UPCOMING & PAST GIVING PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

• 2026 ONGOING PROJECT-ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOOD PANTRY:  We will continue to collect protein items for St. John's Episcopal Church's community food distribution program.  The collection box will remain in the Narthex for your donations of canned meats, beans and peanut butter.  Thank you for helping our neighbors.

• SPRING 2026:

  • Blessing Bags:  After worship on Sunday, March 1st, we will be assembling Bless Bags for the unhoused.  The Mission & Outreach Committee has purchased items for the bags, but welcomes financial donations to offset the cost.  Please help us put these bags together and take one or two with you to bless someone in need that you may encounter.

  • ZETEO MISSION ORPHANAGE NEEDS CRIBS:  Our mission partner in the Philippines sent out an urgent request for portable cribs.   Our mission committee chose to immediately send them $400 towards the purchase of two or more cribs.  Your regular giving supported this donation.

  • Olive Crest:  We will be accepting donations of beach themed Easter Baskets for the middle school and high school kiddos that live at Olive Crest.  Please see the details in THIS FLYER.  All baskets are due to the church by March 15th.  Be sure to label your basket with the appropriate age group:  Middle School or High School.

  • ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING OFFERING:  From February 18th to April 5th the PCUSA One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be collected. Donations to this offering help the PCUSA serve the most vulnerable around the world, offering aid to people lacking access to life’s basic necessities. 

  • FIND FOOD BANK:  We are in the process of schedule a group tour of Find Food Bank later in March or April.  More details to come.

• SUMMER 2026-

  • SHELTER FROM THE STORM:  In MAY we will honor and support the women & mothers living at the Shelter from the Storm by collecting items to donate to this worthy non-profit.  More details to come.

  • ZETEO MISSIONS IN THE PHILLIPINES:  In JULY, we will be collecting financial donations for the "Christmas in July" project for this mission partner.  Help us bless the children and staff at this orphanage.  More details to come.

  • FALL/WINTER 2026-

    • BOB HOPE USO:  In September & October we will be collected snack & toiletry items for the Bob Hope USO.  More details to come.

    • WORLD COMMUNION OFFERING:  The PCUSA World Communion Offering will be collected from September 6th to October 4th.  Through this offering PCUSA seeks to cultivate reconciliation around Christ's table open to all.  

    • CVRM ANGEL TREE:  In November & December we will be collected Christmas gifts for the children served by the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission.  More details to come.

    • CHRISTMAS DINNER:  On December 6th, we will hold our annual Christmas Dinner with Entertainment in the church Fellowship Hall.  More details to come.

    • CHRISTMAS JOY OFFERING:  The PCUSA Christmas Joy Offering will be collected November 29th through December 20th.  Through this offering PCUSA seeks to support our leaders past, present, and future. 

2025 GIVING AND SERVICE:

• FALL & WINTER 2025:

  • OCTOBER-USO collection: We collected grab and go snack items and travel size toiletries for the Palm Springs USO. 

  • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER- 

    • Angel Tree: We are collected Christmas gifts for 40 children associated with the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission.  

    • Christmas Dinner:  We had a great time and many donated canned goods and shelf stable food items to donate for the food pantry of St. John's Episcopal Church.

    • Christmas Joy Offering: During December we collected $2,255 in donations for the Christmas Joy Offering.  This PCUSA special offering provides assistance to current and retired church workers and their families in their time of need and also assists in the development of our future leaders at Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color. 

• SUMMER 2025:

  • PENTECOST OFFERING- During worship on June 8th, we celebrated Pentecost, the birth of the Church. We had special decorations, music and received the Pentecost Offering. This offering is used to nurture the faith of children, youth, and young adults and to support at-risk children, youth and young adults in our community and the world.  We collected $1,140 for this offering with 40% of this offering being donated locally to Galilee Center.

  • COACHELLA VALLEY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - We donated $500 worth of gift cards for gas stations. These cards will be passed on to patients who have limited household incomes and experience many barriers to accessing healthcare. One of the most significant barriers is gas money to travel to appointments with their medical provider, or to complete laboratory tests or imaging services for their medical care. Many of their patients live 20 miles or more from our Indio or Palm Springs clinic, and oftentimes, it's a question of putting gas in the car or food on the table.   Thank you for your donations which have been passed on to the CVVM.

  • ST. JOHN'S ESPICOPAL- We collected protein food items for the food distribution that takes place at St. John's Episcopal Church in Indio.  

• MARCH & APRIL 2025 :

  • ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING – Thank you for your generous support of this PCUSA offering. We collected $2,016 to be shared with our denominational partners in ministry. We rejoice in how the Lord is using our church to further His kingdom! 

  • SAFE HOUSE OF THE DESERT - We delivered donations of cleaning supplies, paper goods and kitchen items for use by young adults in the apartments. 

  • THE NARROW DOOR - On the morning of Saturday, March 15th a group of eight volunteers helped to pack food boxes at The Narrow Door in Indio.  

• JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025:

  • PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE - Thank you for your generous donations to PDA that will go towards helping those affected by the fires in the Los Angeles area. We collected $3,260.

  • BLESSING BAG ASSEMBLY- The Mission & Outreach Committee & congregants met on 2/16/25 after worship to assemble Blessing Bags for unhoused people in the Coachella Valley.

  • CAR SEATS: We donated $600 to the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission for the purchase of infant & child car seats.