The Dorcas Committee
In Joppa there was a disciple name Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas) who was always doing good and helping the poor. (Acts 9:36)
The Dorcas Committee is a committee of the Presbyterian Women's Association, and works in partnership with Presbyterian Social Services by supporting the ministry of caring for people in need.
During 2003, with the help of the Presbyterian Women's Association, the Dorcas Committee, amongst other things:
The Dorcas Committee is a committee of the Presbyterian Women's Association, and works in partnership with Presbyterian Social Services by supporting the ministry of caring for people in need.
During 2003, with the help of the Presbyterian Women's Association, the Dorcas Committee, amongst other things:
- Supported ten Women's/Children's refuges and crisis centres with clothing and toiletries.
- Provided clothing, gifts, and funds to Presbyterian Child and Family Services youth accommodation programmes.
- Awarded three scholarships from the Dorcas Scholarship Fund for Clinical Pastoral Education.
- Provided funds to Presbyterian Chaplains to purchase materials and literature.
- Knitted "Jesus Loves You" bears for the Chaplain to distribute at Westmead Children's Hospital.
- Visited country Presbyterian Women's Association members having treatment in Sydney Hospitals.
- Shared the Gospel message of love with homeless people of inner-city Sydney by providing food and clothing through the Park Patrol.
THE PARK PATROL
An opportunity to share the message of the Gospel with the least fortunate in the Community.
The Park Patrol is administered by the Dorcas Committee of the Presbyterian Women's Association, and is an outreach to the homeless people who live in the parks and on the streets of inner-city Sydney.
The Park Patrol has been delivering food and clothing to the homeless for eighteen years at a yearly cost of approximately $16,000.
Each month 70 volunteers like those in this picture cut sandwiches and make deliveries. Hundreds more volunteers from city and country churches supply socks, handkerchiefs, beanies, scarves, gloves, and also funds.
An opportunity to share the message of the Gospel with the least fortunate in the Community.
The Park Patrol is administered by the Dorcas Committee of the Presbyterian Women's Association, and is an outreach to the homeless people who live in the parks and on the streets of inner-city Sydney.
The Park Patrol has been delivering food and clothing to the homeless for eighteen years at a yearly cost of approximately $16,000.
Each month 70 volunteers like those in this picture cut sandwiches and make deliveries. Hundreds more volunteers from city and country churches supply socks, handkerchiefs, beanies, scarves, gloves, and also funds.
Four days each week, 50 weeks a year, the delivery teams distribute 60
food parcels to the homeless. Bibles and books are offered, and it is
estimated that 1,500 pairs of socks and handkerchiefs, as well as 700
beanies, scarves and gloves are distributed annually. This photo shows
some of the donated clothing being sorted.
