One Great Hour of Sharing Archives

Gifts to the PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing help Middle East Council of Churches restore hope and health to Syria’s most vulnerable

Posted February 13th, 2024

Bernadette thought that she had seen the worst of it. For well over a decade, she and her family had unflinchingly withstood Syria’s ever-worsening humanitarian and economic crisis, the country’s ongoing localized hostilities and its collapsing infrastructure.

The gentle ‘sole’ behind the PC(USA)’s Gracie

Posted February 9th, 2024

It’s no fish tale. When the Rev. Dr. Kathy Dawson was first invited nearly 20 years ago to write a new curriculum around a “little fish” designed to interpret the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Offering to children, she found herself hooked.

Presbyterian Hunger Program to distribute $1.1 million in grants

Posted September 28th, 2023

The Advisory Committee of the Presbyterian Hunger Program has agreed to award $1.1 million in grants to partners in the United States and around the world.

Mister Rogers conference provides novel platform for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Educate a Child initiative

Posted July 14th, 2023

Growing up in northern New Jersey, a younger version of the Rev. Dr. Alonzo Johnson watched in awe as Fred Rogers welcomed a break-dancer onto the groundbreaking television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in the 1980s.

Hunger Action Advocate helps Californians fight food insecurity

Posted July 13th, 2023

Being a resource for churches in the Presbytery of the Redwoods that are tackling food insecurity in their communities or have an interest in doing so is one of Corinne Quinn’s passions.

A new day for farmworkers

Posted April 25th, 2023

Lupe Gonzalo understands all too well the hardscrabble life of a farmworker.

The PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing changes lives

Posted April 4th, 2023

Lupe Gonzalo understands all too well the hardscrabble life of a farmworker. Having worked for 12 years in Florida’s tomato industry — in addition to traveling to other states to pick sweet potatoes, apples and blueberries — Gonzalo often had to wake up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning to travel to a local farm, where she was handed a bucket and told to fill that bucket as many times as humanly possible during the day.