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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 This Year Include:
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Adult Enrichment Center Rock Hill (formerly Park Avenue Adult Day Care)
provides medical, respite, Alzheimer's, and social care for the elderly
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Affinity Health Center (formerly Catawba Care)
provides medical care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS
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Alternative Gift Opportunities - this event encourages alternatives to consumerism at Christmas time, supports our Mission Partners financially, and deepens relationships between Mission Partners and our congregation.
Alternative Giving Catalog -- Simplify your Christmas giving and honor a loved one by supporting our Mission Partners, who reach out to care for our community and others throughout the world.
Equal Exchange - Your purchase is more than just delicious -- it goes a long way toward empowering farmers, strengthening democratic co-ops and changing the food system -- organic chocolate; coffee, tea, fair foods.
Who we are and what we believe in - watch video.
Greenery Order form -- handmade garland and wreaths; Christmas trees are unavailable this year due to a shortage of trees in NC. Deadline: extended to Sun., Nov. 17.
Presbyterian Giving Catalog - Your gifts join with others to help feed the hungry, comfort the brokenhearted, and share our faith with young and old.
SERRV nonprofit, fair trade -- selling handcrafted products to benefit disadvantaged artisans, farmers and their families.
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Children's Attention Home
provides emergency residential shelter for abused and neglected children
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Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen
interdenominational hot meal lunch program Mon.-Sat. OAPC serves on 3rd Tuesdays and 5th Saturdays.
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Family Promise (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network)
a program that provides food, shelter, and training for homeless families
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Haven Men's Shelter
shelter and a meal for homeless men
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HOPE House
Helping Other People Effectively ministers to those in need by providing groceries and partial payments for utilities and medicines.
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HOPE Garden
OAPC members plant, tend and harvest crops to donate to Project H. O. P. E. Ministry. Contact: Sue Smith, 803-328-8681
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Just Coffee
is a coffee cooperative developed by our Missionary Team in Agua Prieta, Mexico
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NAMI
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is an education and advocay group for people with brain disorders. Support Groups meet on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. in rooms 202/203; an open Education Meeting meets quarterly at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of March, June, Sept. and Dec. in Fellowship Hall.
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Pilgrim's Inn
offers five programs to assist individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
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Safe Passage
supportive service for families living with abuse
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Saluda Center
counseling services for a variety of needs such as for the emotionally troubled, families, and clergy training.
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serrv - Click to order Fair Trade, handmade, nonprofit products, with 20% or your purchase donated to OAPC's Mission Partners. Click here to learn from one of the artisans how your support provides for individuals and families in the Philippines.
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STAR (Student Tutorial And Recreation Program)
provides after-school assistance with homework to 1st-5th graders from Ebenezer Elementary School
Groups we support through special campaigns and participation in quarterly or yearly events:
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Crop Walk -- Sun., Nov. 3, 3 p.m., WU Dinkins Front Lawn (Registration at 2 p.m.)
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Habitat For Humanity (OAPC partners with a Faith Build yearly; next work date to be announced.)
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Red Cross (quarterly Blood Drives: usually the first Monday of March, June, September, and December -- 2019 dates: June 3, Sept. 9, Dec. 2
PC(U.S.A.) Institutions we support:
Non-Profit Groups we support through use of our facilities:
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AA -- meets at 5:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri., Presbyterian Student Center
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Al-Anon --meets at Noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays, room 202
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Chemically Dependent Anonymous -- meets at 10 a.m. Saturdays, Presbyterian Student Center
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DBSA (Depression/Bipolar Support Alliance) -- meets 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7:15 p.m., Presbyterian Student Center
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NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) -- General Educ. meetings are held quarterly (March/June/Sept./Dec.) 2nd Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall; Connections and Family Support groups meet 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 6:15 p.m., room 202 education wing; family classes meet when scheduled.
Last Published: November 18, 2019 1:41 PM
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