Palo
Duro Presbytery funds the following mission projects in 2007:
After School Program
First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 448, Littlefield, Texas 79339-0448
Phone (806) 789-2557
Contact: Rev. Janne Brumbelow
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Littlefield
Presbytery funding: $700.00
First Presbyterian Church in Littlefield offers an after school program to
local students in grades 1-6. On Wednesday afternoons, approximately twenty
children come to the church for homework help, a snack, music and an art
lesson. Since the local school district does not offer art classes, the
original intention focused primarily around providing art lessons for the
children; however, other needs were discovered as well. The current goals are
to provide a safe, loving environment which supports Christian values,
education and artistic creativity.
Bowie
Mission
P.O. Box 691, Bowie, Texas 76230-0691
Phone (940) 872-6793
Contact: Cliff Mars
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Bowie
Presbytery funding: $750.00
The Bowie Mission is a locally supported, non-profit organization serving the
needs of people in Montague County. The organization provides assistance in
the following ways: food, clothing, financial assistance for medical and
dental costs as well as emergency utility costs. Donations from individuals,
churches and businesses in Bowie support the work of the Mission with
additional support from the Wichita Falls Food Bank and TEX-CAP.
Breakfast on Beech Street
P.O. Box 5911, Abilene, Texas 79608-5911
Phone (325) 692-4149
Contact: Margaret Beasley
In partnership with First Central Presbyterian Church, Abilene
Presbytery funding: $350.00
Breakfast on Beech Street (BOBS) is a collaborative, non-profit community
service whose mission is to help improve the quality of life in our area by
providing a free, hot breakfast and sack lunch each weekday morning to anyone
regardless of age, race, creed, ethnicity, religious affiliation, or income.
BOBS serves
about 45 people per day. The organization is a cooperative effort of First
Central Presbyterian Church and four other congregations of other
denominations serving in harmony and united purpose for more than ten years.
More than 100 volunteers drawn primarily from these five congregations work in
teams to prepare and serve the meals.
Breedlove
Dehydrated Foods
1818 N. Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, Lubbock, Texas 79403-2406
Phone: (806) 741-0404, ext. 15
Contact: Hope Floeck
In partnership with various Presbyterian bodies including the
Presbyterian Hunger Program and Palo Duro Presbytery,
endorsed by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock
Presbytery funding: $1,000.00
Breedlove Dehydrated Foods is a unique non-profit organization dedicated to feeding the hungry
worldwide. Breedlove Dehydrated Foods is committed to feeding the hungry of
the world by developing relationships and partnerships to best utilize our
entire facility and resources to the benefit of those in need. Breedlove food
aid helps orphans and vulnerable children, women, the elderly, victims of
HIV/AIDS, and the sick through programs in school feedings, maternal health
initiatives, disaster relief, health education, hospitals, and health clinics.
Brown Bag Ministry
P.O. Box 956, Sweetwater, Texas 79556-0956
Phone: (325)235-8869
Contact: Janice Gesin
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church,
Sweetwater
Presbytery
funding: $500.00
The Brown Bag Ministry
distributes food to area families meeting TEX-CAP guidelines.. The program is
funded by the Nolan County Ministerial Alliance, a small FEMA grant, donations
from local organizations and a grant from Palo Duro Presbytery. The goal is to
continue providing food to the increasing number of people needing assistance.
Currently Brown Bag provides food to 400-600 individuals and family units.
Buffalo Gap Presbyterian Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 397, Buffalo Gap, Texas 79508-0397
Phone: (325)572-3790
Contact: James Myers, Camp Manager
In partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church, Abilene
Presbytery funding: $700.00
Buffalo Gap Presbyterian Ministries, Inc. operates a camp and retreat facility
on 11 acres in Buffalo Gap, Texas. The main focus of the center is to provide
facilities for the outdoor program of Palo Duro Presbytery for youth and
children each summer. Campers participate in outdoor worship, Bible study,
games, art, and swimming. The facility is also available for retreats,
reunions, church functions, etc.
Christmas
in Action, Lamesa, Texas
P.O. Box 1126, Lamesa, Texas 79331-0500
Phone: (806) 872-3262
Contact: Rev. Don
Stribling
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Lamesa
Presbytery funding: $250.00
Christmas-In-Action, Lamesa, is a group of men and women who want to be good
neighbors and express this by improving the lives of their neighbors who are
either elderly, disabled, or are impoverished families with young children.
