Since 1949, Presbyterians have joined with millions of other Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to share God’s love with people experiencing need. Our gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives, and work together to strengthen their families and communities. Recognizing that the hope we have in Christ is lived out in our hope for one another, we respond with gifts that help our sisters and brothers around the world find the hope for a brighter future.
Distribution of Receipts
After deducting administrative costs (up to 5%) and the costs of creating and distributing promotional materials (roughly 5%), the remaining undesignated gifts are divided among three programs as follows:
36% Presbyterian Hunger Program for ministries working to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes, responding with compassion and justice to poor and hungry people in local communities, in the nation, and throughout the world, as well as ministries addressing homelessness and affordable housing.
32% Presbyterian Disaster Assistance for disaster response and ministries with refugees.
32% Self-Development of People for partnerships with groups of people who are oppressed by poverty or social systems, who want to take charge of their own lives, have organized to do something about their own condition, and have decided what they need to do to produce long-term benefits for themselves.
Southminster collects the One Great Hour of Sharing offering on Palm Sunday. Fliers and envelopes are provided in bulletins that Sunday and preceding Sunday.
For more information about this offering and the nine denominations that receive it, call Mission Interpretation at (502) 569-5168. 
Check out these websites for more information:
One Great Hour of Sharing www.pcusa.org/oghs
Self-Development of People www.pcusa.org/sdop
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance www.pcusa.org/pda
Presbyterian Hunger Program www.pcusa.org/hunger
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