Board of Mission

Loaves and Fishes Logo

Be sure to enroll your congregation in the 2008 Loaves and Fishes Program in partnership with the Board of Mission. The 2008 program will assist the victims of the tragic cyclone that struck Myanmar earlier this year. <<Read More>>

Band-Aids and Hugs
2008 VBS Missions Education Resource

Are you looking for a new resource to help involve your children in missions? Is Vacation Bible School creeping up on you and you're wondering about your VBS offering? Maybe you're a pastor and looking for a new idea for your weekly children's sermons. Whatever the reason, take a look at this new resource and see how you can engage the children in your church in missions. This resource can also be helpful to open up conversations with your children or grandchildren at home. Use them as bedtime devotions or table talks. We think you'll enjoy using this resource. Click on the picture or the title to find Band-Aids and Hugs!

CAM Craft Cabin

MISSION VACATION OPPORTUNITY
Summer and/or Autumn, 2008
Enjoy the Smoky Mountains while supporting Presbyterian and Reformed ministry in Appalachia

Between June and October (the tourist season!), CAM Cabin Crafts needs extra help.
Come to Townsend, TN for a couple of weeks or more and volunteer in the shop about 20 hours/week. The rest of your time will be available for rest and relaxation of your choosing. Housing for 1 or 2 people is provided for up to 5 months. Sound good? It’s true! Click for more information.

Cyclone Nargis

Myanmar Crisis and Cumberland Presbyterian Response

It is estimated that as many as 100,000 may been killed in a tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar in early May. Whole villages were destroyed. The majority of the people affected live in abstract poverty and have no way to restructure their life without international assistance. Our denomination will want to assist. <<Read More>>

A devastating earthquake with magnitude 7.8 struck northern part of Sichuan province, China on the afternoon of May 12. The epicenter was located 20km underground in Wenchuan County of Aba Prefecture. Near 10,000 deaths were recorded and more than 500,000 houses fell down in several provinces including Sichuan, Gansu, Shanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hubei. Cumberland Presbyterians were either working or living in these providences at the time of the earthquake, but all escaped injury.
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