These men and women do this by helping their neighbors keep a roof over their
heads, by making sure their homes are safe, and by rehabilitating their houses
in ways that conserve energy, thus saving them money to use on other
necessities. The organization has rehabilitated 13 houses in the past six
years.
Community Partners of the Central Plains
(Rainbow Room)
P.O. Box 1240, Plainview, Texas 79072-1240
Phone: (806) 293-2914
Contact: Linda Gail Walker
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Plainview
Presbytery funding: $500.00
Community Partners of the Central Plains is a non-profit organization
dedicated to meeting the needs of abused and neglected children from Hale,
Brisco, Castro, Swisher, Floyd, Motley and King counties. We work in
conjunction with local child welfare boards to meet the needs of our children.
Though an independent board with its own 501C3 status, we work in conjunction
with all of our neighbors to meet the needs of the children we serve.
Dalhart
Rescue Mission
1221 Tascosa Rd., Dalhart, Texas 79022
Phone: (806) 244-4911
Contact: Richard Slaughter
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Dalhart
Presbytery funding: $500.00
Dalhart Rescue Mission provides a warm shelter in winter, food and clothing to
people in need without regard to race, religion, creed, or national origin.
Mostly transient men are served, but women and children also receive services.
Dawson County Back-to-School Program
P.O. Box 1126, Lamesa, Texas 79331
Phone: (806) 872-3262
Contact: Rev. Don
Stribling
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Lamesa
Presbytery funding: $500.00
The Dawson County Back-to-School Program provides a set of new clothes and
needed school supplies to school children in Dawson County whose families are
unable to purchase these things for themselves. The goal is to build the
self-esteem of school children as they head back to school with some new
clothes and all the necessary supplies to do their schoolwork.
Dawson County Christian Food Pantry
P.O. Box 1126, Lamesa, Texas 79331-1126
Phone: (806) 872-3262
Contact: Rev. Don
Stribling
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Lamesa
Presbytery funding: $500.00
The Dawson County
Christian Food Pantry provides
food and Christian devotional material to the chronic poor living in Dawson
County. The Pantry purchases food from the South Plains Food Bank and then
distributes it monthly to our clients. Working with limited resources, the
Pantry works with our local community action agency to help us assure we are
serving the people in most need of assistance.
Family
Guidance and Outreach Center of Lubbock, Inc.
#5 Briercroft, Lubbock, Texas 79412
Phone: (806) 747-5577
Contact: Lynnette Wilson
In partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock
Presbytery funding: $750.00
The mission of Family Guidance and Outreach Center of Lubbock, Inc. is
prevention of child abuse and neglect. As an advocate for children and
families, we utilize community resources to equip volunteers and strengthen
families by enhancing self-esteem, communication and family unity. By
providing friendship, support, life skills, role modeling and education, the
organization positively impacts families. The programs offered include shaken
baby syndrome training, parenting classes to provide tools to help parents
gain parenting skills, a mentoring program at New Directions which is a school
for pregnant teens and young mothers, and anger management for children and
adolescents.
Family Promise of Lubbock, Inc.
P.O. Box
1258, Lubbock, Texas 79408-1258
Phone: (806) 744-5035
Contact: Connie Hindman,
Director
In partnership with Covenant Presbyterian Church
& First Presbyterian Church, Lubbock
Presbytery funding: $3,000.00
Family Promise of Lubbock, Inc. provides
temporary shelter for homeless families with children through a network of 28
interfaith congregations and over 700 volunteers. Family Promise staff
determine eligibility for services, provide case management, life coaching and
counseling for families as they become empowered to achieve independence.
During the time the families are guests with Family Promise, the van driver
provides and coordinates transportation to and from work opportunities, school
and daycare. Family Promise provides child care for children who are not in
school to enable parents to seek employment.
Friendship Meal
P.O. Box 870, Graham, Texas 76450
Phone: (940) 549-6006
Contact: Alese Nees
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Graham
Presbytery funding: $500.00
The church provides a hot meal and Christian fellowship once a month for
anyone from the community who is in need. Approximately 70 persons participate
in the meal each month.
Good
Samaritan Christian Services
309 N. Ward, Pampa, Texas 79065
Phone: (806) 665-0073
Contact: Jay Bivins
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Pampa
Presbytery funding: $750.00
Good Samaritan Christian Services is a joint effort of churches in the Pampa
area. The organization provides food and clothing, fills prescriptions, pays
utility bills, and occasionally provides lodging and transportation for needy
clients in the area.
