Sunday, December 19, 2021
Each year Wayne Presbyterian Church offers the Alternative Gift Program to respond to a variety of special needs that partners supported by Faith in Action (Mission) may have. Continuing to respect the contactless safety protocol, the Alternative Gifts “Catalog” continues to be online this year. If you’re familiar with the program and want to go directly to the order form, please click here. If you want to read more about each Partners selection, please read below.
Please contact Lani Fabere with any questions, or 610 687 5753.
Thank you.
The Common Place seeks to offer holistic care to the children and families of Southwest Philadelphia. Located at the corner of 58th Street and Chester Avenue, we are a shared space where various organizations come together to meet spiritual, educational, and social support needs. With two worshiping communities, an arts-based after-school enrichment program, social services, and community events, The Common Place is a sacred space to do life together.
The Common Place Gift Selections
Contribute to the Capital Campaign, $ amount of your choice
Share the cost of tuning a piano, $ 20
General donation, $ amount of your choice
CityLights has facilitated partnerships between the Wayne Community and the Southwest Philadelphia Community since 1995. This ministry supports issues of health, education, safety and non-violence, housing, and economic development for all ages within the Southwest Philadelphia Community. This years selected partners include Sherwood Outreach Center, Mitchell Elementary School, Gemma Services and Outley House. The CityLights office is located at The Common Place.
Sherwood Outreach Center Gift Selections
Well balanced breakfast, $ 4
Diapers for babies in day care $ 15
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Mitchell Elementary School Gift Selections
Emergency food support, $ 8
Contribute to basic family needs fund, $ 15
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Outley House Gift Selections
Warm gloves or socks, $ 5
A pair of boots, $ 20
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Gemma Services
Lego set for Christmas, $ 10
ShopRite Gift card for holiday meal, $ 25
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Construction Ministry at Wayne Presbyterian Church supports Hammers with Heart, Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together Philadelphia. Hammers with Heart is the selected partner for the Alternative Gifts Program this year. "Hammers" provides skilled and semi-skilled labor at no cost to homeowners and other organizations in the greater Philadelphia region and locally. Your gift will help purchase the needed building materials for this WPC mission ministry to be used toward making homes in low income areas warm, safe and dry.
Hammers with Heart Gift Selections
Tools for students, $ 5
Building Materials, $ 40
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Local mission Ministry at Wayne Presbyterian Church supports the Wayne Senior Center, Surrey Services for Seniors, IHN (Interfaith Hospitality Network of the Main Line), Great Valley Food Cupboard, Baker Industries, Main Line Mentoring and the Radnor Township Civic Association. This years selected partners for the Alternative Gifts program are Baker Industries, IHN, and Main Line Mentoring.
Baker Industries Gift Selections
Transportation funds to help our workers get to and from work, $ 15
General donation, $ amount of your choice
IHN (Interfaith Hospitality Network of the Main Line) Gift Selections
Disposable pull-ups for toddlers in day care, $ 10
One family dinner, $ 20
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Main Line Mentoring Gift Selections
Devon Lanes bowling and pizza party for students, parents and volunteers, $ 10
Ticket to an issue-relevant play at People's Light & Theater for students and parents, $ 25
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Advocacy for Social Justice Ministry at Wayne Presbyterian Church supports Bread for the World, providing training and education for advocacy work.
Bread for the World Gift Selections
Provide education for its advocacy network to continue its work affecting real progress toward ending hunger.
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Global Ministry at Wayne Presbyterian Church supports CEDPCA (The Protestant Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America), God's Precious Children in Bong Liberia and the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo Egypt.
CEDPCA Gift Selections
Home repair parts for clean water system, $ 15
Whole-house water filtration system, $ 50
General donation, $ amount of your choice
God's Precious Children Gift Selections
Four months scholarship for a Middle or High School Student, $ 30
One-year scholarship for a Middle or High School Student, $ 90
General donation, $ amount of your choice
Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt Gift Selections
Support a seminary student in Egypt, $ 25
Partial monthly scholarship for Seminary Student in Egypt, $ 50
General donation, $ amount of your choice