{"id":114,"date":"2016-03-17T15:42:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:42:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-03-17T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:42:17","slug":"community-gifts-multitude-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/weekly-offerings\/2016\/03\/17\/community-gifts-multitude-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"A community of gifts, a multitude of benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all have a gift to give. The contributions we make each day are as unique as we are: we may give our talents to accomplish something, give our time to help someone, or give our resources to further a cause. While our individual gifts have great value, so much more is gained when we share them in faithful collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>One Great Hour of Sharing is one way we can join our many gifts, compounding the value in what each of us has to offer. Consider just a few ways OGHS-supported programs work to multiply the good in a gift, for the benefit of many:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pda.pcusa.org\/page\/your-gifts-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Presbyterian Disaster Assistance<\/a> aided 220,000 people with food, water, shelter, and medical care after the Nepal earthquakes. A population with a gift for resilience received a step toward recovery.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/hunger\/wai\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Presbyterian Hunger Program<\/a> has helped over 308,000 people in West Africa attain better food security and livelihoods. Those with a gift for farming received tools and training to develop their abilities and opportunities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/sdop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Development of People<\/a> programs helped bring clean water to more than 10,000 children and their families in the Dominican Republic. People with a gift for improving well-being received a way to make communities healthier and more productive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Give to One Great Hour of Sharing and unite your gift with many more in one spirit of faithfulness and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Please give generously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Through your congregation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Text OGHS to 20222 to give $10 now<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/donate\/make-a-gift\/gift-info\/og999999\/?appeal=SO-OA&amp;package=B16\" target=\"_blank\">presbyterianmission.org\/give-oghs<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We all have a gift to give. The contributions we make each day are as unique as we are: we may give our talents to accomplish something, give our time to help someone, or give our resources to further a cause. 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