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Worldwide Missions

Reaching out to our brothers and sisters across the globe helps bond us as a single family under God. In World Wide Missions, First Presbyterian has chosen primary partnerships with people in Guatemala. 

Common Hope — Mission and Ministry to Guatemala 
Teams of individuals travel to Guatemala to develop friendships and to work in the areas of housing, education, and health care, as part of our on-going mission partnership with the people of Guatemala. Working with Common Hope, a Minnesota based organization committed to individual and family development, bridges of love and understanding are being built from Stillwater to New Hope Village and Antigua.  The mission teams help to educate the congregation about the Guatemalan people — their joy and sorrow, their faith and hardships. Many Guatemalan children and families have access to education and health care through the “sponsor a child" program supported by individual members of the church. This partnership enables us to see the face of God in the Guatemalan people and to discover how the Spirit of God is at work transforming lives in Minnesota and Guatemala.

General Assembly of Presbyterian Church (USA)
Other worldwide mission giving was directed through the General Assembly of the PC(USA).  Donations included:  shared gifts, with no restrictions, used to support the entire PC(USA) mission budget; directed gifts to Frontero De Cristo, the Presbyterian Border Ministry along the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona; and special offerings.  The special offerings include: 

* One Great Hour of Sharing supports the Presbyterian Hunger Program, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Self-Development of People.

* Peacemaking Offering supports the efforts of Presbyterians in their churches, presbyteries, synods, and the General Assembly to walk in God's paths of peace.

* Pentecost Offering supports children at risk, youth and young adults.

* Christmas Joy Offering supports assistance programs of the Presbyterian Board of Pensions and racial ethnic schools and colleges of the PC(USA).