The Mission Year Book for Prayer and Study

Use the links below to discover more about the ministry and mission of the Presbyterian Church (USA) across the country and around the world. Each day you will be inspired, informed and involved as you read, reflect and pray.

Benevolences

OAPC supports a variety of helping agencies in our community and around the world through its individual members and the Missions Committee.

Our Benevolences for 2012 Include:

• Catawba Care
• Children's Attention Home (click here for April 2011 Golf Tournament info)
• Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen
• Family Promise (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network)
• H.O.P.E.
• Hospice
• Haven Men's Shelter
• Just Coffee
• NAMI
• Park Avenue Adult Day Care
• Pilgrim's Inn
• Safe Passage
• Saluda Center
• STAR

Groups we support

through special campaigns and participation in quarterly or yearly events:

• Crop Walk
• Habitat For Humanity
• Red Cross (2011-12 Blood Drives:  December 5, March 5, June 4)

PC(U.S.A.) Institutions we support:

• Montreat Conference Center
• Thornwell Home for Children

Non- Profit Groups we support through use of our facilities:

• Al-Anon
• Girl Scouts

Alternative Gift Fair

Consider how much we have and what we could do with the money used to buy Christmas gifts.  OAPC hosts an Alternative Gift Fair to encourage our members and community to rethink the kinds of gifts we give.  The funds donated and raised go to local and international helping agencies and institutions. Many of them have literature available and items for sale at their booth. You can also "purchase" a share of an item or product to be used by the group, in honor or memory of a friend or family member (ie: a bucket of nails to be used by Habitat for Humanity in honor of your grandparents). 

In addition we have fair trade coffee & tea along with a 10 Thousand Villages store on-site.

It is located in the Activities Center (504 Oakland Avenue).

Sunday, November 18, 2012 from Noon-3:00p.m.

The schedule is as follows:

    12 Noon    Lunch (donations accepted)

                     Shopping at booths and 10,000 Villages

                     Craft station for children

                     Silent Auction Bidding

     2:45p.m.  Silent Auction Closes

     3:00p.m.  Fair Closes

Brochure (click here for a 2011brochure about the agencies represented)

Order Form (click here for a 2011 order form to use at the fair or church office)