Mission Market
The Mission Market
The Mission Market of First Presbyterian Church is open the first and third Sundays of every month (and during special events) in the fellowship hall. Sponsored by the Global Mission Committee, The Mission Market features fair trade crafts and foods from around the world. Located in the south end of the Fellowship Hall (old PW office), the market is open from 9:30-10:00, 10:30-11:00, and 12-12:30.
The market will not be open during Sunday school or Worship.
Upcoming Dates:
May 27, June 18, June 21, July 15, August 19
The Mission Market exists to provide an opportunity for members to purchase items made by low-income artisans and farmers. The income from these sales helps to lift families out of poverty, giving them hope for a better future for themselves and their children. In the fair trade model, the producers are paid a “down payment” when an order is placed so that they can buy supplies and sustain themselves as they work. When they deliver their goods to 
organizations such as SERRV and Equal Exchange, they receive the balance of their payment. Fair Trade organizations then provide the goods to craft markets and churches to recoup the payments and continue the process.
At The Mission Market you will find old favorites such as Olive Branch Olive Oil, fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate, global crafts and the opportunity to support Heifer Project International and Keep Hope Alive olive trees. New this year will be Out of the Blue granola from a Tennessee group, a new Congo Coffee that benefits Panzi Hospital (a mission partner of the Presbyterian church (USA) in the DRC), as well as many new products from SERRV and Partners for Just Trade and the Presbyterian Women’s cookbook.
Since The Mission Market will be an ongoing endeavor, sales tax will be charged on purchases. The small profit made on these sales will underwrite the market’s expenses and begin a fund to help emerging craft groups of our mission partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
http://www.serrv.org/product/bright-endeavors/united-states
http://www.serrv.org/product/craft-link/vietnam
http://partnersforjusttrade.org/ht/d/sp/i/9987/pid/9987%20
Spring has arrived in The Mission Market!
The Mission Market provides products that are good for the artisans, good for the environment and good for you!
Check out the Aquamarine Recycled Glass Pitcher from Guatemala, Rice bag wallets and lunch sack from Vietnam, and Smiling Sun Wall Art crafted in Haiti from an oil drum. Invite feathered guests to your yard with charming bird houses and bamboo chimes. Refill you pantry from a new shipment of coffee and tea.
New this week are Geobars from Equal Exchange. The bars have over 50% fair trade ingredients from South African grape farmers, Pakistani apricot collectors, Chilean beekeepers and berry farmers, Indian and Thai rice farmers. Three varieties: Apricot, Chocolate-Raisin, and Mixed Berries. Introductory Price only $3.50 for a box of six bars.
and always . . . your favorite fair trade coffee, tea, chocolate, granola, jams, olive oil plus a new shipment of Za’tar, the Middle Eastern spice & herb blend.
Shop with a conscience, bringing hope and justice to low-income farmers and artisans around the world. Your purchases transform lives while enriching your own.
“The Fair Trade Resource Network has just announced the winners in “The Best in Fair Trade” online voting, including two of our partners in The Mission Market.
SERRV was named Most Outstanding in Long Term Commitment to Producers.
| The company has a history of starting work with previously unknown artisan and producer groups and a reputation for sticking with them for the long haul, through thick and thin. Enormous respect from artisan and producer groups who have worked with SERRV over the past 60 years and more. Long lasting impact for artisans and producers in more than 30 developing countries around the world. Network of thousands of artisans and producers around the world. Effective artisan/producer development program – product design and development, business training, disaster assistance (earthquakes, flood, cyclones). | |
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Equal Exchange was cited for Best Support of the Fair Trade Movement.
| The company partners with 12 faith-based groups, including the Presbyterian Church (USA) involving about 11,000 congregations through their Interfaith Program in which they make Fair Trade products, such as coffee, tea, and chocolate, more accessible to people. EE gives 10 cents for each pound of product sold to the faith-based organization to use to support small farmers. The company is also advocating for small farmers by opposing the addition of large plantations to Fair Trade. | |
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