Go Stand by the Well and Feel the Goodness of Giving (Malawi reflection by Beth Eskew)
Reflections onMalawi Richard Stearns writes in his book, The Hole in Our Gospel, that we in the West with our affluence and wealth must fight something known as compassion fatigue. Where we see so much pain and poverty and desperation that it feels completely overwhelming and so we do nothing. These people are on the [...]
Greetings from Chuluchosema Kids Sponsored by SACPC
Our travelers returned from Malawi late last week after meeting all the children our church is sponsoring. Because of gifts from you, all of these children from the Chuluchosema church community are able to attend school for one year. Each sponsored child receives school fees, a uniform, supplies, and one meal each school day. This [...]
SACPC Team Returns to Malawi in April
Six members of our church prepare for their week-long trip to Malawi in April. Steve and Kay Hein, Dawn Mann, Bert Exum, Dana Harris and Beth Eskew will focus on our partnership with the Chuluchosema Presbyterian Church. The team will help… determine the placement of a number of wells, participate in Bible studies, determine ways [...]
Celebrating Dollars for Scholars in Malawi
We have great news to celebrate! $17,500 has been donated by our very generous congregation to send children of our Malawi sisters and brothers to school! These gifts will allow at least 150 children to attend elementary school and 4-5 youth to go to high school where their room and board will be covered. Many [...]
Zikomo Kwambiri!
As you may know, we have a goal of sending 100 children from the village of Chuluchosema to school in 2012. As of December 20, SACPC members have raised enough to send 140 students to school in 2012! Merry Christmas to all, especially to the children of Chuluchosema! And, as they say in Malawi…Zikomo Kwambiri, which [...]
Zikomo Kwa Mulungu! Thanks be to God!
We are over halfway toward our goal of sending 100 children from the village of Chuluchosema to school in 2012! Sunday School classes and members of our congregation are responding to the call to provide a full year of school for children in the village of Chuluchosema, where our partner church is located in Malawi, [...]
Change a Child’s Future
Your gift in honor of a loved one this Christmas can send a child in Chuluchosema to school for an entire year. During this past summer, a delegation from St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church travelled over 7,000 miles to sign a partnership agreement between St. Andrews-Covenant and the Chuluchosema Presbyterian Church in the village of Chuluchosema, Malawi, Africa. [...]
Two-Cents-A-Meal Offering is December 4
Our Two-Cents-A-Meal offering for hunger relief will be received Sunday, December 4th. Please bring your offering equivalent to two pennies for each meal you eat in a month and bring it forward during the opening songs of the worship services. About Two-Cents-A-Meal at SACPC… When Pastor Steve and Kay were on a sabbatical trip to [...]
2-Cents a Meal Offering is November 6
One bowl of maize porridge a day at Chuluchosema Presbyterian Church’s day care program means the children you see in these photographs will most likely be alive this time next year. When Pastor Steve and Kay were on a sabbatical trip to Malawi in 2005, Kay commented on the large number of children present for [...]
