REACHING OUT TO SINGLE MOTHERS...

We have just begun a gathering for single mothers in our congregation and community.

We began by holding a church Christmas dinner, and inviting single mothers and their children as our special guests.

Each month we set aside two evenings when single mothers can get together to share their burdens, receive encouragement from each other and from our congregation, and experience the grace of God in a way that offeres strength and courage.

SINGLE MOMS have their own web page- just click the SINGLE MOMS icon on the elft side of this page.

HOT MEALS AT THE LORD'S TABLE

The Lord's Table is a joint ministry of the Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in Ketchikan. Each Sunday afternoon we serve a hot meal at the Episcopal Church. All who are hungry are invited as our guests.

They may be homeless (which may mean they live in a shelter or a boat), they may be new in town and still looking for a job, they may have run out of money, or they may be between jobs. We don't ask. We just serve them a meal, then sit down and eat with them. Some times we see them once and never again. Sometimes we see them often enough to learn their names.

Many times they will help us set up for the event, and many times they help clean up. They always share prayer requests with us before we say grace over the meal. Sometimes they volunteer to say the prayer. Often they will prepare a plate to take to some friend who is sick. Always, they say "Thank you."

This happens at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. If you're hungry, come on down. There is a place for you at The Lord's Table.

SHARING IN THE MISSION OF THE PRESBYTERY OF ALASKA 

Ketchikan Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbytery of Alaska, a group of 15 congregations in Southeast Alaska. We trace our roots to the work of Presbyterian missionary The Rev. Sheldon Jackson.

Our Presbytery is small no matter how you measure! We have only 15 congregations, most of them are small or tiny, and our combined financial resources are- how shall we say it? Minimal.

Yet we continue our historic commitment to serving people who live in the most out of the way places imaginable. Only two of our congregations are located on the road system. More than half of them are not served by normal airline service. Some of them are not even served by the ferries of Alaska’s Marine Highway. Every one of our communities is threatened economically.

But Praise God, because we share Good News! CHRIST IS LORD!

Accepting the challenge, Ketchikan Presbyterian Church participates in our common mission. We pay our mission pledge and per capita as soon as possible, our members serve on Presbytery committees, and we join together with our sister congregations whenever possible to share resources, talents, ideas and prayers.

PLEASE KEEP THE PRESBYTERY OF ALASKA IN YOUR PRAYERS!

FRESH FOOD AT THE PRESBYTERIAN PANTRY

Ketchikan Presbyterian Church offers a fresh food pantry every Friday at noon.

Every week we receive fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs and dairy products from Carr's Safeway. The particular items vary from week to week, and sometimes include frozen or dried food. We also recieve fresh fruit or vegetables from Full Circle Farm in Washington State. AND, we often have food that our members have donated. 

We are glad to make fresh food available, which makes our pantry unique. We offer it to anyone who asks. Our patrons pick out their own food, as if they were shopping. Some of them are supplementing what they can do for themselves on fixed incomes. Others have temporarily run out of money. Several have small children. Others are retired.

One lady told us she works hard all summer, then lives on unemployment income during the winter. She is working hard to pay medical bills, and the food she recieves each week is a godsend.

LOCAL MISSION- Love INC

Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC) is a partnership mission of 16 Christian churches in Ketchikan. We pool our various resources to provide both emergency and long term help to local families in need.

Ketchikan Presbyterian Church has been active in Love INC since its inception. Our members provide volunteer labor for the organization, and we take up an annual love offeirng to make a financial contribution as well. Our offering on Super Bowl Sunday yielded more than $2500 for Love INC!

If you would like to financially assist the work of Love INC, please make your check or money order out to Love INC and send to P.O. Box 6371, Ketchikan, AK  99901.  You will receive a donation receipt at the end of the year, if you would like one sooner please indicate that along with your check.