Seventy members and friends of Unity Presbyterian Church in Denver, North Carolina, gathered on October 8 to hear the International Peacemaker Achol Majok Kur Kier (Achol for short) share stories about working for peace and justice in South Sudan. Achol was one of sixteen International Peacemakers that the Presbyterian Church (USA) brought to the...
The Access to Success (A2S) Foundation’s annual fundraising dinner Soulful Supper- A Chefs Event was held Thursday, September 21 at Langtree Plantation in Mooresville, NC. Unity served as a Hope Sponsor for the event and provided themed gift baskets for the silent auction. Baskets were provided by Presbyterian Women (Bird Lovers), Compassion, Peace and Justice...
Each year we attend the Montreat Youth Conference for high school youth. This year’s theme “A Missing Peace” allowed youth to explore ways to find and be agents of peace within themselves, their communities and the world. We had fun making peace poles, giving back at the Manna Food Bank in Asheville, NC, doing energizers,...
We took our first middle school mission trip this year and had SO much FUN!!! We traveled to Pleasant Hill, TN to serve and learn more about the Appalachian people. We built 2 boardwalks over streams to allow safer walking on the trails, sorted clothing and helped out at The Grab which is a place...
We sure had an exiting week talking about being God’s creation! He made us, he loves us, he cares for us, and he has a plan for our lives – WOW GOD!!! You are awesome!! Almost 100 children and 50 volunteers had a joyful week… just see from the pictures below!
Stove Delivery Team: Day Five of stove deliveries was full of challenges and blessings. We arrived at Casa Angelina Orphanage and loaded the last fourteen stoves to be delivered bringing our total for this trip to 100- which adds up to 550 stoves in four years!! Before we left Casa Angelina we were able to...
Day Four of stove delivery went much smoother than Day Three as we returned to the mountain area of Acetenango. We were able to deliver all fifteen of our stoves to a group of homes outside a small city. All the homes were constructed of corrugated metal with dirt floors. Most had a single light...
From Ken Sipes: In my 25 years on staff at Florence Crittenton in Charlotte, I have been through some 10,000 deliveries, but never have I experienced 31 in a day. Stove deliveries, day 3, on a mostly rainy day in a Mayan village high on a volcanic mountain set a new bar for access difficulty....
From Gail Satterthwaite – Day Two of stove deliveries – The recipients of the Ecocina stoves on this trip are identified by the social worker at Casa Angelina Orphanage who took us back to the district of Zaragoza. After loading 27 more stoves onto two trucks, we headed out. Stove team members Dave, Ken and...
Monday was the first day of stove deliveries. After loading the pickup with the first thirteen stoves (and mattresses to be delivered for Casa Angelina to homes without beds) the 2017 stove team and one small helper from Casa Angelina orphanage officially declared our first day “Jim & Sandy Speicher” day. Our Guatemalan translator (and...
