TPC has a rich history of supporting good works and sharing the joy of the Gospel beyond our walls, in our local and not so local community. 

On the fourth Sunday of each month we receive donations of non-perishable food items that benefit organizations in the community on a rotating basis.  These organizations are currently Families Forward, the Food Pantry at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Ana, and Laurel House.  The next donations will be received on Sunday, August 22, and they will go to Families Forward.  Thank you for your continued support of this important ministry.

When the goal for our recent Blessings Forward Campaign was developed, the decision was made that mission would be an important focus of the campaign in addition to the funds raised for capital projects.  A total of 20% of the $1,000,000 goal was committed to mission at the global and local level.  After reviewing a number of possible uses for these mission funds, TPC made a commitment to use some of the funds to support two mission workers under the Joining Hearts and Hands program of the Presbyterian Church (USA).  We invite you to read about these two dedicated Christian servants and ask you to keep their ministries in your prayers.

The Rev. Jane Holslag was already known to many of us in the Orange County area from her time as associate pastor at Irvine Presbyterian Church.  She entered the mission field in the late 1980's and from 1990 through 1997 worked with the Berlin Fellowship in Germany and later as Coordinator for Ecumenical Fellowship in central and eastern Europe to establish relationships between congregations in the United States and congregations in eastern Germany and Poland.  In 1997 she began service at LCC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania.  She teaches in both the English and Theology departments. She is also working cooperatively with congregations in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Lithuania and the theological faculty at the University of Klaipeda.  In August 2008 she returned to LCC after a three-year period away in which she worked on her doctorate in Germany.  She immediately assumed responsibility as interim chair of the Department of Theology. She is now completing a dissertation on East German and Presbyterian Church history.  Read more about Jane Holslag at the PC(USA) website (http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/holslagj.htm) and at the Mission Crossroads website on Facebook (http://missioncrossroads.ning.com/).

Carol Dolezal-Ng was appointed in January 2008 to serve as development associate for interpretation and support with the Near East School of Theology (NEST).  While NEST is in Beirut, Lebanon, Carol works out of her home in California.  Carol felt called to interpret the Middle East to Presbyterians after she was a commissioner at the 216th General Assembly of the PC(USA) in 2004.  During a trip to Lebanon, Carol became friends with NEST’s president, Dr. Mary Mikhael, who helped her discern her call to this ministry.  Carol’s professional background is in public relations and business.  Carol has long been active in her church and presbytery. She was ordained as an elder in 1989 and has since served on the session three times in her home church, First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, California.  In the Presbytery of San Francisco, she has served on many committees and planning teams.  Carol is married to Bill Ng, a retired PC(USA) minister, who is resident manager of the Berkeley Presbyterian Mission Homes.  Read more about Carol Dolezal-Ng at http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/dolezal-ngc.htm.
 

A crew of ten builders from Tustin Presbyterian Church headed down to San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, September 26, to assist in the project that is underway there.  Talk to those who participated to find out about the project there and what the crew from TPC and other local organizations accomplished that day.

Families Forward – www.families-forward.org

Habitat for Humanity – www.habitat.org