PCM is a great community of faith.  It is a place for fellowship, worship, and study.  It is also a place for service.  As college students we are at a great point in our lives to serve and to show we are thankful for all we have. Please take a moment to check out some of our great service opportunities. If you have questions about service, contact the L-Team service coordinator.

This program takes place every Tuesday evening when public schools are in session.  A group of UNC students meets in the parking lot of University Presbyterian Church at 5:15pm.  The students then commute to the Church of Reconciliation, a partner church of the PCM program located in Chapel Hill, adjacent to the Elliot Woods Housing Community.  Students from the low income housing community come to the church and are paired with a UNC student for one-on-one tutoring for about an hour.

Shrieks of laughter and shouting voices greet us as we walk toward a little gray building at the Church of Reconciliation.  Two voices yell, "The tutors are here! The tutors are here!" and we are greeted by a stampede of children running to the front door.  If you are ever having a down day and aren't feeling loved - these kids will turn your day around in a half minute, just give them the chance.  Both you and your tutee will love the attention that you get from one another. There is always something to do, whether it is math homework or Connect Four.  Tuesdays from 5:30 - 6:30 is your time to connect with a child who desperately needs a good role model to look up to.  Girls and boys, ranging from elementary school up to ninth grade, come from the Elliot Woods Housing Community and gather to be tutored in their schoolwork or to play with their special tutor. 

This summer, I spent ten days on an intercollegiate mission trip in Haiti with other Presbyterian college students and advisors from the Triangle area. While there, we visited St. Joseph’s Home for Boys, which was started by Michael, an American who felt called to take Haitian boys off the street and provide a home and education for them. When some of the boys moved away from St. Joseph’s, they started a similar home in another city: Trinity House. Trinity House is called such because it is the third house started by Michael or by some of the kids he raised.

Wings of Hope, the second house, is different from the other two in that it is a home for disabled children, started because some of Michael’s boys felt compassion for such children and wanted to help them. These children are very special and lucky to have people taking care of them. Usually in Haiti, disabled children are not given nearly the same care and concern as others, though ample care can help them improve remarkably.

What made this experience amazing was meeting and getting to know the people, especially the people in the homes, whom we saw daily. Spending a few days at a time at each home helped us to get to know the children in each and to show them that we care.