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By TOM CHEATHAM
How to chop an onion without doing
the same to your hand.
That was only one of the lessons
Mitch Carroll and his peers, Andrew T.
Fox and Staci Fox, learned as they pre-
pared and served a spaghetti supper for
50 people on a Wednesday night in De-
cember at First Presbyterian Church in
Amory, Miss.
Under the watchful eye of Chris Da-
vis, they made the sauce from scratch,
served the crowd, and practiced showing
hospitality. Drawing on years of experi-
ence in food service management, Chris
guided the three youth through every
step and ensured a successful event.
Chris’s wife, Ana Maria, and clerk of
session Shirley Ritter took care of table
decorations, while youth sponsor Andy
Love did any task he was asked to do.
Desserts were provided by the ladies of
the church. Tom Carroll took lots of
photos.
These eforts were all for a great
cause. As the youth began to look at
their activities for the fall and decided
on a fundraiser meal, sponsor Connie
Love suggested Living Waters for the
World. The teens liked the idea and es-
pecially warmed to it when pastor Tom
Cheatham found from Wil Howie that
the projects in Haiti still needed help.
They had previously raised money
for LWW with the Souper Bowl ofering
and were glad for another opportunity
to provide clean water for sisters and
brothers in the developing world. In
the end, because of the generosity of the
congregation, the youth raised almost
$400 for LWW’s Haiti project.
Dr. Tom Cheatham of Starkville, Miss., is stat-
ed supply for First Presbyterian Church, Amory,
Miss.
Very carefully, Mitch Carroll
slices onions for an LWW beneft
supper provided by youth of First
Presbyterian Church in Amory,
Miss.
Presbyterian News Service recently has distrib-
uted articles about Living Waters for the World.
Here are excerpts from two of them.
By TOYA RICHARDS
Fresh, clean water may be a given for
most in the United States, but not so for
nearly a billion people in the world.
Water for them can mean the difer-
ence between life and death. That’s why
Living Waters for the World (LWW),
a mission of the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) Synod of Living Waters, works
tirelessly to bring fresh water systems to
communities throughout the develop-
ing world and some areas of Appalachia
in the United States.
It also is why the synod has joined
forces with the Synod of the Pacifc to
increase training opportunities for vol-
unteers eager to build sustainable sys-
tems to deliver clean water to those in
need.
LWW already welcomes volunteer
teams to its training center in Oxford,
Miss., and now it also provides train-
ing in the construction and operation
of its water systems on the West Coast
at Calvin Crest Conference Center in
Oakhurst, Calif.
A grant of $40,000 through the Heiser-
man Grant Program of the General As-
sembly Mission Council has provided
funds to construct infrastructure for
LWW training at Calvin Crest and has
been used help purchase training equip-
ment.
Funds for the Heiserman program
came from a bequest made in 1966 by
Geraldine Heiserman, the widow of
Yuma, Colo., farmer and landowner
Lemont Heiserman. The bulk of their
estate was left in trust to the church.
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It only seems natural that Christians
called to bring the light of Jesus to the
world would also be committed to
bringing actual light to dark places un-
able to receive ongoing power.
That’s the mission of Solar Under
the Sun, a ministry of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.)’s Synod of the Sun. Its
solar powered systems are custom de-
signed to power the electrical needs of
communities that need it the most.
Working closely with sister organiza-
tion Living Waters for the World (LWW),
a mission of the Synod of Living Waters,
Solar Under the Sun also can power wa-
ter treatment systems installed by LWW.
The LWWmodel and its work actually
provided the impetus for the creation
of Solar Under the Sun. And a $52,000
Heiserman Grant through the General
Assembly Mission Council has helped
change lives via the two ministry pro-
grams.
Toya Richards, a seminary student Louisville
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, writes fre-
quently for Presbyterian News Service..
Articles by PNS spread the news
of Calvin Crest, Solar Under the Sun
Chopping onions for LWW a youth fund raiser
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