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Dear Church Leader
West Coast Presbyterians now have a fast, reliable connection to support
effective, local mission projects with their time and money at the Synod of
the Pacific¹s new web site, Pacific Mission Exchange
(www.pacificmissionexchange.org). We need your help getting the word out to
your congregation about this exciting new opportunity. We need your help
as soon as possible because now is the time when people are making decisions
about projects they want to support before the year ends.
The Synod of the Pacific developed the Pacific Mission Exchange specifically
to support the wide range of Presbyterian related mission projects now
taking place from Oregon to Nevada, from California to Idaho. For example,
Trinity Presbyterian Church in West Sacramento, California provides 120
families that have a hard time making ends meet with boxes of food. It¹s a
small project but for those 120 families, it makes a huge difference.
Because of PMX, someone in your congregation can visit the Pacific Mission
Exchange web page, learn about the need for food, and then make an immediate
donation through a secure, quick and easy-to-navagate donation process. No fees
are taken from the donation. There¹s 38 different, dynamic projects on the website
and more are being posted all the time.
Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th PC(USA) General Assembly,
knows from first hand experience how the internet is changing the ways we
worship, work, and connect with each other, especially among the rising
generation of Presbyterian leaders. ³So many people today are looking for
that place where our yearnings to change the world converge with the
connectivity that technology provides,² Reyes-Chow said. ³PMX is a great
space for individuals and congregations to connect with one another in new
ways to do new things all grounded in our historic understanding that we
best do the work TOGETHER."
If your congregation has a mission project that could use Synod-wide support
then we hope you will contact us so we can include it on PMX. Then, let
your congregation know about PMX so they can not only support the work of
your congregation, they can also tell their friends and family members where
to go to find solid, on-the-ground opportunities to make a difference in the
world.
We need your help. We need your help getting the word out on this
extraordinary opportunity to share the Good News of the Gospel made real by
the hands and donations of Presbyterians who are your neighbors. Please
consider visiting the PMX web page, downloading suggested promotional
material for use in your order of worship announcements, newsletters,
minutes for mission, and e-mail distribution to members. Please consider
putting a link to the PMX website (www.pacificmissionexchange.org) on your
congregation¹s website. The website shows you how. Please pray for each
project and the lives that are changed by these grassroots mission projects.
And please act soon while decisions are still being made.
Thank you for your consideration of our request. If you need more information,
please contact me with questions.
In gratitude for the gifts of this Holy season,
Kathy Trott
PMX Administrator
(530) 312-0100
mission@pacificmissionexchange.org
P.S. Pacific Mission Exchange is now on Facebook. Become a fan.
From: mission@pacificmissionexchange.org
