What is the history of the Thank Offering?In 1888, when Eliza Clokey of Springfield, Ohio, urged each woman to give one dollar over and above her usual contribution to the Women’s General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church of North America as a “thank offering to her Lord,” women responded and the Thank Offering was born. The gifts represented much soul-searching and self-sacrificing on the part of many women. It has been said that women’s giving saved the worldwide missionary movement at that time. The thrust of how and where the money was used has changed over the years, but a “thank offering to our Lord” continued to be an important part of women’s giving in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (and United Presbyterian Women). This expression of thanksgiving is now an important part of Presbyterian Women’s Celebration Giving program.

What is the Thank Offering?The Thank Offering is one of two monetary offerings of Presbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Inc. These offerings are an extension of, but separate from, Presbyterian Women’s Mission Pledge support.

When is the Thank Offering received?The Thank Offering is received annually in the fall. Many women use an offering envelope or box for daily/weekly/monthly offerings of thanks. These gifts may be dedicated at a gathering of PW in the Congregation, a Sunday worship service or some other special occasion in the fall. The offering should be sent to the treasurer of Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery by December 10.

Who may apply for a grant?Proposals may be submitted from projects in the United States and around the world, as long as established criteria are met. For more information, call 844/797-2872, ext. 5387, or visit www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank.

How can I get an application?Applications can be downloaded from www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank. To request an application, contact Cindy Goodman, 844/797-2872, ext. 5387, or cindy.goodman@pcusa.org.

What is the application deadline?The deadline for submitting an application is September 15.

How can I learn more about a specific program?Contact Cindy Goodman, 844/797-2872, ext. 5387, or cindy.goodman@pcusa.org.

Who chooses the grant recipients?The Creative Ministries Offering Committee of Presbyterian Women meets in the spring each year to review the applications and make the selections.

How can I give to the Thank Offering?In addition to giving in your PW group, you can give at www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank or by using the individual giving envelopes (order item PWR15456 from PDS—800/524-2612).

How can I learn more about the 2015 grant recipients?Additional information is provided in the promotional booklet that was sent in August to women’s groups in all PC(USA) congregations. Also see the July/August issue of Horizons magazine for more information, including the dedication service, a list of promotional resources and additional information about each project. To subscribe to the magazine (and receive the annual Horizons Bible study free with your subscription, plus access to the online edition of the magazine), call 866/802-3635 or visit www.pcusa.org/horizons. You may also learn more about the Thank Offering at www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank.

THE GOAL FOR THE 2015 THANK OFFERING IS $900,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Ananda MahilaWomen’s Vocational TrainingKurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Arrow OutreachStarfish Scholarship ProgramVan, Texas

ATTA Services for the ElderlyATTA–Life with Dignity Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

Building Responsibility, Equality and Dignity (BREAD)“Care! Not Crisis!”Columbus, Ohio

C.C.A.P. Synod of Livingstonia Women’s GuildTailoring Shop for Income GenerationMzuzu, Malawi

Chester Eastside Computer Learning CenterChester, Pennsylvania

Christian Women’s Association of the Reformed Church of Equatorial GuineaConstruction of Community Health PostsBata, Equatorial Guinea

Cooperative Christian MinistryMy Father’s House, Phase II ExpansionConcord, North Carolina

Department of Community Development, Communaute Presbyterienne au Congo Women’s Microsavings GroupKasai, Democratic Republic of Congo

ECPAT–USAYouth Against Trafficking Leadership ProjectBrooklyn, New York

Elizabeth Gregory HomeDay Center ExpansionSeattle, Washington

F.A.I.T.H. (Fighting Against Injustice Toward Harmony)Volusia Safe HarborDaytona Beach, Florida

Family Promise of Greater Brandon, Inc.Project PlayBrandon, Florida

Filipino Advocates for JusticeCaregiver Empowerment ProjectOakland, California

First Presbyterian Church of HomedaleHomedale Youth ClubHomedale, Idaho

Home of the SparrowMcHenry Shelter Program ExpansionMcHenry, Illinois

Iu-Mien Community ServicesIu-Mien Chronic Disease Management InitiativeSacramento, California

Jeevana Jyothi Mahila MandaliWell and Toilets for Tribal CommunitiesKurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Lighthouse MinistriesWorking Mothers Education and Support ProgramFlorence, South Carolina

Mantle House Mission“Warming Our Home Project”Newton, Pennsylvania

Maryville CollegeNew Opportunity School for Women Maryville, Tennessee

Mosaic Community DevelopmentInCOMMON Community Development, Park Avenue Community Resource CenterOmaha, Nebraska

