The members of Second
Presbyterian Church take seriously their commitment to
serving others by volunteering on a regular basis in
many ways. Some serve on state and national ministries
of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and ministries
connected to the greater church such as the Medical
Benevolence Foundation. This ministry provides millions
of dollars and volunteers around the world for the work
of medical missions.
Other members live out their commitment through local
organizations. Some of these agencies and ministries
are: Habitat for Humanity (partners with low income
families to provide safe affordable housing), Arkansas
Rice Depot (serves the hungry through food pantries,
shelters, school programs, and shut-in and disaster
 relief programs)
Our House (provides emergency shelter,
housing and job training to help the homeless re-enter
society), Stewpot (serves the
hungry a warm, free, noon-time meal five days a week),
and St. Francis House (provides emergency services to
the neediest and most underserved persons in the
community). UPDATE
ON SECOND'S RESPONSE TO HURRICANES
KATRINA AND RITA
Second Presbyterian members have given over $45,000.00 in
direct dollars to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance fund to
provide relief for Katrina and Rita evacuees. Thank you for your
very generous response. We continue to deal with individual situations and needs as they
come to our attention. To date we have been involved with
equipping two family units who lost everything in the
hurricanes. Both are now in local apartments. Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center is the field site for
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. There is an ongoing
need for volunteers to do two things at Ferncliff:
- Telephone volunteers are needed to handle requests and
inquiries coming into the PDA center.
- Other volunteers are needed to check in or check out the
many disaster relief kits that are coming in to Ferncliff from
around the country.
To volunteer for either of these needs,
contact Ferncliff at 501-821-3063.
The next Gulf Mission Trip with other
volunteers from Arkansas Presbytery is scheduled for
October 12-18, 2008.
For details contact
Bill Branch at 501-277-0000 or
billbranch@secondpreslr.org.
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