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The iCARE program was developed in response to a need for sponsors for a number of children at the Gore Bethel Home for Children in Gore, Ethiopia. Since it began, the iCARE program has supported many children through their secondary education years until they are ready to move on to the university or seminary or into jobs within their communities. Learn more about this exciting program.

English Tutoring School    Shenandoah Presbytery's Partnership Committee, in cooperation with the Illubabor Bethel Synod Youth Program of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, invites students and educators to apply for participation in a summer English language tutoring school for high school students in Metu, Ethiopia for four weeks in the summer of 2011 (late June through early August). Please consider prayerfully this opportunity.     Within the Illubabor Bethel Synod / Shenandoah Presbytery partnership, we have seen the presence of Christ with new eyes. As brothers and sisters in Christ, Ethiopian and American, we seek to enhance our relationship in both spiritual and societal aspects of service. The mission of this particular project is helping high school students from all religious backgrounds to improve their English language capacity. Within this endeavor, Ethiopian and American students and teachers shall share experiences and further develop their teaching skills.     For more information about the upcoming trip, contact Pat Purslem at  pburslem331@comcast.net , or Renee McCulloch at srmcculloch@comcast.net AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  The Facebook page is being updated very soon with more current information. More information on Facebook Sample ESL Application Adobe     ESL General Brochure

HEART     Helping Ethiopian Orphans     of AIDS Reach Tomorrow In partnership with the Illubabor Bethel Synod, Ethiopia, Shenandoah Presbytery's HEART Project seeks to help support the ministry to orphans of AIDS and their families. Gifts to the HEART Project go directly to support a child's living, medical, educational and caretaker training expenses.  Read more and download an application.

Church-to-Church Partnerships One of the ways of strengthening our partnership bonds with IBS is through the creation of Church-to-Church partnerships.  The establishment of "partnerships" between churches of Shenandoah and churches of Illubabor fosters a relationship at the congregational level which can lead to closer ties under the umbrella of the larger partnership between Shenandoah Presbytery and the Illubabor Bethel Synod which was first begun in 1989. Learn more about the Church-to-Church program.

Buy a Pastor a Cow Help supplement an IBS Pastors’ income by giving them a cow. They can have fresh milk for their family, some income from selling the milk, and sell the calf to a church member so they can benefit, too. A simple donation of $100 Buys a Pastor a Cow! Send your donation to: Cow Shenandoah Presbytery 1111 N Main Harrisonburg, VA  22802 Download Flyer