National Women’s Desk of the Evangelical Church in NigerTraining Women Leaders for ChangeMaradi, Niger

Nile Theological College KhartoumWomen’s Dormitory BuildingKhartoum, Sudan

Presbyterian Women’s Morning Circle The D.I.A.P.E.R. ProjectCharlestown, Indiana

Protestant Institute of Arts and Social SciencesEmpowering Pastors’ Spouses for Sustainable Development (EPSDHuye, Southern Province, Rwanda

PW of First Presbyterian Church GreenevilleRuth’s BlessingsGreeneville, Tennessee

Shalom International MinistriesInspire: A Shalom Afterschool InitiativeStone Mountain, Georgia

Siloam Family Health CenterImmigrant Outreach ProgramNashville, Tennessee

Wayne Presbyterian ChurchThe Common Place Scholars Afterschool ProgramPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Westminster Presbyterian ChurchHelping Hands MinistryWashington, Indiana

WiNS Project, Inc.Weekend Nutritional SupplementMeadville, Pennsylvania

2015 Thank Offering of Presbyterian Women

Grant Recipients

* New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission.

For it is God who is

at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work

for God’s good pleasure. —Philippians 2:13, nrsv*

Ananda MahilaWomen’s Vocational TrainingKurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Arrow OutreachStarfish Scholarship ProgramVan, Texas

ATTA Services for the ElderlyATTA–Life with Dignity Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

Building Responsibility, Equality and Dignity (BREAD)“Care! Not Crisis!”Columbus, Ohio

C.C.A.P. Synod of Livingstonia Women’s GuildTailoring Shop for Income GenerationMzuzu, Malawi

Chester Eastside Computer Learning CenterChester, Pennsylvania

Christian Women’s Association of the Reformed Church of Equatorial GuineaConstruction of Community Health PostsBata, Equatorial Guinea

Cooperative Christian MinistryMy Father’s House, Phase II ExpansionConcord, North Carolina

Department of Community Development, Communaute Presbyterienne au Congo Women’s Microsavings GroupKasai, Democratic Republic of Congo

ECPAT–USAYouth Against Trafficking Leadership ProjectBrooklyn, New York

Elizabeth Gregory HomeDay Center ExpansionSeattle, Washington

F.A.I.T.H. (Fighting Against Injustice Toward Harmony)Volusia Safe HarborDaytona Beach, Florida

Family Promise of Greater Brandon, Inc.Project PlayBrandon, Florida

Filipino Advocates for JusticeCaregiver Empowerment ProjectOakland, California

First Presbyterian Church of HomedaleHomedale Youth ClubHomedale, Idaho

Home of the SparrowMcHenry Shelter Program ExpansionMcHenry, Illinois

Iu-Mien Community ServicesIu-Mien Chronic Disease Management InitiativeSacramento, California

Jeevana Jyothi Mahila MandaliWell and Toilets for Tribal CommunitiesKurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Lighthouse MinistriesWorking Mothers Education and Support ProgramFlorence, South Carolina

Mantle House Mission“Warming Our Home Project”Newton, Pennsylvania

Maryville CollegeNew Opportunity School for Women Maryville, Tennessee

Mosaic Community DevelopmentInCOMMON Community Development, Park Avenue Community Resource CenterOmaha, Nebraska

National Women’s Desk of the Evangelical Church in NigerTraining Women Leaders for ChangeMaradi, Niger

Nile Theological College KhartoumWomen’s Dormitory BuildingKhartoum, Sudan

Presbyterian Women’s Morning Circle The D.I.A.P.E.R. ProjectCharlestown, Indiana

Protestant Institute of Arts and Social SciencesEmpowering Pastors’ Spouses for Sustainable Development (EPSD)Huye, Southern Province, Rwanda

PW of First Presbyterian Church GreenevilleRuth’s BlessingsGreeneville, Tennessee

Shalom International MinistriesInspire: A Shalom Afterschool InitiativeStone Mountain, Georgia

Siloam Family Health CenterImmigrant Outreach ProgramNashville, Tennessee

Wayne Presbyterian ChurchThe Common Place Scholars Afterschool ProgramPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Westminster Presbyterian ChurchHelping Hands MinistryWashington, Indiana

WiNS Project, Inc.Weekend Nutritional SupplementMeadville, Pennsylvania

. . . porque Dios es el

que produce en ustedes lo mismo el querer como el hacer,

por su buena voluntad. —Filipenses 2:13, rvc*

Ofrenda de Gratitud del 2015 de Mujeres Presbiterianas

Proyectos beneficiarios

*Escritura tomada de la Santa Biblia, Reina Valera Contemporánea, copyright © 2009, 2011, por Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas. Todos los derechos reservados. .

