Louisville/Kentuckiana mission conversation

Izzy [Jones] gave some information on what CHPC is already doing.

Presbyterian Community Center
• CHPC serves meals at the Kids Café the third Tuesday of each month.
• PCC needs more tutors.

United Crescent Hill Ministries
• One Monday per month during the school year a group serves a meal.
• UCHM also has a senior program.

Habitat for Humanity
• One Friday and Saturday a month, three people each day are needed to volunteer.
• Sometimes difficult to find volunteers. Maybe this is not what we should be doing now.
• May 16 and 17, CHPC taking lunch to those working on the house.
• The old guys really know what they are doing.
• Habitat for Humanity gives lessons on how to handle money.
• Houses are not given to people.

Other
• CHPC sells fair-trade coffee.
• CHPC Mother’s Day cards.


Comments and Suggestions from the Group

• We need to hear more about organizations (PCC, UCHM, and Habitat).
o Have directors come to CHPC and discuss what is going on, and what they are doing.
o Give directors sermon time.
o Will get best audience if directors speak during service rather than afterwards.
• Move beyond organizations and build relationships.
o Maybe partnership with another faith community – maybe from South Louisville.
o Do this as a congregation and/or one on one.
• Meals.
• Involved with Cottage Suppers.
• Work together on local mission.
• Work together on local social justice issues (new munitions depot).
• Joint worship service a couple of times a year.
• Once at CHPC.
• Once at other congregation’s worship space.
• Or at a neutral location (such as the zoo).
o Maybe joint service with the congregation worshiping in our building Sunday evenings.
• Don’t want all CHPC members to just show up one Sunday evening and scare the other congregation.
• Maybe joint dinner with the other congregation followed by attending the worship service.
o We don’t know what fruits will be born from building relationships.
o Find out what other churches associated with UCHM are dong and attach ourselves to their mission projects.
o Make sure to involve children and youth in such activities.
o Talk with presbytery to see if they have model for churches in partnership.
o Talk with Kentucky Association of Churches for model of churches in partnership.
o Talk with CHPC members who work at other united ministries about possible church connections.
o Members of St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church were in Washington, D.C. lobbying and joined up with CHPC people there. Worked well together.
o When looking for partnership, do we want to stay within the “church” [within Protestant denominations or Christian faith] or go outside?

-- Dave Bush