Good
Shepherd Christian Outreach
P.O. Box 612, Tulia, Texas 79088-0612
Phone: (806) 995-3621 or (806) 995-2104
Contact: Cynthia Zolman
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Tulia
Presbytery funding: $750.00
The Good Shepherd Christian Outreach responds
to physical, medical, and material needs of persons who reside in or travel
through the community by providing temporary
shelter, basic food, clothing, utilities, medical aid and travel assistance
when necessary and when funds are available; to direct clients to existing
resources and programs which may help them meet their long-term needs; and to
monitor and coordinate services and to reduce duplication and possible abuse
of services.
Hereford Food Pantry
P.O. Box 1932, Hereford, Texas 79045
Phone: (806) 364-5163
Contact: Sally Walker
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Hereford
Presbytery funding: $500.00
Hereford Food Pantry provides food for families in need of food and helps
people with food who have lost their jobs. The county imposes a requirement on
the recipients of assistance that they must be residents of Deaf Smith County.
Funds from the grant are used to purchase food.
Interfaith
Ministries, Inc.
1101 11th
Street, Wichita Falls, Texas 76301
Phone: (940) 322-1365
Contact: Jean Halter Payne
In partnership with First
Presbyterian Church, Wichita Falls
Presbytery funding: $1,500.00
Interfaith Ministries is the local outreach of 55 congregations in Wichita
Falls. The ministry provides emergency financial assistance and a food pantry
to low-income residents of Wichita Falls. Local congregations provide
financial support and pantry supplies, and volunteers staff the center.
Individuals, businesses, civic organizations and local foundations also
support the ministry. Clients are interviewed by trained volunteers to
determine needs, and payments are made to utility companies, pharmacies,
landlords and other providers based on clients’ needs and available funds.
Long-term prescriptions assistance is provided through the Prescription
Project. The CITA (Community Interpreting and Translating Assistance) program
provides volunteer interpreters and translators to non-English and limited
English speakers in the community and surrounding area.
Levelland
Community Outreach Center
802 Houston, Suite 114, Levelland, Texas 79336
Phone: (806) 894-2484
Contact: Robert Guajardo
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Levelland
Presbytery funding: $250.00
The primary purpose of Levelland Community Outreach
Center is the prevention
of child abuse
and neglect. The organization offers emergency food and clothing vouchers, emergency utility
assistance and several educational programs demonstrated at the Levelland
Public Schools by trained volunteers. The programs teach about safety, sexual
abuse, child abuse/neglect, shaken baby syndrome, drug/alcohol syndrome,
safety for children in the home alone. The organization also provides school
supplies and Christmas gifts for clients.
Loaves & Fishes Food Ministry
P.O. Box 105,
Coleman, Texas 76834-0105
Phone: (325) 625-2060
Contacts: Leta Gaither
In partnership with United Christian and Presbyterian Church, Coleman
Presbytery funding: $500.00
Coleman County Ministerial Association’s Loaves & Fishes Food Ministry
serves needs of the disabled, poor, and those with other needs throughout the
county. Families in need of non-perishable foods may come once each month to
receive supplemental groceries for their use. Hot meals are also provided each
Tuesday and Thursday, with most of the meals being delivered or picked up by
care givers, for the homebound, those without transportation, or any family
who is unable to personally pick up or come to the dining room to get their
meals.
Mexico
Mission Trip
First Presbyterian Church, 3601 Taft
Blvd., Wichita Falls, Texas 76308
Phone: (940) 322-4902
Contact: Laura Gibson
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Wichita Falls
Presbytery funding: $3,000.00
The annual short-term Mexico mission trip is sponsored by First Presbyterian
Church in Wichita Falls under the auspices of Constructores Para Cristo (CPC).
Each year, a team of approximately 30 missionaries travels to Piedras Negras,
Mexico to build two homes with two Mexican families in need of simple, decent
housing. Construction of the houses takes about five days, after which a
dedication and worship service takes place and the family receives the keys to
the home. In addition to the construction work, the team works cooperatively
to run a vacation Bible school program for the children of the colonia and to
assist medical and veterinary mission teams.
