12,500 was given to help it reach a goal of financial self-sufficiency.

(Remaining funds from the Century Campaign will be disbursed at the discretion of the Mission Committee to support expenses associated with hands-on ministries in which our church members are active.)

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HANDS-ON MINISTRIES

Ardmore Presbyterian Church is currently involved with four local programs that utilize volunteers from local churches. We currently send volunteers to help with the following programs:

The Build-it Bus – is a traveling creative workshop on a bus. The bus travels to urban after-school programs, day care centers, summer camps and senior centers to offer skilled craft programs - from woodworking to sewing craft to cooking. The bus currently runs programs at the Joseph Leidy School (for WePAC) and at the West Philadelphia Senior Center.

• WEB LINK: www.builditbus.com
• LOCATION: Travels to Philadelphia area locations
• APC COORDINATOR: Sherina Poorman
• YEAR FINANCIAL SUPPORT INTIATED: 2009

The Other Carpenter (TOC) (2008) – is an organization that assists elderly and low-income homeowners in the East Parkside neighborhood of West Philadelphia with maintenance and improvement of their homes.

• WEB LINK:
• LOCATION: West Philadelphia
• APC COORDINATOR: Laura Goetsch
• YEAR FINANCIAL SUPPORT INTIATED: 2009

WePAC – helps to build community one child at a time through volunteers working in five elementary schools in nearby West Philadelphia. APC is currently working to upgrade libraries in the schools, most of which have been closed due to lack of funds to operate them. Additionally volunteers provide art and music programs, and skills programs for youth including college prep.

• WEB LINK: www.wepac.org
• LOCATION: West Philadelphia
• APC COORDINATOR: Connie Hoelscher is currently setting up a library for the Bluford Elementary School and will also provide library start-up in the other WePAC schools.
• YEAR FINANCIAL SUPPORT INTIATED: 2009

Interfaith Hospitality Network of the Main Line (IHN) (2008) – provides overnight accommodations, meals, and comprehensive counseling to homeless families with children who are willing to participate in a self-sufficiency model.

• WEB LINK: www.ihncares.org
• LOCATION: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Ardmore
• APC COORDINATOR: Anne Foote
• YEAR FINANCIAL SUPPORT INTIATED: 2009

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