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Campaign coinciding with the closing
of the PADS season
Dear Friends:
Please find attached the list of items that our
children and youth are collecting to donate to Journeys
from PADS to Hope in Palatine. While the PADS sites
that offer nightly shelter and meals to the homeless are
open from October through April, Journeys continues to
offer services to the homeless throughout the year.
Over the last few years, our Sunday school program has
intentionally included service opportunities designed to
nurture a heart for mission and to grow an awareness of
how our students might use their own gifts to serve God.
During that time, our children and youth have served
our PADS guests in a number of capacities and
participated in activities to build an understanding of the
causes and challenges of homelessness. Having
recently considered the numerous challenges our
PADS guests face during the summer, our children
were moved to action. Our Sunday school youth and
children have identified specific items that they can
deliver to Journeys to support and ease some of the
unique burdens of summer homelessness. The
children and youth are discovering ways to raise funds
for these items on their own and they are asking for the
congregation’s support as well.
The children will accept, purchase and deliver items
throughout the summer season; however, it is their
desire that this campaign coincide with the closing of
the PADS season (April 30) to build awareness and
express compassion. Please prayerfully consider
supporting the efforts of our young people in extending
the spirit to our homeless brothers and sisters.
Donation boxes are located in the church foyer.
Monetary donations will be accepted after worship on
Sunday morning, April 29, or can be placed in an
envelope marked “Journeys Summer Items” and placed
in Michelle Johns’ mailbox at church anytime during the
summer season. Thank you for your consideration and
prayers for our homeless sisters and brothers.
In Christ,
The Sunday school students, teachers and
service/mission leaders
of the Presbyterian Church of Palatine