NOROC
(Grannie Program in Romania)
c/o Fred White, 200 Hedges Road, Abilene, Texas 79605; Phone: (325) 692-0284
Contact: Fred or Carolyn White
In partnership with First Central Presbyterian Church, Abilene
Presbytery funding: $3000.00
NOROC must continue to exist and do the compassionate work for which it was
created. The NOROC mission statement is to give New Opportunities for Romanian
Orphaned Children. Newborn infants until age 6 receive individual loving
attention from Big-Hearted Grannies. Students of all ages are tutored for
success in all grades in school. There are now 11 university students from our
NOROC Big-Hearted Teachers program. In the Big-Hearted Friends program, older
children and youth are taken to culturally enriching outings in their
surrounding area and are taught living skills.
Opportunity
School, Inc.
c/o First Presbyterian Church, 1100 S. Harrison, Amarillo, Texas 79101
Phone: (806) 373-4245
Contact: Emily Wood, Development Director
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Canyon
Presbytery funding: $1,500.00
Opportunity School, nationally accredited by the National Association for
the Education of Young Children, prepares
children for success in school and in life by providing early education parent
support for 152 children from low-income families. The school features a
strong parent education component in addition to low child-teacher ratios and
a carefully designed curriculum. Founded as an outreach mission by members of
First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo, the school has two campuses: Central
Campus in First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo serving 80 students, and the
Grand Street Campus serving 72 students.
Presbyterian Food Pantry
333 Orange, Abilene, Texas 79601
Phone (325) 692-0073
Contact: Frances Buzard
In partnership with First Central Presbyterian Church, Abilene
Presbytery funding: $500.00
The Presbyterian Food Pantry is open each Tuesday from 1-4 p.m. and provides
food and essentials for a week to needy families, who may come for help once
every six weeks. Food is purchased from the West Central Texas Food Bank and
local grocery stores. Church members support the pantry with donations of
money and food. More than 50 volunteers from First Central and Westminster
Presbyterian Churches in Abilene staff the pantry.
Presbyterian Home for Children
3400 S. Bowie, Amarillo, Texas 79109
Phone: (806) 352-5771
Contact: Charee Godwin-Smith
In partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church, Amarillo
Presbytery funding: $4,000.00
The Children’s Home provides Christ-centered care
and nurturing for abused,
neglected and dependent children and youth in a therapeutic home-like
atmosphere. Trained professionals teach social, academic and independent
living skills in a safe and secure setting. The Home invests in the lives of
young people, helping them find a sense of hope and purpose in their lives.
The goal of this home is to increase the number of successful transitions from
a controlled environment into independent living.
Presbyterian
Medical Care Mission
302 Medical Drive, Abilene, Texas 79601
Phone: (325) 676-3104
Contact: J. Scott Golding
In partnership with First Central Presbyterian Church, Abilene
Presbytery funding: $3,500.00
The Presbyterian Medical Care Mission provides, in a Christian setting,
primary medical and dental care to low-income, uninsured children and adults
in the Abilene area. The Mission charges on a sliding fee scale with the
average office visit costing just $10.00. Although the Mission is not a free clinic, patients are
never turned away for inability to pay.
Samaritan
Pastoral Counseling Center of Amarillo, Inc.
P.O. Box 9357, Amarillo, Texas 79105-9357
Phone: (806) 353-1668, ext. 29600
Contact: Twilla Woolsey, Executive Director
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Amarillo
Presbytery funding: $1,500.00
Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center provides faith-based counseling services
to individuals, couples, families, and children in the Panhandle area. Our
therapists are licensed professionals in the State of Texas and are trained in
integrating psychotherapy and spirituality in the healing process. We provide
help to individuals/families dealing with their spiritual journey, marital
issues, parenting, depression, anxiety, as well as other mental illnesses. Our
program provides counseling on a sliding scale basis for those who are without
health insurance and could not afford counseling.
Scurry County Food Cupboard
P.O. Box 500, Snyder, Texas 79550-0500
Phone: (325) 573-6866
Contact: Johney Greenfield
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Snyder
Presbytery funding: $500.00
The Scurry County Food Cupboard supplies food to families in Scurry County
that meet state guidelines for low income; and, in cases of emergencies, to
any family regardless of income. We also provide emergency help to transients.
Each family who qualifies can receive food one time per month as long as
needed.
Seymour
Organization Helping Others (SOHO)
215 N. Washington
Street, Seymour, Texas 76380
Phone: (940) 889-8408
Contact: Marilyn Piatt
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Seymour
Presbytery funding: $1,000.00
SOHO provides a single point of contact for all persons seeking assistance for
genuine physical, material, social, spiritual, educational or emotional needs
or concerns. The organization
operates from an office donated by the community, utilities included. The
organization duplicates no other programs in the community and has one paid
employee. SOHO pays $100.00
annually to the food bank to keep the pantry stocked.