¿Cuál es la historia de la Ofrenda de Gratitud?La Ofrenda de Gratitud comenzó en 1888 cuando Eliza Clokey de Springfield, Ohio, motivó a cada mujer a ofrendar un dólar o más, sobre su contribución usual, como una “ofrenda de gratitud al Señor” para la Sociedad Misionera General de las Mujeres de la Iglesia Presbiteriana Unida de Norte América. Lo ofrendado era el resultado del sacrificio de muchas mujeres. Se dice que las ofrendas de las mujeres salvaron el movimiento misionero a nivel mundial en ese tiempo. El destino y la distribución del dinero cambió a través de los años, pero la “ofrenda de gratitud al Señor” continuó siendo una parte importante de las Mujeres Presbiterianas Unidas. Esta expresión de gratitud sigue siendo una parte importante del Programa de Celebración de Donativos de Mujeres Presbiterianas. Por lo menos el cuarenta por ciento de la ofrenda recibida se destina a ministerios de salud a través del mundo. La ofrenda restante se otorga a proyectos que responden a un gran número de necesidades, como la falta de vivienda, la violencia doméstica, la educación, los servicios para la niñez y la injusticia.

¿Qué es la Ofrenda de Gratitud?Es una de las dos ofrendas de Mujeres Presbiterianas en la IP(EUA). Estas ofrendas se deben ver como unas extensiones del apoyo a través de la Promesa de Misión de Mujeres Presbiterianas, y no como algo aparte.

¿Cuándo y dónde se colecta la Ofrenda de Gratitud?La ofrenda se recoge anualmente en las congregaciones en el otoño. Muchas mujeres usan un sobre de ofrenda o caja para las ofrendas de gratitud diarias, semanales o mensuales. La ofrenda se puede dedicar durante las actividades de MP en la congregación, el servicio de adoración dominical u otra ocasión especial durante el otoño. Los fondos deben ser enviados a la tesorera de MP en su presbiterio antes del 10 de diciembre.

¿Quién puede solicitar fondos?Se pueden someter propuestas para proyectos en los Estados Unidos y alrededor del mundo, siempre y cuando cumplan con los criterios establecidos. Para más información visite nuestra

página de internet: www.pcusa.org/pw/thank, o comuníquese con Cindy Goodman, 844/797-2872, ext. 5387, o cindy.goodman @pcusa.org.

¿Dónde puedo conseguir una solicitud? Las solicitudes están disponibles en la página de internet www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank o a través de Cindy Goodman, cindy.goodman@pcusa.org o 844/797-2872, ext. 5387.

¿Cuál es la fecha límite de las solicitudes?La fecha límite para someter la solicitud es el 15 de septiembre.

¿Cómo puedo aprender más sobre un programa específico?Comuníquese con Cindy Goodman, 844/797-2872, ext. 5387 o Cindy.Goodman@pcusa.org.

¿Quién selecciona los proyectos beneficiarios?El Comité de Ofrendas para Ministerios Creativos de la Mujeres Presbiterianas se reúne en la primavera para revisar las solicitudes y seleccionar los proyectos.

¿Cómo puedo dar a la Ofrenda de Gratitud?Además de ofrendar en su grupo de PW (Mujeres Presbiterianas), usted puede donar en www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank o usando los sobres para ofredas individuales (pida el artículo PWR15456 de PDS—800/524-2612).

¿Cómo puedo aprender más sobre los receptores de los donativos del 2015?Se provee información adicional en el folleto promocional que se envió en agosto a los grupos de mujeres de todas las congregaciones de la IP(EUA). Vea también la edición de Julio/Agosto de la revista Horizons para más detalles, incluyendo el servicio de dedicación, una lista de recursos para la promoción e información adicional sobre cada proyecto. Para suscribirse a la revista (y recibir el estudio bíblico anual de Horizons gratis con la subscripción, además de acceso a la edición de la revista en línea), llame al 866/802-3635 o visite www.pcusa.org/horizons. También puede aprender más sobre la ofrenda en www.presbyterianwomen.org/thank.

LA META PARA LA OFRENDA DE GRATITUD DEL 2015 ES $900,000.

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