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Helping Presbyterian children since 1866 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Helping Presbyterian children since 1866 www.presbyterianchildrenssociety.org hildrenssociety.org www.presbyterianchildrenssociety.org You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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HISTORY looking back
The Society was founded in 1866 in Belfast during the Victorian era :
- Belfast was the centre of Irish Presbyterianism, and grew
to 349,000 people in 1901 from 19,000 people in 1801;
- Belfast had many social problems including growing
numbers of destitute children;
- The Church was challenged by the growing social need in
the towns and cities.
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HISTORY looking back During its fi rst year, the Society helped 175 children with total grants amounting to £75 for that year!
Case histories from the early years: A family of three children had no parents. Two children were supported until they were apprenticed at 14 years of age. One child died of Typhoid aged 11. A family of four children whose father had died and mother struggled fi nancially were supported until they emigrated to America in 1884. A father was left to care for his two children when their mother died. One of the children became seriously ill and the Society helped to support the family through this diffi cult time.
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HISTORY looking back
“The Society came into existence as a response to the inability of both Church and state to cater properly for the orphan and destitute child.” “…the Society was a more humane alternative to foundling hospitals and the workhouse. ”
Dr Paul Gray, Generations of Generosity
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The Society’s founders were:
Rev Dr William Johnston Dr Wilberforce Arnold
HISTORY looking back
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Other key fi gures in the Church and civic society gave their support too. Here’s why Presbyterians responded to the need: “And what then are the motives urging us to engage in this work? They are the highest possible! Herein consists a part of that ‘pure and undefi led religion’ which the Bible urges us to revere and teaches us to practice.”
HISTORY looking back
The Foundation Document
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The Society, founded on Biblical principles, has been used as an instrument of compassion.
- We have a responsibility to each other
- We should give generously to support
each other
THE BIBLE looking deeper
(James 1:27) (Acts 2:44; Gal. 6:2)
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- We have a duty to support God’s work fi
nancially ‘according to our means’
- We have a duty to ‘share freely with the poor and with
- thers in need’
What God asks of us is clear:
“My friends, what good is it to say you have faith, when you don’t do anything to show that you really do have faith? Can that kind of faith save you? If you know someone who doesn’t have any clothes or food, you shouldn’t just say, “I hope all goes well for
- you. I hope you will be warm and have plenty to eat.” What good is it to say this, unless
you do something to help? Faith that doesn’t lead us to do good deeds is all alone and dead!”
(James 2:14-17)
THE BIBLE looking deeper
(2 Cor. 8:3,11) (Deut. 15:11)
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SOCIETY looking around
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SOCIETY looking around
Presbyterian families today continue to face pressures.
Economic pressures Social pressures
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Today the Society meets the needs
- f Presbyterian families and their
children through:
Regular Grants Exceptional Grants Other Presbyterian childcare related projects
SOCIETY looking around
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SOCIETY looking around
We are helping around 840 children in 430 families from a variety of backgrounds with regular and special grants.
Parents separated or divorced – 44% Parent deceased – 16% Single mother – 15% No parents – 5% Other – 20%
[I th a 410 fa N di P N
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SOCIETY looking around Exceptional Grants
Exceptional grants are a growing part of the Society’s work and are there to meet a specific need.
2000 2005 2010 2015 2018 £90,000 £80,000 £70,000 £60,000 £50,000 £40,000 £30,000 £20,000 £10,000
£79,944
£48,250
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SOCIETY looking around
Execeptional grants have been used to help families with:
- Child Care Needs
- Educational Expenses
- Funeral Costs
- General Household Expenses
- Children’s Holidays
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The Society has helped meet the needs of
Over 43,000 children Over 17,500 families Over 153 years.
CHILDREN looking forward
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Income (2018) % Congregations & Individual Subscriptions 40 Investment Income & Other Income 60 Total 100 Expenditure (2018) % Grants to Children and Young People 75 Other services for Children and Young People 1 Administration 17 Other Expenditure 7 Total 100 Congregations & Individual Subscriptions 40 Grants to Children and Young People 75 Grants to Children and Y Administration 17 Administration
Money Matters CHILDREN looking forward
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“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. ”
Prayerfully Financially
and
You can help the Society CHILDREN looking forward
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- Tel. +44 (0)28 9032 3737
- Email. info@presbyterianchildrenssociety.org
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