First Presbyterian Church of Shenandoah
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME
Carol Hornbuckle
EMAIL
[email protected]
PHONE
712-246-3592
OFFICE ADDRESS
200 West Clarinda Avenue
Shenandoah, IA 51601
TYPE OF WORK
Faith Based
Members of First Presbyterian Church of Shenandoah set aside 2 - 5
cents for every meal they eat. (This guideline has been set by the "Cents-
Ability" program.) On the last Sunday of every month they collect this
offering during the last hymn of their worship service. Members bring their
change forward and put it in a rattan fish. Half of the offering goes to their
local food bank and the other half goes to the Presbyterian Hunger
Program which fights hunger through projects in the United States and
around the world. If members forget their change, or don't collect it at
home during the month, they drop their pocket change or bills in the fish.
No one misses this amount of money - and it definitely adds up over the
year.
Members also contribute money to help fund an ecumenical "Seeds of
Faith" field of corn or soybeans. Three other churches in the community
participate: The Congregational United Church of Christ, the First Christian
Church and the United Methodist Church. Fields of a number of acres,
dependent on the amount raised, are planted by volunteer farmers. After
the crop is harvested by these farmers, and sold, the money is
distributed by the Foods Resource Bank in projects around the world to
combat hunger.
COUNTIES
Fremont
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HOW TO HELP
Iowans can support this work by starting a similar program in their own
church or organization.
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