Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Project Celebrated

The women of the Presbyterian Church celebrated the 1997 Birthday Project with a dinner at the church on May 22.

The project began in 1922. The offering represents Presbyterian women's heritage of mission giving. This year it celebrates five ministries:

1) The Duvall Home in Glenwood, Fla. It proposes to increase its program of services by constructing a family-type group home specifically designed to meet the special needs and abilities of mentally challenged women.

2) Rural Ministry, Johns Island, S.C. A new central headstart center for children of the sea island resident population and the children of the migrant workers will be built for the Rural Mission, Inc. of the coastal sea islands south of Charleston.

3) Villa International, Atlanta, Ga. It will better serve its 1,000 annual guests by becoming handicapped accessible and improving its dining and kitchen facilities. Villa offers friendship, peacemaking opportunities and a Christian witness as well as extending healing through our guests to God's children in every nation.

4) Animal Husbandry Project, Cameroon. Cameroon Women for Enterprise and Environment, Bameda, Cameroon, will initiate 30 new livestock development projects with women's groups identified by the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon. Training will be by women and for women.

5) Confronting Violence against Women: The Church's Calling, Presbyterian Church (USA). It will provide training and produce materials to help church leaders minister to the needs of abused women and children in its congregations and communities.