Congregations demonstrate their enthusiasm for partnerships in addressing local and global needs.
Hands-on involvement brings Presbyterians together in Juarez, Mexico, and in downtown Gary, Indiana. The presbytery Mission Action and Interpretation Committee is both an encourager and an initiator of projects and relationships that restore communities. Through its partnership grants program, the presbytery promotes participation in shared and directed mission support as well as commitment to each church's immediate neighborhood. The presbytery and the Session of First Presbyterian Church in Gary have been working together over the past year to see that the church continues to be a wellspring of God's love in the city. Building upon the support that Gary receives from neighboring congregations, the Mission Action and Interpretation Committee joined with that church in inviting people from across the presbytery for four days of working, learning, worshiping, and connecting.