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Gardening Initiative

Andy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:40:52 +0000

Several students at the PSC have formed a community group around gardening (Gardening Group, 6:30p, Mondays). They are looking at ways of being better stewards of our resources here at the PSC. As you may know, we starting cooking for the Bigger Vision Winter Shelter on Wednesday nights. If you’ve been on the property lately, you know that we compost our food from Sunday evening dinners. The Gardening Initiative is hoping to bring all of these activities together over the next year in a circle of stewardship.

Pictured above are pots that contain seedlings of plants that the students hope to grow in the coming months (using our own compost). Our goal is to use the plants that we grow on our property in our cooking for the winter shelter. We’ll keep you updated in the coming months as our garden grows…

Dawgs for Haiti

Andy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:22:57 +0000

Near 100 student organizations at the University of Georgia have joined together to form Dawgs for Haiti, an organization dedicated to mobilizing students to help in the relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12. Currently, Dawgs for Haiti is raising funds online and through the sale of tee shirts. These funds will be split between Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross. Tee shirts are on sale in Tate plaza–check the Facebook group for details.

Our prayers are with the people of Haiti and those who are working to bring relief. All are welcome to join us in worship on Sunday as we pray together. Also, our Chapel is open from 9a-5p during the week for prayer and ministry staff is always here during that time to pray with you.

In the wake of this tragedy, we believe that God is calling out to us from Haiti. Join us as we answer that call as a community of faith while seeking the Kingdom of God for the people of Haiti.

Prayers for the People of Haiti

Andy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:52:57 +0000

As this week progresses, we are increasingly distressed by the news that is coming out of Haiti following the earthquake. Join us this Sunday for worship at 7p as we offer our prayers for the people of Haiti. If you are looking for a way to give, please visit Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. If you are looking for a way to pray, click here.

In the coming days, student leaders at the University of Georgia will be launching a campaign to aid the people of Haiti called “Dawgs for Haiti.” We will give details when we know more. סֶלָה

2009 Redux

Andy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:04:55 +0000

Here are some pictures from 2009 beginning with the Montreat College Conference on Jan. 2 and ending with the distribution on blankets and coats for the Fall Blanket Drive on Dec. 8. Enjoy…

Cooking for a Cause

Andy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:24:35 +0000

This past week, some of our students began a new service project of cooking for a local homeless shelter on Wednesdays. They buy the food and cook in our kitchen at the Presbyterian Student Center, then take it over to the shelter and serve. We have a big kitchen, but most meals eaten at the PSC are catered. As such, it can feel like we are not being the best stewards of our kitchen sometimes. If this project continues, then that could change all of that. It’s good to have students coming together to use our space in this way and to have the opportunity to serve others.

Jerusalem Women Speak

Andy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:24:21 +0000

On Oct. 18, we hosted the Jerusalem Women Speak tour at the Presbyterian Student Center. The idea behind the tour is that a Palestinian Muslim women, an Israeli Jewish woman, and a Palestinian Christian woman will tour together and tell about their experiences in Israel/Palestine and their work toward a peaceful and just resolution to the ongoing conflict in Israel/Palestine. This was the 16th Jerusalem Women Speak tour and we were one of four stops in Athens.

One of our students covered the event for the Red and Black, the campus newspaper. Click here to learn more.

Pictured here are Mitch, our campus ministry intern, who organized the event for us along with the women from the tour and me. We had about 70 people come out to hear the women and to learn about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The students asked some great questions. It was a very meaningful evening for our ministry as we struggled with issues of sin and suffering in a world that longs for the peace of God.