About the Offering
For more than 50
years, Presbyterians have joined with Christians throughout
the nation in supporting One Great Hour of Sharing, responding
to Christ's love for all people by joyfully sharing that love
with people in need. The refugee and the stranger have found
food and safe shelter; those stunned by the aftermath of disasters
have found relief and help rebuilding; and communities seeking
to take control of their future have found partners in development. Learn more about what gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing do.
The hundreds of millions of dollars Presbyterians
have given over the last half-century have enabled a powerful
witness to the love of the One who came that all might have
life more abundantly. Learn more about the history
of One Great Hour of Sharing offering.
Allocation of gifts
After deducting administrative
costs (up to 5 percent) and the costs of creating and distributing
promotional materials (roughly 5 percent), the remaining undesignated
gifts are divided among three programs as follows:
For ministries working to alleviate hunger and eliminate
its causes, responding with compassion and justice to poor and
hungry people in local communities, in the nation and throughout
the world, as well as ministries addressing homelessness and
affordable housing. Learn more about the Presbyterian Hunger Program.
For disaster response and ministries with refugees. Learn more about Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
For partnerships with groups of people who are oppressed
by poverty or social systems, who want to take charge of their
own lives, have organized to do something about their own condition,
and have decided what they need to do to produce long-term benefits
for themselves. Learn more about Self-Development of People.
Learn more about the offering
For more information
about this offering and the nine denominations that receive
it, call Mission Interpretation at (502) 569-5168. To order resources to promote the offering,
call (800) 524-2612. |
