One Great Hour of Sharing
The One Great Hour of Sharing offering usually taken up around Easter is a huge success as a special offering. This year..
Marj Carptenter
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A Presbyterian Sunday school teacher from Montana …
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Trinity Church in Topeka, Kansas
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A pastor was approached by a new member …
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Synod of the Nile and the Evangelical Church of Egypt.
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Presbyterian Church of South Sudan
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Ruth Brown
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The Presbyterian Church of the Suislaw in Florence, Oregon
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Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
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Gary and Marlene Van Brocklin
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Waynesburg University
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Maria Ikan
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