South
Plains Food Bank — Farm, Orchard & Garden Division
2201 16th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79401
Phone: (806) 762-3831
Contact: Jenifer Smith
In partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock
Presbytery funding: $1,053.00
The South Plains Food Bank, Inc. through its various programs, is a
humanitarian resource with responsibility for securing, growing, and
processing, and/or distributing food to charitable organizations and persons
in need. The South Plains Food Bank, Inc. strives to be a model for community
partnerships and a catalyst for social change by providing opportunities for
persons to break out of the poverty cycle. The Farm, Orchard & Garden
Division fosters the development of community food security. Over the past six
years, the design at the Carolyn Lanier Youth Farm has been gradually
redeveloped to accommodate youth, senior adults and the physically challenged
as well as increasing poundage of produce grown. Our desire is to grow the
highest quality produce and to allow every willing volunteer the opportunity
to participate in our project. Presbytery funds received over the past years
have allowed us to increase access to our farm through the construction of
brick pathways. Additionally, raised bed growing areas
have increased crop production and made gardening accessible to our physically
challenged and senior volunteers. In 2008, presbytery funds will allow the
garden to install trellised raised bed growing areas in order to increase
production of crops that vine, as well as providing additional gardening space
for senior adults and physically challenged volunteers.
The
Word at Work
1400 Wolflin Avenue, Amarillo, Texas 79109
Phone: (806) 342-3600
Contact: Rev. Tim Tam
In partnership with Covenant Presbyterian Church, Amarillo
Presbytery funding: $4,000.00
The Word at Work enlists and challenges churches to actively participate in
missions through providing guidance to churches with teaching, resourcing and
leading trips. The organization maintains close communication with pastors and
with the Presbytery of Belize in order to communicate their needs to churches
in the United States. We are developing an ever growing network of people and
resources with which we are able to support the work of Christ’s church in
Belize and beyond. Funds
are used for operating expenses.
Tulia
Child Development Center
P.O. Box 361, Tulia, Texas 79088
Phone: (806) 995-2786
Contact: Edna Tucker
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Tulia
Presbytery funding: $750.00
Tulia Child Development
Center provides child care for more than 60
children from 6 weeks old to 14 years old. The
center is presently partnering with the High Plains Food Bank in Amarillo to
open a Kids’ Café in Tulia. At present, more than 67% of the children
enrolled in Tulia ISD receive free or reduced price lunches. These children
will be served an evening meal that meets USDA guidelines at no cost to the
children. In addition to receiving a meal, the children will receive
information on nutrition, physical fitness, safety issues, and homework help.
United
Samaritan Services of Vernon
1708 Main Street, Vernon, Texas 76384
Phone: (940) 552-8778
Contact: Barbara Harvey
In partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Vernon
Presbytery funding: $1,000.00
United Samaritan Services of Vernon is a benevolent organization started as a
project of the Federation of Church Women of Vernon in November, 1994. The
USSV provides services to families in need of assistance in a variety of ways.
Food and clothing donated by local churches, businesses, and the
total person by providing a
comprehensive and compassionate response to homeless and indigent
individuals/families. Faith Mission ministers to clients by providing
immediate physical, spiritual, social, emotional and educational needs through
ministries of charity. Safe housing, nourishing meals, clothing, household
goods, and spiritual, social, emotional, and educational needs are provided to
clients as well as students in a “Genesis” recovery program. There are
sleeping spaces for 74 men, 16 women, and four families.
Mary
Ferris, Missionary to Romanian orphans
In partnership with the World Ministries Division of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
Palo Duro Presbytery and the congregations of Palo Duro Presbytery
Presbytery funding: $10,000.00
Mary Ferris, an ordained Presbyterian minister and full-time missionary living
in Romania, works to successfully transition older orphans to lead productive
lives as adults after they leave the institution.
Her work also involves advocating for the well-being of all of the orphans in
Tulcea County.
Ministry
Support Grants to Small Congregations
First
Presbyterian Church, Dalhart
— $5,000.00 plus $1,000.00 for the after-school program
First
Presbyterian Church, Littlefield — $5,000.00
Campus
Ministries
United
Campus Ministry, First Presbyterian Church in Canyon — $2,500.00
Underground
College Ministry, First Presbyterian Church in Wichita Falls — $3,500.00
