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By KWAN B. PARK
The Korean Presbyterian
Church of Albany Youth Or-
chestra held a “Living Waters
for the World” Christmas
beneft concert December 11
at the church,.
The concert opened with
the band playing Christmas
carols for audience participa-
tion. It continued with a vio-
lin, cello, fute and clarinet
ensemble, and the concert
climax was reached when
all instruments, classic and
modern, played together for
“Libertango.” The concert
was closed with playing “Ode
to Joy,” and whole audience
singing the song together.
The Youth Orchestra re-
ceived a standing ovation and
repeated encores.
It was truly a time for the
whole congregation to be
in joy with our Lord . Our
youth are caring for people
who do not have clean drink-
ing water, and they are rais-
ing money to make a real
contribution.
The concert raised $486.
The Living Waters for World
mission was frst introduced
by Youth Pastor Hwa Sung
Ryu during the 2011 summer
vacation Bible school; it raised
$205 in August and made a
donation. The KPCA Youth
orchestra has performed
for the local senior nursing
home in each quarter since
June 2011. As a result of the
December concert, we plan
to make this beneft concert
an annual Christmas event to
continue to raise money for
Living Waters for the World.
Kwan B. Park is a deacon and
youth group teacher at the Korean
Presbyterian Church of Albany in
Ballston Lake, near Albany, N.Y.
By PAT JENNINGS
Money for support of Living Waters
for the World’s clean-water mission can
come from lots of places — even from
Halloween trick-or-treating.
When we set up for fundraising for
LWW last November as part of an an-
nual stewardship drive, we had a pic-
ture of the water system and our “Buy
a Part” chart. Church member, Julie
Schneider came up with a bag of coins
and some $1 bills. She said her daugh-
ter, Katie, a fourth grader, had been
hearing about stewardship in Sunday
school, where teacher Ann Hawkins
had shown a picture of an LWW water
system, and wanted to do something.
So, while she was trick-or-treating
Katie decided she would ask people for a
penny to help with clean water in Mex-
ico.
I was overcome with her love. Thank
you, Katie, for the love you have shown
to people you don’t even know. God is
truly working in you.
Pat Jennings attends First Presbyterian Church
in Edmond, Okla.
Trick or treat for LWW, fourth grader says
Youth orchestra plays
Concert an LWW benefit
By JOE APICE
Sometimes it takes a vil-
lage.
On October 1, 2011, vol-
unteers unloaded a tractor-
trailer full of pumpkins that
had traveled from the Navajo
Reservation in New Mexico
to the Wyoming Presbyterian
Church in Millburn, N.J.
In an hour and 45 minutes,
passing 3,500 pumpkins from
person to person, they trans-
formed the church lawn into
Millburn’s suburban pump-
kin patch.
Open daily throughout
October, the patch this past
year raised some $22,000. A
portion went to the church’s
Living Waters for the World
project.
The organization that sup-
plies the pumpkins sends
them to the church on faith,
without payment up front.
PumpkinPatch USA leases
the land from the Navajos on
the reservation in New Mexi-
co, thereby giving them rev-
enue. They hire local Navajo
residents to do the work, cre-
ating jobs. All of the proceeds
go to outreach projects, so
the whole process is a “feel-
good” operation.
Riley Briggs, 6, of South Orange, N.J., helps unload
pumpkins. Photo by Joe Apice
Pumpkin patch is mission winner
for church in New Jersey
Decked out for Christmas, Youth Orchestra of Korean
Presbyterian Church of Albany plays for LWW.
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