TAFY (THE ANSWER FOR YOUTH) DINNER AUGUST 5TH 4:00 PM
Our church has the opportunity of providing food for the young adults who come to the TAFY center for dinner. We are scheduled to prepare a meal only six times this year. Our dates are the first Saturday in February, April, June, August, October, and December. Each meal needs main dishes, salads, vegetables, fruit, bread/rolls, milk/ juice, and desserts. On an average about 70 people will come to eat. Please thoughtfully consider how you can help.  Food can be delivered to the new TAFY Center located in the former Gross's Nursery on First Street, just west of Race St. Delivery entrance is in the alley or you can contact Marcia for pick-up. And Jesus said, "For when I was hungry you gave me something to eat and when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink." And the righteous asked Him "when did we see you hungry or thirsty?" Then Jesus answered "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did it for me." (Matthew 25:35-40) There will be a clipboard with a sign-up sheet at the Connection Center or contact Marcia Logan @ 360-452-3535.

The Answer For Youth is a drop in center that serves homeless and at risk teens and disadvantaged young adults. They have been open 5 years now. TAFY was founded with Christian principles, and the founders frequently find opportunities to share their faith with the clients. They believe in a very personal ministry with the youth. In the 5 years they have been open, they have gone from around 5 youths a night to up to 70 at times! They serve hot food, have a washer and dryer, a shower, full clothes closet, and offer a variety of classes.

For 4 years now, they have been cultivating an organic garden, so one of the classes is on cooking the food from the garden! They offer help with medical expenses like prescriptions, eye glasses and first aid. They provide celebrations for holidays, baby showers and birthdays. They are located at 826 East First Street.

FPC volunteers who helped Hamilton Elementary receive the Washington State Achievement Award.
We have completed another year of providing support to the students and staff of the Port Angeles Schools.  Even though our main focus continues to be Hamilton Elementary, we have tutors at all the elementary schools with a significant number at Roosevelt and Jefferson. 
      With the beginning of a new school year, consider how you could be involved in our local mission activity at elementary schools. We hope the terrific volunteers from last year, as well as those who missed the excitement, will take the opportunity to get involved. The sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Center.  We will start volunteering the end of September or the beginning of October. If you have any questions, please contact Sheri Stutesman at 452-6139.

The Mission Committee has served by seeking the will of God in helping to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Thanks to the faithful giving of our members we provide thirteen percent of our church budget to mission projects locally, nationally and globally.

First Presbyterian Church of Port Angeles serves in these ways:

Support for Presbyterian Missions, both in our Northwest Coast Presbytery and through Presbyterian Church (USA) missions worldwide at the General Assembly level.

Support our primary missionary teams and are blessed to have these primary recipients, the Pearsons under Wycliffe Translators, the Benders under New Tribes Missions, Dr. Martha Sommers under the PCUSA Missionary Agency and the Hongos under Christian Vision, who give updates of their work periodically by visiting us or by other correspondence.