Like so many other events, the COVID-19 pandemic has required changes to Saint Vincent Catholic Charities’ Annual Christmas Giving Tree Program. PCO will not have a Christmas tree with Angel…
During the first week of October, the Mission Committee collected items for Communities in Schools of Michigan (CIMS) and the Global Institute of Lansing (GIL). If you would like to…
Rift Valley Province in Kenya is a physically beautiful but economically and educationally disadvantaged region. PCO member Andrea Kaitany and her husband, Richard, embarked on a journey to make a…
Members of the PCO Mission Committee– along with Pastor Peggy and her husband– coordinated the preparation of 125 bagged lunches for delivery to Advent House, a Lansing based nonprofit housed…
The Presbyterian Church of Okemos has continued their support of the Ludwig family’s mission in Niger. As reported in a May 2020 Mission Blog the family is presently based in…
Communities in Schools and PCO PCO’s connection with Communities in Schools (CIS) of Michigan started in 2012 and has included site visits, financial donations, contributions of needed items, and members…
The PCO Mission Committee began supporting Michigan Refugee Hope (the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program administered by Samaritas Social Services of Michigan) efforts at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos beginning in…
In late April 2020 all PCUSA mission coworkers were called back to the USA. The Ludwig family flew from Niger to Pittsburgh in April and went through 2 weeks of…
At the April 2020 meeting of the PCO Mission Committee it was noted that feeding the hungry is an escalating concern-even in the Lansing area. While the shopping cart in…
Thank all of you for your kind gifts of sandwiches,snacks, fruit, cookies (both Oreos and HOMEMADE!), water, and hand sanitizer for the mission trip on March 7. And a special…