Fall Tour of This Child Here, Inc.
- Dec 15, 2024
- 3 min read
Dear Friends,
Olya Balaban (Oli), our Program Manager and I are on the road.
Above, Olya and I stand with the seven students we have placed in schools in the States. Six at Menaul School in Albuquerque and one (below) at Rabun Gap School in N. Georgia.
Below is our fall schedule for travel. It's extensive. There are 73 stops. Most are offices of Presbyteries. To know the location you would need to search for example: "Presbytery of Cincinnati". There are 43 Presbyteries; the rest are mostly churches. The Presbyteries are the places to contact if you wish to connect with churches in any city or region. In the Spring I visited 35 presbyteries in the west; this trip is more to the east.
It is difficult to predict what will happen in Ukraine this year and the next. I need to be prepared for another flood of refugees and people displaced by the war. CURRENTLY, I COMPILING A LIST OF INTERESTED SPONSORS FOR FAMILIES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
I also travel with a message of HOPE. Given the right community of support, I have seen how suffering produces endurance, and character produces hope. It's all about the grace with which we greet these families and the love we consistently share.
Robert Gamble
DATES | PRESBYTERY OFFICE OR CHURCH | CITY | meeting time |
9/7 | Black Mt Presbyterian Church | Black Mt NC | just attending |
9/7 | Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church | Swannanoa NC | just attending |
9/14 | Decatur Presbyterian Church | Decatur GA | Sunday worship |
9/15 | Grace Presbyterian Church | Tuscaloosa AL | with friends |
9/16 | First Presbyterian Church | Shreveport LA | dinner meeting |
9/17 | First Presbyterian Church, Ft Worth | Ft Worth TX | Lunch TBD |
9/17 | First/Central Presbyterian Church | Abilene TX | dinner meeting |
9/18 | Menaul School | Albuquerque NM | |
9/19 | Santa Fe Presbytery | Albuquerque NM | noon lunch/dinner |
9/22 | First Presbyterian Church | Farmington NM | Preaching |
9/25 | Germantown Presbyterian Church | Germantown TN | Wed nite program |
9/29 | 2nd Presbyterian Church | Louisville KY | just attending |
9/30 | Cincinati | Cincinati OH | 10:00 AM |
9/30 | Scioto | Columbus OH | 1:00 PM |
9/30 | Miami Valley | Kettering OH | 4:00 PM |
10/1 | Whitewater Valley | Indianapolis IN | 10:00 AM |
10/1 | Wabash valley | Rochester IN | 2:00 PM |
10/1 | Family Friends | Michigan City IN | |
10/2 | Lake Michigan | Portage MI | 11:00 AM |
10/2 | Lake Huron | Saginaw MI | 3:30 PM |
10/3 | Detroit | Detroit MI | 9:00 AM |
10/3 | Maumee Valley | Findlay OH | 12:00 |
10/3 | Western Reserve | Lyndhurst OH | 4:00 PM |
10/4 | Shenango | Sharon PA | 9:00 AM |
10/4 | Washington Presbytery/ Fourth Pres | Eighty Four | 1:00 PM |
10/4 | Redstone | Greensburg PA | 3:00 PM |
10/4 | FPC Cumberland/Community Coffee | Cumberland MD | 6pm,10am on 10/5 |
10/6 | Bower Hill Community Church | Pittsburg PA | Preaching |
10/7 | Pittsburg | Pittsburg PA | 9:00 AM |
10/7 | Lake Erie | Erie PA | 1:30 PM |
10/7 | Western New York | Kenmore NY | 3:00 PM |
10/8 | Gennessee Valley | Rochester NY | 1:00 PM |
10/8 | Cayuga-Syracuse | Syracuse NY | 3:00 PM |
10/8 | Family Friends | Cortland NY | |
10/9 | Utica | Holland Patent | 10:00 AM |
10/9 | Albany | Albany NY | 2:00 PM |
10/9 | Stony Pt Conference Cntr | Stony Pt. NY | |
10/10 | Hudson River | Scarborough | 9:00 AM |
10/10 | Northeast New Jersey | Bloomfield | 11:00 AM |
10/10 | Highlands NJ | Randolph NJ | 1:30 PM |
10/11 | New York City | New York City | 9:00 AM |
10/11 | Long Island | West Islip | 2:00 PM |
10/12 | The City | New York | |
10/13 | TBD | NY/NJ | |
10/14 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | 10:00 AM |
10/14 | Southern New Jersey | Haddon Heights | 12:00 |
10/14 | Coastlands | Hightstown NJ | 2:00 PM |
10/14 | Princeton Seminary | Princeton NJ | 4:00 PM |
10/16 | Avenue Presbyterian Church | New York | 2:00 PM |
10/17 | southern new england | West Hartford CT | 10:00 AM |
10/17 | Boston | Boston | 1:00 PM |
10/17 | Coast Guard Academy | New London CT | 5:00 PM |
10/20 | Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church | Basking Ridge NJ | 3:00 PM |
10/21 | Baltimore | Baltimore | 12:30 PM |
10/21 | National Capitol | Rockville | 3:00 PM |
10/22 | Churches | WADC | |
10/23 | James | Richmond | 10:00 AM |
10/23 | Swannanoa NC | Asheville NC | |
10/27 | St Charles Ave Presbyterian Church | New Orleans | Sunday worship |
10/28 | South Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 10:00 AM |
10/28 | Mobile | Daphne AL | 2:30 PM |
10/28 | Dogwood Acres | Harmony FL | |
10/29 | Florida Presby Meeting | Tallahassee FL | Christ Presbyterian |
11/3 | First Presbyterian Church | Vero Beach, FL | Sunday worship |
10/4 | Tropical Florida | Ft Lauderdale FL | 9:30 AM |
10/5 | Peace River | Punta Gorda FL | 1:00 PM |
10/5 | Tampa Bay | Dunedin FL | 11:00 AM |
10/30 | Lakeside Presbyterian Church | Orlando FL | 5:00 PM |
11/6 | Markham Woods Presbyterian Church | Orlando | 5:00 PM |
11/10 | Geneva Presbyterian Church | Jacksonville FL | Sunday Worship |
11/12 | Ormond Beach Presbyterian Church | Ormond Beach FL | 5:00 PM |
11/14 | Board Members/Friends and Rotary | Raleigh NC | |
11/15 | Swannanoa NC | ||
11/17 | Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church | Swannanoa NC | Preaching 11am |
Olya Balaban, Program Manager for This Child Here
Dr. Robert Gamble D.Min, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Executive Director, www.thischildhere.org
828 318 2149 (when I am in the states; this is also my number on Viber and Telegram)
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